While the fashion for finding "roots" 'may be new in the West, it has a long tradition in China, with its 5,000 years of history.
基於五千年的倫理傳統，中國是個極為重視血緣的民族，中國民間因而產生許多類似「飲水思源」、「源遠流長」等的觀念及說法，藉以向篳路藍縷的祖先表達無限的感恩及思念之情。