DONGGUAN HERITAGE

Goon Yee Tong is a place for Australians of Dongguan descent to better understand their cultural heritage and in doing so continue to value, enjoy and care for it.

Why is Cultural Heritage Important?

• Cultural heritage can provide an automatic sense of unity and belonging within a group.

• It allows us to better understand previous generations and the history of where we come from.

• Studies show that people who can draw from multiple cultural identities, exhibit higher levels of innovation.

• The global wealth of traditions, is a principal motivation for travel, with tourists seeking to find out about new cultures & experiences.

• Intangible cultural heritages create bridges between past, present and future; it ensures humanity with a sense of identity and continuity.

Identity

Connect to the place that we came from

• Visual – show the location most people came from

• Tours – Finding your roots tour to visit the villages that still remain in China

• Learn – Traditional recipes of Food, Cantonese Opera, Mahjong etc.