What is meant by ox cart water (the impression of Singapore)

I said "self chosen Singapore tour abroad," because here Chinese, many users are not English guarantee no problem.

Why is the top of the Malay Peninsula on the island are there so many Chinese geographical location said? to should be adopted Malay will come this land, if you could share here Chinese to nearly 80%, Malay? it seems far more than this number. Shopping in Singapore for five days, I think that 80% of the numbers, it seems not quite right, because the eyes to see color, of too many.

I remember my sister a decade ago travel Singapore said: do you feel in Hong Kong or China (Hong Kong did not return to that time), but to Singapore I felt sure is foreign.

Then in China, after all, foreigners also less, but now in Wangfujing Street sat for a while to try, I can see with Singapore's foreign almost, the difference is that Beijing is rare, but the Occidental Singapore more black Malay or India.

Although say, Singapore's Chinese or many very reassuring, by bus or Metro you may sit a bit India, but four next looked across the seat, the rear seat is Chinese.

While in a foreign land does not consider "non-I species, its heart tobradex", but I still used the same people mingled in the steadfast.

One day, I sat beside the Metro into the city, sit two 11 second-year-old child, a man and a woman, from listening to their conversation, peer and their parents, or even the longest a generation of people, is about to enter or worship.

11 two-year-old child that talk about what has come to think of it, because memories are only children, when they are a bunch of adults and one child, children, and children are in school, in addition to the vocational teachers, others simply do not know what the talks between them.

Two child sounds small, soft, so-called RTHK flavor, in fact, because my father was a Fujian, I hear they know they are coming from the Fujian province.

One girl said: when we were in China ... She can be regarded as the first generation of immigrants, the boy wonder. Note their conversation is started from here: more money than anyone. Lucky money, either a rich "sponsor", or a relative or friend of the parents. My friend said, Singapore people this is very good, not complaining that the new year brought two oranges, give children money will give two SGD.

Sure enough, next, the two children compared to who's grandfather, perhaps leaving China for a long time, but now the Chinese children also make innumerable appellation.

Grandfather, Grandpa, and even uncle Duke, uncle, father, daughter, where two people are Grandpa. Suddenly see the girl to glance next, and then use the hand to the boy's direction (just as I sit on the edge of the boy, that is the direction towards my) shut his mouth, and whispered: my grandfather (it seems that she still get clear titles) are being killed.

She describes her grandfather intermittently home yard layout, then she would also like to listen to later, her mother said, together with the tone of the small (I guess she sat on the other side is her grandmother), so I can hear is unclear.

Suddenly, the boy to improve voice calling, Wow thiabendazole, killer ... How can I forget the killer, but the boy of a "wow" and "killers" words really make me happy for a long time, and the girl seemed to show off my grandfather General "was to be killed" tone. "Grandfather" should be very close to the man, his violent death we will use this tone, that kill? for relatives of people we will use the "killer" so giddy Word? now kids are looking at a lot of martial arts, or more than a game?

Said that the Chinese, said Chinatown.

Singapore Chinatown is very famous, some Chinese people to Singapore to play not not go, I was no exception. The Metro station in Chinatown are CHINATOWN, do not know the United States of Chinese city is also the word used is Singapore's Chinatown is also a Chinese love with "Chinatown".

About "Chinatown" name, individual site copied copy to go, to sum up: no opening of the lack of fresh water here, water with ox cart, to eat; with ox cart, water to wash.

The latter is a bit funny, Singapore often rain, it is also used to wash the? repeat if water does get less painstakingly to water should wash? want to those who have the habit to wash Street, mostly water easily, such as Lijiang. The previous version, seems to be credible, but I always feel that this name should not be the solution to the "cart pulled by water", which is the real "cattle to car water", the Chinese Opera the double push "have a sentence like" a song like Chinatown, two hand mill like pulling Pont boat. "Visible Chinatown is very difficult for one thing, so memorable.

So, why are car water? this is what most Chinese people should become familiar with — and watering.

Chinese well, eat hard to change, are farmers, a little place like a something. I was thinking. Of course it may also be non-deep sea well cannot out sweet water, light rocking Potter may be too hard, so I came up with the waterwheel cattle eat, so I think the "car" as a noun use of the "Chinatown", "car" as a verb with "Chinatown" and more.

The second early in the new year, take the subway to arrive at Raffles square station, according to plan out the Metro G: days! so narrow road, high floor, holidays, in addition to the few cars pass, do not see a pedestrian, was why the Office area, I doubt this will be a lively Chinatown nearby.

Believe that this area of the map, road is very short, so soon saw the way brands, prove that I'm moving in the right direction. From the South are the famous Telok Ayer Street, it is said that this line is at the seaside, to the East is a couple of hundred years reclaimed land, this land want to square planning is difficult, I am afraid the street Yue Hai Thanh Temple is located in two buildings (map draw but not narrow) angle.

The MTR play Singapore law books only Yue Hai Thanh Temple of annotations, but from the entire Chinatown Chinese culture circle perspective, should not pay attention to it, also not much more to go.

"Yue Hai Thanh Temple" too literally knew was aChinese temple, the canton of wrecks and no concept of a modern geography, Commission for Guangdong, expect this piece qingping, naturally expect his or her family of Nanyang smooth. From the Chaoshan culture on the Web site know Yue Hai Thanh Temple is built in Chaozhou Singapore's first temple, was called "Asia for housing" with palm leaves on the roof of the cabin, then there is the ephod.

