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The encounter began in a July sunrise by the Lugu Lake in southwest China's Yunnan Province, when Chen, a Shanghai-based content creator on a business trip, helped take a picture for a Taiwanese tourist.
The two exchanged WeChat contacts to share the photo, and through their conversations, Chen learned that the tourist, Fei Hai-ping, had ancestral roots in Puyuan Township in east China's Zhejiang Province and was living in the city of Kaohsiung.
The three pieces of information matched exactly with the details of the out-of-contact Taiwanese relative his family elders had often spoken of.
Chen immediately messaged his father, who asked only one question: "Is his dad named Fei Yunfeng?" The answer came from Fei Hai-ping: "Yes."
At that moment, a family bond that had stretched across the Taiwan Strait and lain silent for decades was unexpectedly restored.
Still amazed by what had happened, Chen asked AI to estimate the odds of such a coincidence. The result comes between hundreds of millions and tens of billions to one.
"That's like flipping a coin 30 times and getting heads every single try," he said. "But this unbelievable thing was my reality."
The two families stayed in touch after their encounter in Yunnan, and on Aug. 13, Fei Hai-ping traveled from Kaohsiung to Puyuan, their shared ancestral hometown, to meet Chen Jie's father Chen Yutang. The two cousins, both 71, gave each other a big hug.
Their connection dated back a generation. Chen Jie's grandfather, Chen Alin, and Fei Hai-ping's father, Fei Yunfeng, were biological brothers. After their parents died, Chen Alin was adopted by another family and took the surname Chen, while Fei Yunfeng remained with the Fei family.
In 1949, the defeated Chinese Kuomintang retreated to Taiwan, and the People's Republic of China was founded under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. That year, the Fei family moved to Taiwan. The two families were separated for decades due to historical circumstances. In the late 1980s, Fei returned to the Chinese mainland in search of his roots. He found his brother Chen and brought with him a family photo from Taiwan, with each member carefully identified.
Chen Yutang has treasured that photo ever since then.
Also well-preserved are the yellowed letters that Chen Yutang wrote on behalf of his illiterate father to Fei Yunfeng during the 1990s. At that time, letters were the only way the families could exchange greetings and share news of their lives across the strait.
The letters mostly centered on the everyday cares and concerns. Fei Yunfeng reminded his younger brother to smoke less, drink less, and take care of his health. On one occasion, he even asked someone to send Chen 200 U.S. dollars, telling him to put it away for emergencies.
To the Chen family's younger generation whom Fei has never met, he also offered sincere encouragement, telling them to live a good life and stay grounded.
Later, due to declining health, Fei Yunfeng moved into a nursing home. Phone calls had since gone unanswered and letters received no reply. After hearing Fei's passing, the Chen believed they might never be able to reconnect with their kin again.
Fei Hai-ping, who grew up in Taiwan, knew only vaguely of an uncle on the mainland through the old letters and photos his father had left behind.
For Fei, the reunion at Lugu Lake thus felt like a blessing from their fathers. "I came all the way to see the place where my dad was born and grew up," he said while in Puyuan.
Fei brought gifts from Taiwan including tea and pineapple cakes, and was welcomed with offerings from the Chen family, including local chrysanthemum tea, pastries and silk quilts. Fei hoped to bring his grandchildren back to Puyuan someday, so the younger generations could meet and keep the family bond alive.
Chen Jie is still amazed by the fateful meeting and can't help but wonder: What if he had not gone to Yunnan on that business trip? What if he had not woken up early to watch the sunrise? What if his uncle had not asked him to take the photo? What if they had not continued chatting on WeChat afterward?
Without any one of those coincidences, their paths might never have crossed again.
"Whether the reunion was a result of countless coincidences or driven by some unseen force, it has made me see the fact clearly than ever, that the Taiwan Strait can never sever the bonds of our blood," he said.
