古巴华侨李云宏家族银信解读

An Exploration of Remittance Letters of the Li Yunhong Clan

古巴华侨李云宏家族留下数量较多的银信。以抗战为界,李云宏家族活动分为前后两个时期。前期以返乡造屋为中心,由此引发催款、欠债、还款等活动;后期以国内侨眷的生活安危为主线,展示了不同时期古巴华侨的生存状态,揭示国内外经济政治环境和华侨自身因素等,始终对其家族经济与生活产生重要影响。

The Cuba-based Chinese Li Yunhong and his relatives have left behind a large number of remittance letters. This paper makes a case study of their correspondence before and after the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. The letters written prior to the war were mainly about returning to their native place and erecting houses and the related activities like pressing for payment,debts and repayment. In the post-war period,the remittance letters had the life and safety of their relatives in China as the theme. These letters show the conditions of Chinese living in Cuba in different periods and reveal that factors like international and domestic economic and political climate and the conditions of overseas Chinese had a great impact on economy and life of their clan members back at home.