Section 17: Nanyang Folks of “Overseas Chinese Identity”

“Overseas Chinese Identity” represents groups of people, leaving their homeland, their dear ones, crossing the oceans, landing on alien lands, striving for survival. In order to get food to feed, places to dwell, “Overseas Chinese Identity”, a symbol of identity, filled with blood and tears, accompanied by sorrowful nostalgia.

Soo Ming Quan mentioned: as a descendent of Nanyang Folks, his parents were the remnants of the second world war. He realised that his parents might recall their past historic episodes, but sad to say, they didn’t have much memories of the ancient China homeland.

Recently as descendants of mainland China, I will never forget my ancestors. With the little collections of memories and the “Overseas Chinese Identity” I am going to the motherland in search if my relatives, perhaps through the inspirations of our forefathers, my parents may finally fond the place of rest after leaving the land for seventy years.

In this modern era of the 21st century, through the assistance of modern science and technology, many people have found their distant relatives and their genealogies.

As descendants of China, even though we have flourish and prosper in other nations, deep within ourselves flow the Chinese indigenous blood. As a matter of fact, undeniably to say that our ancestors are from China.