族譜 family tree Genealogy 系譜学 族谱

爸爸 曾經 講 過 ， 佢 細個 嗰陣 返 過 一 次 鄉下 ， 但 之後 就 冇 再 返 過 。 |once|||||that time|||||the countryside||||||| Dad once told me that he had been to the countryside once in a while, but he had not been back since then. 所以 佢 成日 都 話 ， 咁大個人 都 唔 太 清楚 鄉下 發生 過 咩 事 。 |||||such a big person|||||the countryside|happened||what| So, he often says, a grown person isn't very clear about what happened in the countryside.

而 我 呢 ， 就 喺 香港 出世 ， 唔使講 ， 我 從來 都 冇 返 過 鄉下 啦 。 ||||||born|no need to||never|||||the countryside| As for me, I was born in Hong Kong, no need to say, I've never been back to the countryside. 但 記得 爸爸 講 過 我哋 鄉下 有 本 族譜 ， 記載 咗 好多 代 人 嘅 資料 ， 好似 話 最 早 可以 追溯 到 宋朝 ， 即係 話 本 族譜 已經 有 八百 年 以上 歷史 ， 仲 早 過 中國 四 大 名著 呀 ！ |remember|||||the countryside|||family tree|recorded|||generations|||information|it|||||trace back||Song Dynasty|that is|||family tree|||eight hundred||over|history|||||||Four Great Classics| But I remember Dad said that our hometown has a family tree that records a lot of information about many generations, and it can be traced back to the Song Dynasty, which means this family tree has over eight hundred years of history, even older than the Four Great Classics of China's literature!

至於 本 族譜 而家 係 點 ， 爸爸 話 唔 清楚 。 as for||family tree||||||| As for the genealogy and the family relationship, my father was not clear. 但 佢 喺 爺爺 臨終 前 應承 過 爺爺 ， 話 會 帶 我 返去 鄉下 睇 下 ， 可以 話 係 尋根 ， 亦 好 想 將 我 個 名 寫入 族譜 —— 之不過 我 係 女仔 ， 爸爸 都 冇 十足 嘅 把握 可以 噉做 ， 但 我 係 佢 唯一 嘅 後代 ， 所以 佢 決定 帶 我 返 鄉下 試 一 鋪 。 ||||on his deathbed||promised|||||take|||the countryside|||||is|roots search|also|||||||family tree|family tree|it's just that||is|||||full confidence||certainty||do this|||||only||descendant|||||||the countryside|||try But before he died, he promised his grandfather that he would take me to the countryside to see me, so he could say that he was looking for his roots and wanted to put my name in the family tree - but I was a girl and my father didn't have a lot of control over that, but I was his only descendant, so he decided to take me to the countryside to try it out.

我 剩係 記得 佢 話 ︰ 「 咪 試 下 囉 ， 唔得 都 起碼 叫做 帶 過 你 返 鄉下 睇 下 吖 ！ |only|||||||particle indicating suggestion|||at least||||||the countryside||| I remember her saying, "Try it, you can't at least take you back to your hometown to see it! 」 The "C"

我哋 避開 新年 去 ， 因為 內地 每逢 過年 都 有 春運 ， 全 國 啲 人 都 會 返 鄉下 ， 到時 內地 各 種 交通 工具 啲 位 賣 哂 ， 我哋 返 唔 返 到 去 都 會 成 問題 ， 所以 我哋 揀 咗 六月 去 ， 噉 返去 就 有 大把 交通 選擇 嘞 。 |avoid|New Year|||mainland|every time|Lunar New Year|||Spring Festival travel||country||||||the countryside|at that time|the mainland|various||transportation|transportation|||sold|sold out|||||||||||||choose||June||||||plenty of||options| We avoided going to New Year's Eve because every New Year's Eve there is a Spring Festival in the Mainland and people from all over the country will go back to their hometowns, so it will be a problem for us to go back to the Mainland because all kinds of transportation are available.

