Huaqiao Primary School
School & institution · Approximate
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This is a reading map, not an exact reconstruction of historical geography.
School & institution
华侨小学
ApproximateBeyond the classroom, the playground was part of everyday life. Several narrators remember this school across different periods.
A RELATED MEMORY
Young overseas Chinese from Southeast Asia loved badminton, so the hall was not only a meeting place but also a popular spot for students to play after class. Light, white shuttlecocks traced graceful arcs overhead, accompanied by the crisp sound of rackets. Everyone was absorbed in the pleasure of the game.— Li XiangliangPersonal recollection · p. 56
4 narrators · 8 excerpts
School & institution
学校礼堂
ApproximatePart of Huaqiao Primary School: a place for meetings, performances and badminton, connecting school and community.
A RELATED MEMORY
Young overseas Chinese from Southeast Asia loved badminton, so the hall was not only a meeting place but also a popular spot for students to play after class. Light, white shuttlecocks traced graceful arcs overhead, accompanied by the crisp sound of rackets. Everyone was absorbed in the pleasure of the game.— Li XiangliangPersonal recollection · p. 56
3 narrators · 3 excerpts
Domestic memory
住宅与花园
GeneralisedA collective reading entry for different family homes and gardens, rather than a location for any individual household.
A RELATED MEMORY
My younger brothers and I used to chase one another across the lush lawn, sometimes playing football with abandon, sometimes swinging our badminton rackets. Back then, the garden was not enclosed by high, solid walls. Low bamboo fences separated it from its surroundings, open and simple.— Li XiangliangPersonal recollection · p. 49
4 narrators · 6 excerpts
Street & route
友爱路
GeneralisedFollow memories of this street to read about greenery and changing surroundings. The location is generalised to street level.
A RELATED MEMORY
My younger brothers and I used to chase one another across the lush lawn, sometimes playing football with abandon, sometimes swinging our badminton rackets. Back then, the garden was not enclosed by high, solid walls. Low bamboo fences separated it from its surroundings, open and simple.— Li XiangliangPersonal recollection · p. 49
2 narrators · 2 excerpts
Street & route
爱国路
GeneralisedMemories of settling after migration begin with this street. Individual home addresses are not shown.
A RELATED MEMORY
In 1958, my mother, another elder sister and my nephew, then only eight and a half, travelled back with us by ship. After roughly ten days we entered through the Luohu crossing in Shenzhen and reached Guangzhou, where we rented a home on Aiguo Road.— Lai YunyunPersonal recollection · p. 111
1 narrators · 1 excerpts
Cultural space
红线女旧居
ApproximateIn Ma Jun’s account, this is both his grandmother’s home and a place where memories are preserved and shared.
A RELATED MEMORY
Huaqiao Xincun holds almost all my memories of my grandmother. I lived here from childhood until I went abroad with my parents. The present house was rebuilt in 1997; the back courtyard of the old house was where I used to live.— Ma JunPersonal recollection · p. 71
1 narrators · 3 excerpts
Distances and directions organise the page only. Private homes are generalised; the school hall belongs to Huaqiao Primary School.
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School & institution · Approximate
School & institution · Approximate
Domestic memory · Generalised
Street & route · Generalised
Street & route · Generalised
Cultural space · Approximate