值得珍藏的故事Stories Worth Preserving
A family heirloom, in your parent's own words.
Your parent replies in Chinese — by text or voice. The whole family reads every story in both languages.
One question a week, printed at the end of the year as a bilingual family book you can hold. No app to download.
Your first story is free.No credit card required.
收集故事
The Method
Recorded in their language, shared in both.
Your parent replies to a weekly question — in their own language, by text or voice. Within hours, the whole family reads the bilingual story.
寶話故事
Story Chat
你好！這週的問題：你小時候在台北的早晨是什麼樣的？
Hi! This week's question: what were mornings like in Taipei when you were little?
迪化街的米店！你爸爸天還沒亮就出門了。豆漿的味道你現在還記得嗎？
The rice shop on Dihua Street! Your dad left before dawn. Do you still remember the smell of soy milk?
當然記得。媽媽每天早上做豆漿和油條，整條巷子都聞得到...
Of course I remember. Mom made soy milk and you-tiao every morning — the whole alley could smell it...
過程
The Process
From a conversation to an heirloom.
Baohua is a year-long rhythm. One question each week, one story back, building into something the family can hold at the end of the year.
Week 1
The first story
A question goes out. A story comes back — sometimes a memory no one in the family has heard before.
Every week
A new chapter
Each week, a different question draws out a different part of their life. Childhood, first jobs, the foods they grew up eating, the family that came before them.
Over months
A life takes shape
Stories begin to connect. A name mentioned in passing becomes the subject of another chapter. Their voice finds its rhythm, and the whole arc of a life starts to emerge.
End of year
The book arrives
A year of stories, printed as a family keepsake — both languages side by side, one heirloom the family can hold.
這本書
The Book
The heirloom you hand down.
One year of your parent's stories, printed as a family book. Both languages, side by side.
“Baohua exists because I wanted to hear my own parents' stories.”
Luke Lin, founder · Read our story →
價格
Pricing
Start free. Pay once if you love it.
Your first story is free — no credit card. If you want the full year, it is a single payment that covers everything, including the printed book.
Start here
Free — your first story
No credit card required.
- We send your parent their first question
- They reply in Chinese, by text or voice — no app to download
- You read the finished story in both languages
- Decide after you have seen it — nothing is charged
The full year
$99 once
A full year of stories. Family book included.
- Curated story prompts, designed for immigrant families
- Bilingual stories, automatically translated to bridge the language gap
- A printed family book at the end of the year
- Unlimited family members reading and commenting
- No auto-renewal — we never charge you again unless you ask
Either way you start the same: set up your family and we send the first question. Payment only comes up if you decide to keep going.
常見問題
FAQ
Questions families ask.
Can I try Baohua Stories before paying?
Yes. Your first story is free and no credit card is required. You set up your family, we send your parent their first question, and you read the finished bilingual story before deciding anything. If you want to keep going, it is $99 once for the full year.
What is Baohua Stories?
Baohua Stories is a bilingual family storytelling service for Chinese American families. Parents answer a weekly question — by text or voice, in their own language — and the whole family reads the story in both Chinese and English. At the end of the year, the stories are printed as a family book.
How is Baohua Stories different from StoryWorth or Remento?
StoryWorth and Remento only work in English, which excludes immigrant parents who prefer their native language. Baohua Stories interviews parents in Chinese (or their preferred language), then delivers every story in both Chinese and English so the whole family can read along.
How does my parent reply each week?
Your parent replies to a weekly question in a simple chat — by text or voice, in their own language. The family receives the bilingual story back in both Chinese and English.
How much does Baohua Stories cost?
Baohua Stories is $99, paid once, for a full year. That covers weekly story prompts, bilingual story generation, unlimited family members reading along, and one printed family book. It is a one-time payment — it does not auto-renew, and we never charge you again unless you ask for another year.
What languages does Baohua Stories support?
Today, Baohua Stories is built for Chinese American families (Mandarin and Cantonese are supported on the input side; all stories are delivered in both Chinese and English). Support for additional immigrant family languages is on the roadmap.
Who built Baohua Stories?
Baohua Stories was built by Luke Lin, a first-generation Taiwanese American founder, as a way to hear his own parents' stories in full. It is operated by Moda Labs.