Canada – Chinese Freemasons celebrate 160 years of community and cultural support


Canada - Chinese Freemasons celebrate 160 years of community and cultural support

(by Winston Szeto, CBC, March 25, 2023)

 

Cecil Fung’s first visit to central B.C. was an enlightening one, and not just because he had lived most of his life in Vancouver since arriving from Hong Kong in the 1960s. In 2003, Fung and fellow members of the Chinese Freemasons installed a 140th anniversary headstone at the historic cemetery for Chinese gold miners in Barkerville, where the organization set up its first Canadian branch in 1863.

“[I] saw a lot of historical value and a lot of personal satisfaction in touching our roots and the history of the Chinese in Canada,” he said of the visit.

Twenty years on, Fung, a leader of Canada’s Chinese Freemasons, is now set to celebrate another milestone for the organization.

Up to 600 members from 19 branches across the country are due to gather Sunday at its national headquarters in Vancouver, where…

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Canada - Chinese Freemasons celebrate 160 years of community and cultural support

 

Canada - Chinese Freemasons celebrate 160 years of community and cultural support
 

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