Memorial Service, Washington DC, Dec. 11, 2010

-------------------- "Exactly this time of the year, I arrived at Granduncle's house in New York with my Uncle Yonghui - that was the first time when I met this legendary elder of the family in person. One day, after a walk around the neighborhood, he was showing us his indoor swimming pool; under Uncle Yonghui's encouragements, I climbed up to the diving board and sang an old song. Granduncle, who wore a light-gray sweatshirt and holding a golf club he always carried when working outdoors, (Mom said that that served for self-defense from the mean dogs) stood on the other side of the pool, listened attentively... after the first song as I bowed to the two audience, he dropped the golf club, gave me a big applause and yelled "Encore!" (that was how I learned this word first hand!) He soon found out that I could actually sing a lots of songs that he used to sing decades ago during his youth in China. That evening after dinner, he wanted to show me something - boxes after boxes of cassettes full of songs from operas! He helped me copy two cassettes of songs that I still cherish - they had kept me company for many year when I painted in the studio. I would like to contribute a song "Ave Maria" to Granduncle at his memorial service. I hope this song will comfort his soul and everybody here today...  " - Nian Hua
"I recently made a painting -  flowers that will never die especially for Granduncle. I thought about him a lot while I was painting... " Nian Hua, 12/11/2011
Memorial speech - Yanhui Lin
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Click the photo to see full size photo. Uncle's bed room Come back home Love you Share memories Uncle's living room I made this I remember .. Do you remember? I remember .. Good bye Share stories Missing you Rest in peace "Ave Maria" Share stories Rest in peace Miss you Memory forever Rest in peace Good bye Rest in peace I remember .. Sleep well 4 pages from Mom From all of us Good Bye I remember .. "Education is the best investment" We miss you