Overseas Chinese Hotel, Shekki

From a 1930s postcard showing the Overseas Chinese hotel at the busy river crossing from the Long Du district to Shekki, the Zhongshan capital and embarkation point by ferry to Hong Kong.

A major contributor to the history of the Chinese overseas was Zhongshan County, known as Xiangshan or Heongshan until 1925.

Image Courtesy of: Zhongshan City

By the 1930s the city of Shekki (石歧) was a major center for the Chinese disapora with remittance shops, banks and hotels. The huaqiao (华侨) or Overseas Chinese hotel was for those coming to or from the various destinations in South East Asia and around the Pacific to the villages of Zhongshan, particularly the districts of Long Du and Liang Du.

For oral account of life in Shekki see: South Flows the Pearl