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https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0720/8953/4600/articles/image_8f4c679c-c313-458e-8085-9123ed585727.webp?v=1789452488 打小人 Villain Hitting: The Cantonese Folk Ritual Under Causeway Bay's Canal Road Flyover That Turns a Slipper Into Therapy Wide view under a Hong Kong concrete flyover at dusk with small red folk altars, burning incense sticks and yellow paper offerings on the ground https://cantoneseguy.com/blogs/news/cho-lon-cantonese-saigon-chinatown-vietnam-history 2026-09-14T23:10:07-07:00 weekly https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0720/8953/4600/articles/pexels-photo-33248410.jpg?v=1789452607 Chợ Lớn (堤岸): How Cantonese Migrants Built Vietnam's Great Chinatown in Saigon and Held Onto Their Language for Almost 250 Years Vibrant street scene in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam with vibrant architecture and local life https://cantoneseguy.com/blogs/news/cantonese-dictionary-vol-84-body-part-idioms 2026-09-16T09:17:20-07:00 weekly 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