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Ing Hay
Ing Hay (also known as Doc Hay; – 1952), was a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine and an History of Chinese Americans, early Chinese American who immigrated to the United States in 1887. He was known in Oregon for treating patients with herbal remedies, and for being a partner in the Kam Wah Chung Company Building. Early life Ing Hay Wah (Doc Hay; Chinese: 伍于念, pinyin: Wǔ Yúniàn, Wade–Giles: Wu Yu-nien) was born in Xiaping Village, Taishan, Guangdong, Taishan County, Guangdong, Guangdong Province, China. Initially hoping to find success as a Gold mining, gold miner, Ing entered the United States in 1883 with his father, following his five uncles, and a year after the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act. He and his father moved to the Chinese community in Walla Walla, Washington in 1885. The pair lived there until his father got homesick and returned to China, in 1887. Ing then moved to John Day, Oregon, John Day, Oregon alone, where he met Lung On (Liang Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taishan, Guangdong
Taishan (), alternately romanized in Cantonese as Toishan or Toisan, in local dialect as Hoisan, and formerly known as Xinning or Sunning (), is a county-level city in the southwest of Guangdong province, China. It is administered as part of the prefecture-level city of Jiangmen. During the 2020 census, there were 907,354 inhabitants (941,095 in 2010), but only 433,266 were considered urban. Taishan calls itself the "First Home of the Overseas Chinese". An estimated half a million Chinese Americans are of Taishanese descent. Geography Taishan is located in the Pearl River Delta in southwestern Jiangmen Prefecture. It includes 95 islands and islets, including Shangchuan Island, the largest island in Guangdong now that Hainan has become a separate province. Taishan is one of Guangdong's " Four Counties" (''Sze Yup''), which excluded Heshan and is now part of the Greater Taishan Region. Climate History During the Ming dynasty, the area of present-day Taishan was carved ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