。 Thanksgiving on TV has always been about more than turkey. It’s about chaos, confession, found family, and the kind of emotional honesty that only emerges after the second helping of mashed potatoes. Over decades of sitcoms and dramas, certain shows carved out their place in the Thanksgiving Hall of Fame — shaping how we imagine the holiday, how we laugh at it, and sometimes, how we survive it. In This Article 1. Friends — The Complete Thanksgiving Canon (A Three-Course Feast)2. New Girl — Thanksgiving (Season 1)3. Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Thanksgiving (Season 1)4. Peanuts — A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving5. Modern Family — Three Turkeys6. The Office — WUPHF.com7. Gossip Girl — The Treasure of Serena Madre8. Gilmore Girls — A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving9. The O.C. — The Homecoming (Thanksgiving Episode)10. How I Met Your Mother — Slapsgiving1. Friends — The Complete Thanksgiving Canon (A Three-Course Feast) ''What's not to like? Custard? Good. Jam? Good. Meat? Gooooood.'' - Joey (Season 6) When it comes to Thanksgiving, Friends is the cultural blueprint. The series didn’t just give us one classic — it gave us an entire holiday anthology that still defines November television. The One with All the Thanksgivings” The turkey-on-the-head dance. Chandler’s accidental “I love you.” Monica’s knife mishap replay of doom. Pure sitcom perfection. “The One with the Football” The Geller Bowl becomes the primal scream of sibling rivalry, served with petty competitiveness and a trophy no one should care about this much — and yet they do. “The One Where Ross Got High” The ultimate truth-telling meltdown. Rachel’s half-shepherd’s-pie trifle. The Gellers discovering Chandler is not a drug addict but is their daughter’s boyfriend. A holiday confession avalanche for the ages. These episodes shaped the idea of what a sitcom Thanksgiving should be: messy, nostalgic, and endlessly rewatchable. 2. New Girl — Thanksgiving (Season 1) "Be honest. Is the turkey named Paul?” - Schmidt (Season 1) Few sitcoms understand found family quite like New Girl. In the show’s very first Thanksgiving episode, Jess attempts to cook a turkey, only to realize it is still frozen, rock-solid, and completely unroastable. Nick sulks, Schmidt micromanages, Winston contributes chaos, and Jess tries desperately to impress her crush, Paul. The result: smoke alarms, kitchen disasters, failed traditions, and one of the most charming holiday episodes of the 2010s. 3. Brooklyn Nine-Nine — Thanksgiving (Season 1) “Ugh. Why do we have to dress up for Thanksgiving. I don't even celebrate that stuff. The whole holiday is based on overeating. We should be wearing velvet track suits and diapers.” - Jake, Thanksgiving (Season 1) Jake Peralta hates Thanksgiving, Amy Santiago lives for it, and Captain Holt… quietly judges. Boyle becomes an overzealous Thanksgiving historian, Holt insists on academic decorum, and Amy nearly combusts while trying to impress her boss. It’s a warm reminder that families aren’t always inherited, sometimes they’re assembled in a precinct breakroom with burnt pies and questionable casseroles. 4. Peanuts — A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving “We've got ANOTHER holiday to worry about. It seems Thanksgiving Day is upon us.” - Charlie Brown A timeless holiday ritual. Charlie Brown and the gang teach an essential Thanksgiving truth: dinner isn’t always perfect. Sometimes it’s toast, popcorn, and jellybeans served on a ping-pong table. But what matters is the gathering itself — and that Linus will always deliver a speech that makes the adults cry. Wholesome, gentle, iconic. 5. Modern Family — Three Turkeys “You had a second turkey?!” - Phil (Season 6) In this Season 6 comedic hurricane, everyone lies, everyone panics, and multiple turkeys get disastrously roasted — because Phil and Luke are secretly cooking the “backup turkey,” Jay and Gloria pretend they’re out of town, and Claire spirals into organisational madness. It’s Thanksgiving as Modern Family always portrayed life: messy overlapping storylines that still land in a warm, emotional center. 6. The Office — WUPHF.com “Hay Place romances never last.” - Dwight (Season 7) While The Office doesn’t have a traditional sit-down Thanksgiving episode, “WUPHF.com”, which aired as the show’s Thanksgiving week instalment, became the de facto holiday entry. Thematically, it is Thanksgiving: office “family” chaos, the impulse to rescue someone from their own terrible decisions, and a final emotional meal of sorts as the employees reckon with loyalty, truth, and growing up. Plus, Dwight runs a hay festival. If that’s not holiday energy, what is? 7. Gossip Girl — The Treasure of Serena Madre “And what am I most thankful for? The truth. Sometimes it’s the truth you’ve been trying not to face. Or the truth that will change your life. Sometimes it’s the truth that’s a long time coming......But the kind of truth I’m most thankful for? The one you never see coming. That falls right into your lap. XOXO..” - Gossip Girl (Season 3) The Upper East Side turns Thanksgiving into a battleground. Set to Jason Derulo’s “Whatcha Say,” secrets explode across the dinner table in one of the most iconic montage reveals in teen-drama history. Infidelity, betrayal, manipulation — all delivered with the operatic flair only Gossip Girl could muster. No one leaves the table unscarred. Thanksgiving, but make it couture and catastrophic. 8. Gilmore Girls — A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving “Rory what are we if not the world's champion eaters?”- Lorelai (Season 3) Lorelai and Rory accept four Thanksgiving invitations in one day: The Kims, Sookie and Jackson, Luke, and finally Emily and Richard. Deep-fried turkeys, angry vegetables, Korean karaoke, emotional awkwardness — this episode is the ultimate tribute to the chaos of trying to please everyone on a holiday designed to stretch families thin. And yet, the Gilmore warmth always shines. 9. The O.C. — The Homecoming (Thanksgiving Episode) “Yeah. Please. Hey, nothing says Thanksgiving like Moo Shu Pork.” - Seth (Season 1) Before it became famous for its Chrismukkah chaos, The O.C. delivered a surprisingly grounded Thanksgiving entry. Ryan returns to Chino to visit his family, Seth juggles holiday awkwardness with Anna and Summer, and the show balances coming-of-age tenderness with classic Cohen humor. It’s heartfelt, nostalgic, and a reminder that holidays often reconnect you with who you used to be — for better or worse. 10. How I Met Your Mother — Slapsgiving “So, as slap bet commissioner, I'm issuing a ruling. Thanksgiving is a day of peace, there will be no slaps today!” - Lily (Season 3) The crown jewel of HIMYM holiday episodes. Marshall’s “slap bet” with Barney culminates in a Thanksgiving countdown that mixes slapstick (literally) with big-hearted sentiment. Lily tries to run a picture-perfect dinner, Barney lives in perpetual slap fear, and Marshall delivers one of the funniest (and most anticipated) blows in sitcom history. It’s Thanksgiving chaos wrapped in a warm, sentimental punch.Also Read: Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Responds to Sameer Wankhede, Says Satire and Fiction Can Co-exist。
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