Tai Pun Residents Association
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Tai Pun Residents Association is a Chinese American
Chinese American
Chinese Americans represent Americans of Chinese descent. Chinese Americans constitute one group of overseas Chinese and also a subgroup of East Asian Americans, which is further a subgroup of Asian Americans...

 home town association of Dapengnese
Dapeng Peninsula
Dapeng Peninsula or Dapengbandao is a peninsula in the east of Longgang district, that lies in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. Dapengbandao consists of the subdistricts Kuichong, Dapeng and Nan'ao. The peninsula is surrounded in the southwest by Mirs Bay and in the northeast by Daya Bay....

 in the United States of America. The majority of Dapengnese have lived in New York City. The organization is a member of Lin Sing Association
Lin Sing Association
The Lin Sing Association is a Chinese American organization. The goals of the association are to improve the rights and welfare of its members.-History:...

. The association building is situated at 51 Bayard Street 1/F in New York. The organization organise annually a meeting at Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year – often called Chinese Lunar New Year although it actually is lunisolar – is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is an all East and South-East-Asia celebration...

. They use Dapeng dialect
Dapeng dialect
Dapeng dialect is a Chinese dialect that was originally only spoken on the Dapeng Peninsula. By the Chinese diaspora, the dialect has spread to places with large population people who are originally from Dapeng...

 to communicate with each other. Tai Pun Residents Association was founded in 1919 and is the oldest Dapengnese association. Chinese nationalism
Chinese nationalism
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, respect for the young and old are the main ideas of Tai Pun Residents Association. Therefor they every year celebrate the national day of People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

 on October the tenth. And they organise a day for elderly in summer. The Tai Pun Yook Ying Association is a suborganization. It was founded as a charity fund for Chinese school
Chinese school
In Western countries, a Chinese school is a school established explicitly for the purpose of teaching the Chinese languages and dialects to Americans with Chinese ancestry, Canadians with Chinese ancestry, Americans with Taiwanese ancestry, Canadians with Taiwanese ancestry, and the youth born in...

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