返 到 去 鄉下 ， 村口 係 一 棵 幾 層 樓 高 嘅 榕樹 ， 後面 有 個 中式 牌坊 ， 再 後面 就 係 一 條 路 。 |||the countryside|village entrance|||tree||storey||||banyan tree||||Chinese-style|archway|||||||road At the entrance of the village, there is a banyan tree several stories high, a Chinese pagoda behind it, and a road behind it. 沿 住 條 路 兩邊 矗立 咗 新 同 舊 屋 ， 舊 嗰啲 舊 到 清朝 、 類似 四合院 嘅 都 有 ， 而 新 嗰啲 就 似 係 呢 幾 年 先 起 好 落成 、 有 幾 層 高 嘅 瓷磚 外牆 屋 。 along||||on both sides|standing||||old|houses|old|those|||Qing Dynasty|similar to|siheyuan|||||new|those|||||||only|built||completed|||stories|||tiled|tiled exterior| Along both sides of the road, there are new and old houses, the old ones are as old as the Qing Dynasty and resemble courtyards, while the new ones seem to have been built a few years ago and have tiled facades several stories high.

我哋 行 到 去 村長 間 屋 ， 爸爸 喺 門口 自我 介紹 一 番 ， 又 攞出 佢 細個 同 爺爺 影 嘅 相 ， 再 寒喧 一陣 ， 村長 就 請 我哋 入去 ， 話 要 熱情 招待 我哋 。 ||||village chief||||||self|introduction|a|round||took out|||||||||make small talk|for a while|village head|||||||warmly|hospitality| We went to the village headman's house, where my father introduced himself at the door, took his picture with his grandfather, and after a short chat, the village headman invited us in and said he would treat us warmly. 但 爸爸 話 大家 同鄉 ， 簡簡單單 就 得 啦 —— 結果 村長 嗰 晚 親自 下廚 ， 請 我 同 爸爸 食飯 。 ||||hometown|simple||||result|village chief|||personally|cooked||||| But Dad said we were all from the same village, so it was just a simple matter - and the mayor himself cooked for me and Dad that night.

嗰 晚 我哋 傾 咗 鄉下 咁 多 年 嚟 發生 嘅 事 ， 村長 講到 城市化 係 點樣 令到 鄉下 啲 後生仔 出 晒 城 ， 搞到 條 村 剩 返 啲 老年人 。 |||talked||the countryside|||||happened|||||urbanization||||the countryside||young men||out of|city|resulting in||village|left|||elderly people That night we talked about what had been happening in the countryside for so many years. The village headman told us how urbanization had made the young people in the countryside leave the city, leaving some old people in the village. 不過 出城 嘅 人 每 年 都 會 畀 少少 錢 幫 條 村 搞 翻新 ， 或者 定時 返嚟 幫手 夾 錢 維修 。 |out of town|||||||||||the|village||renovation||regularly|||to gather||repair But every year, people who go out of town give a little money to help renovate the village, or come back regularly to help with the repairs. 席間 ， 爸爸 都 有 講 到 族譜 嘅 事 ， 村長 話 本 族譜 仲 喺度 ， 一直 都 有 更新 ； 但 對於 爸爸 話 想 加 我 個 名 落去 ， 村長 就 話 有 保留 。 during the meal||||||family tree||||||family tree||here|always|||updating||regarding|||||||||||||reservation During the meeting, my father talked about the genealogy, and the village chief said that the genealogy was still in existence and was always being updated. 但 佢 話 有 其他 同鄉 都 係 生 獨女 ， 亦 提出 過 類似 諗法 ， 所以 佢 會 再 認真 諗諗 ， 如果 真係 成事 就 通知 我哋 。 |||||hometown folks||||only daughter||proposed||similar|idea|||||seriously|think again|||succeeds||notify| But she said that other people from her hometown are having an only daughter and have raised similar ideas, so she will seriously think about it again and let us know if it really works out.

我哋 喺 嗰度 留 咗 一 晚 ， 第二 日 就 啟程 返 香港 。 ||there||||||||set off|| We stayed there for one night and departed for Hong Kong the next day. 直到 今日 ， 爸爸 都 仲 等 緊 村長 嘅 電話 。 |||||||village chief|| To this day, my father is still waiting for the village chief's call. 希望 有朝一日 ， 我 個 名 可以 出現 喺 本 族譜 度 啦 ！ |one day||||||||family tree|| I hope that one day, my name can appear in the family tree!