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The four big families of Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港四大家族) [1] [not specific enough to verify] is a term used to describe the four business families that historically rose to prominence and became influential in Hong Kong. [2] In order of influence, they are the Li, Ho, Lo and Hui families. [2]
Gung ho (/ ˈ ɡ ʌ ŋ ˈ h oʊ /) is an English term, with the current meaning of 'enthusiastic or energetic', especially overly so.It originated during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) from a Chinese term, 工合 (pinyin: gōnghé; lit. 'to work together'), short for Chinese Industrial Cooperatives (Chinese: 工業合作社; pinyin: Gōngyè Hézuòshè).
Kong (Chinese: 孔; Korean: 공) is a Chinese and Korean surname. It can also be written as Kong in Taiwan, Hung in Hong Kong, Khổng in Vietnam, and Gong in Korea. There are around 2.1 million people with this surname in China in 2002, representing 0.23% of the population. [1] In 2024, it was the 98th-most common surname in China. [2]
Gong is the pinyin romanization of several distinct Chinese surnames, including 宫, 龔, 共, 公, 鞏, 功, 貢, and 弓. It may also be an alternative transcription of the surname Kong ( Chinese : 孔 , Korean : 공 ), or the Jyutping romanization of the Chinese surname Jiang .
The conception of China as consisting of the "old hundred families" (Chinese: 老百姓; pinyin: Lǎo Bǎi Xìng; lit. 'Old Hundred Surnames') is an ancient and traditional one, the most notable tally being the Song-era Hundred Family Surnames (Chinese: 百家姓; pinyin: Bǎi Jiā Xìng).
Chinese surnames have a history of over 3,000 years. Chinese mythology, however, reaches back further to the legendary figure Fuxi (with the surname Feng), who was said to have established the system of Chinese surnames to distinguish different families and prevent marriage of people with the same family names. [8]
As an Asian-American, the Chinese or Lunar New Year was always a great time of celebration in our family, and we followed many Chinese New Year traditions to secure a prosperous and fortunate year ...
As of 2009, the 5th edition of the Kong Family Tree (孔子世家譜) recorded the genealogy of Gokbu Gong clan, called Goryeo branch (Korean: 고려파; Hanja: 高麗派). The Goryeo branch is listed in the last two out of 80 volumes of the Kong Family Tree , and it is the only recorded foreign branch of Kong family.