Map of Hakka provinces in China as seen at Toronto Conference 2008

If you want to learn more about the Hakka culture and what it means to be Hakka, register for the Toronto Hakka Conference.  This conference takes place once every four years. I went to the 2008 conference and met more Hakkas than I had ever seen before.  I had grown up in a small town where we were the only Chinese. I always felt we were different. At the conference, Hakka people surrounded me who shared the same history.  Here I had found my family, people like me. I was no longer an outsider.

From June 29 to July 1, 2012 at York University there will be sessions on Hakka from all parts of the world, history, genealogy, architecture, and food.  I will be speaking in a session on Hakka Cuisine, Ancient and Modern with Prof. Shiu Loon Kong.  Register soon.