Accent Sisters × MOCA: Taiwanese Hokkien, Hakka & Teochew Dialect Corner

潮州话、客家话、台语方言角来啦!🍜 别人搬家是背井离乡,客家人搬家是继承家业;潮汕人搬到哪里,都坚持小孩必须说潮汕话。这次重音方言角 × 纽约美国华人博物馆 MOCA,我们请来四位嘉宾,聊聊台语，潮州话，粤语，和客家话这几个默默称霸海外的方言。我们会一起探索方言里的音调音律，窥探豆腐的历史前生，听听周敦颐第三十六代传人的家族传奇，再跟着潮州博主看看潮汕人在全球扎根的轶事。本次活动我们请来了四位嘉宾: 李岳燁 Dennis:导演、剧作家,也是个夜店咖,常驻DJ台正前方。矿工爺爺带大,家里没人会念「燁」,干脆叫他「华」。曾因为疏於讲台语被外婆训过。 周晓蓉:周敦颐第三十六代传人,汕头金中校友会秘书长。祖先爱莲「出淤泥而不染」,她爱越野,专往泥里钻。 陈洁莹:「潮汕人在纽约」主理人,韩江边长大的野孩子。坚信小孩必须说潮汕话,家里常年备着粿条和白粥,等老乡来。 Rosetta:科技行业打工人,徘徊在三种广东方言之间。爱林生祥的美浓客语歌,更爱陈奕迅的粤语歌。家族祠堂在三千年前的洛阳,至今没解决定居问题。 📍 11月14日(周六)下午4–6点 纽约美國華人博物館 MOCA 215 Centre Street, New York, NY 10013 🍻 6点后有自愿参加、自费的晚餐聚会,地点待定。快@你的老乡,一起来说家乡话! Taiwanese Hokkien, Hakka and Teochew Dialect Corner is here! 🍜 For most people, moving away means leaving home behind. For the Hakka, moving is simply carrying on the family legacy. And wherever Teochew people end up, they insist the kids must speak Teochew. This time, Accent Sisters’ Dialect Corner teams up with the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) to bring you four guests to talk about two dialects that have quietly conquered the diaspora. Together we’ll explore the tones and rhythms of dialect, peek into the past life of tofu, hear the family legend of a 36th-generation descendant of Zhou Dunyi, and follow a Teochew blogger’s stories of how Chaoshan people have put down roots around the world. Our four guests: Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li 李岳燁: Director, playwright, and certified club kid, usually found right in front of the DJ booth. Raised by his coal-miner grandfather. No one in his family knew how to pronounce "燁," so they simply called him “Hua” (華). His grandmother once scolded him for losing fluency in Taiwanese. Xiaorong Zhou 周晓蓉: 36th-generation descendant of Zhou Dunyi and Secretary-General of the Shantou Jinshan Middle School Alumni Association. Her ancestor loved the lotus that “rises from the mud unstained.” She loves trail running, and goes straight for the mud. Jieying Chen 陈洁莹: Founder of Chaoshan People in New York and a wild child who grew up along the Han River. She firmly believes every child must speak Teochew, and keeps kway teow and white congee on hand year-round for visiting fellow townspeople. Rosetta: Tech worker drifting between three Guangdong dialects. Loves Lin Shengxiang’s Meinong Hakka songs, and loves Eason Chan’s Cantonese songs even more. Her family’s ancestral hall was in Luoyang 3,000 years ago, and they still haven’t solved the settling-down problem. 📍 Saturday, November 14, 4–6 PM Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) 215 Centre Street, New York, NY 10013 🍻 After 6 PM, join us for an optional, self-paid dinner. Location TBD. Tag your 老乡 and come speak your hometown tongue with us! Written by Cynthia Chen Cynthia Chen is a writer in New York. Her first chapbook, Believing YoYo, is a series of unbelievable statements. She likes naming curbside plants and making unimportant decisions. 李岳燁  导演、剧作家，也是个夜店咖。出生于台湾瑞芳，由矿工爺爺带大。曾因为疏於讲台语被外婆训过。家里没人知道名字里的“燁”该怎么念，于是干脆叫他“华”。 陈洁莹 潮汕博主，「潮汕人在纽约」主理人，出生于潮州潮安东凤镇。野孩子一个，从小爱在韩江边晃悠嬉闹，如今人在纽约，日常思念粿条、白粥，坚信小孩必须要说潮汕话。 周晓蓉 周敦颐第三十六代传人，汕头金中校友会秘书长。祖先在《爱莲说》里说要“出淤泥而不染”，我却偏爱长跑和越野，看起来专门往泥里钻。 Rosetta 别人搬家是背井离乡，客家人搬家是继承家业。走到哪里都是客，搬到纽约，说明家族传统没有失传。现从事科技行业，徘徊于三种广东方言之间，爱林生祥的美浓客语歌，更爱陈奕迅的摩登粤语歌。 Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li 李岳燁 Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li is a director and playwright, and also a club kid. Originally from Ruifang, Taiwan, he was raised by his grandfather, a coal miner. His maternal grandmother once shamed him for not continuing to speak Taiwanese. No one in his family knew how to pronounce “Yeh 燁” correctly, let alone in Taiwanese, so he was given the nickname “Hua 華” instead. Jieying Chen 陈洁莹 A Chaoshan blogger and founder of Chaoshan People in New York. Born in Dongfeng, Chao'an, Chaozhou, she was a wild child who loved roaming and playing along the Han River. Now living in New York, she constantly craves kway teow and rice congee, and firmly believes that every child must speak Teochew. Xiaorong Zhou 周晓蓉 A third-generation descendant of Zhou Dunyi, president of the Chaoshan Association, and a proud flag-bearer of the Shantou Jinshan Middle School Alumni Association. Her ancestor famously wrote about the lotus rising unstained from the mud in On the Love of the Lotus. She, however, prefers long-distance running and trail running, and seems to go out of her way to get herself covered in mud. Rosetta For most people, moving away means leaving home behind. For the Hakka, moving is simply carrying on a family tradition. Wherever they go, they remain guests, and moving to New York only proves that the tradition is alive and well. Working in tech, Rosetta moves between three Guangdong dialects. She loves Lin Shengxiang's Meinong Hakka songs, but loves Eason Chan's modern Cantonese pop even more.