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Hybrid culture in a red dot

By Wang Chao ( China Daily ) Updated: 2015-03-07 07:56:50

Hybrid culture in a red dot

Sri Krishnan Temple. [Photo by Wang Chao/China Daily]

'Southern seas' has attracted Chinese for a long time.

Singaporeans call their homeland "the tiny red dot on the atlas". This is true given the fact that the country is only 700 sq km. But the tiny dot is meanwhile a most inclusive place in the world as four ethnic groups reside together, peacefully - Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasians, with completely different religions, cultures and even food.

This was my first trip to Singapore under the generous two-year-term visa, and I fell in love with this garden city immediately: The roads are dustless and it seems every plant blossoms in the tropical climate.

Of course I can go to the Universal Studio in Sentosa for a roller-coaster ride, or to the casino to try my luck, or to the mini zoo for a night safari, but I don't think these are the soul of this small country.

I'm more interested in how the Chinese culture has evolved during its interaction with multiple ethnic groups and how the Chinese tradition modifies itself when it clashes with modern civilization. Singapore is a paradise for such observations.

Due to geographic adjacency, Singapore has long been a immigration destination for Chinese living in Southeast coastal areas. As a result of war or famine, many Chinese fled down to the "Southern seas", or the Southeast Asia areas, to make a living.

Guided by the Singapore International Foundation staff members, I took a tour to the Chinese Heritage Center. For someone interested in tracing roots, it is a must-go place in Singapore. It was founded as a non-profit organization in 1995 by some Chinese business leaders in Asia and major Singapore Chinese clan associates such as Hokkien Huay Kuan and Ngee Ann Kongsi.

The center owns a library that documents photos, letters and books of overseas Chinese studies and an early Chinese text book collection with more than 2,000 books. These books were smuggled to Singapore from the mainland for the local Chinese schools and they are now the biggest treasure of the center.

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