This series tells the untold stories of Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia, whose ancestors were mostly from China’s southeastern coast, Fujian, Guangdong and Hainan. They took Chinese civilization overseas and have kept it flourishing. Those respectable ancestors have undergone incredible hardship in order to take root in Southeastern Asia. They represented the Chinese value of endurance and wisdom. Their epic stories of misery, struggle, success and failure are a big fortune to us today. On a broader social scale, the stories of Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia provide historical references to the current economic development and border politics in China.