Yue Hai Thanh Temple almost fanhuaqu closest to the Singapore River in all communities of religious places, one in Singapore of a colonial Hebei religious building regional swim away, so not a hybrid, then few days regardless of where the Chinese, Indian and Malay descent of various temples are wrong than shoulder complex, almost intimate.

Perhaps you can imagine that Raffles ' "designated for prison" and other ethnic tolerance.

Yue Hai Thanh temple only entered the courtyard, small row House, the roof of the fancy they don't mention the Tower Pavilion Pavilion, flowers and birds, but also dynamic and sang opera.

In the new line of hanging courtyard incense coil, Temple, pilgrims stream. I was a serpent right temple stay for a while, because the idol side of a wall a little red Wai, table a table should be fragrant, flowers, fruit taste with a small statue, the table is an old man is lovely. He was dressed in white t-shirts and trousers, in particular become Sling stomach is very big, he's responsibility is to read the eulogy homage to God's expectations.

The shrine is continuous, he as usual is over each other on stack wrapped in a red sign yellow laminating, from the bridge of the shelves at the top of a pair of glasses, at a kneel down to visit.

If you are a man, he would read: xxx (written in red sign, the Palace gate, 10 a, the specialist to write the name) worship, to the successful business year, and so on; if you are a child, he would read: xxx, good, not fun, and so on, the children stood up, he's also looking make-up one sentence: not good to spanking. I said, have to make them less amusement. Carers seriously said: you cannot play! his have something I could not understand, but able to differentiate between the different Chinese dialect, but for a child, he will use less clear to read Mandarin.

A homemaking girl kneeling down, carers said: at the college? girl stood behind mother proudly said: Ph..

"Oh, PhD. "Old bow at the paper's name, suddenly remembered something: the science of? girl nodded. So some incantations, the extra edge: later Nobel Prize. Then pick up the statue of the little statue to a stack of paper pressure below it, the table has three stack of paper.

While temporarily not a homage to, I asked the man, "Hey can I photograph, I can't.

"He's a bit weird I don't worship. "It was for you? you are standing here?" and "station? not tired, there is a God. "Ask why he went with a variety of language, he said that the shrine, in what language, he will use the language. What would you say how many words? that, Chaozhou, Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Putonghua, Northeast words ...

"Also the Northeast?" and "on the Northeast words to speak Generoso called mūjī (moji).

"Carers throughout the two-word standard Bopomofo read road, I almost didn't recognize, thanks to an after thought: mùji, a word of light reading. About carers I nuisance in next to it, also mill grinding mumbled to ask this question that, think of the word to the Northeast. I still had the grace some of the exit, Jolly, the Yue Hai Thanh Temple. Door forward and out of men, women and children, some gave the bag slowly pacing, some children open car with parents.

Al over temple edges painted Street (CHURCH STREET) is in the far East square, this is a tourist attraction for the Temple of Earth, was free to receive poor families children's reading of the extraction of the British Academy, the Guild should Hakka and Museum are all in one to five acts goalkeeper these old legacy planning together with glass top, full of restaurants, souvenir shop, falls on a day to see the praise is out as a course of thought.

Do not know because of the holidays, or because of the time too early, most shops are locked door, whatever you want. A large building, I asked, that Pavilion should be and nobody knew, or should be, and to be an incarnation of the Museum, a chef like people pointed at by the wall said, go ahead. It really was, and the temple, as the British Academy is the extraction of closed doors.

About Crowe Sy (CROSS STREET), along with straight forward Laurent Ayer is South, the most typical Temple vibrant: nāgod card Hall, tianfu Palace, Al Abu Rahman Mosque, Methodist Telok Ayer Chapel.

In the picture look of NA Gothic Temple very stately flower cards, but face it, can't believe its crude, although some decoration, but on the whole, just like the loess ramming, even the wall seem single Po. And across the tianfu Palace of Abra mosque while belong to the Islamic religious places, but disparities on the form.

Tianfu Palace is the Temple of Fujian province, which I'm familiar with, Mazu ancestral Chamber Festival of fuss is seen, and just of Yue Hai Thanh Temple, too many tourists here, rather than on the Mainland of the people from devout Meizhou Island.

It is said that it also plays a role of Fujian Hall is Hoklo settled in a new spirit, so the object of worship is complex, a house one, but easy to worship. But the door side of all couplets are visible with the goddess, was next with enjoy:

Doors (internal): Cheung Fat Meizhou ladder hang Jie Yu-en vertical North Kerry Dixon, moral education, was Yu Yu new Fu south Fujian.

Doors (external): Shende Ti sea surface optical Chao Hu, Kun for blatant Cheung Fat dialects.

North Gate: Shende liufang Vancomycin, acoustic soul Sheikh accommodation comparable qianqiu defended the muyi sweet bean.

South Gate: puji Chi Hong primary celebrate Bohai are tranquil, Qin compress de zeli folk country long songs.

Door to the most exterior: Korean are tranquil, deep-boats, after de Lai gods help involved.

Out of the gate, on the street, take a picture like that was seen feet two cornerstone of things like with the "Singapore Hokien" looked behind it, is a small, but very modern buildings, the building also hanging water curtain.

Looking back at tianfu PalaceSee also, on the edge of an old-style villas, upstairs wrote "1913, Hokien", is among these three generations AH (home modification program error in map, busy, put this after two generations hall mark went to the far East square, to reform have PS, forget it).

(Yue Hai Thanh Temple)

(Tianfu Palace gate)

(Laurent Ayer Gong)

(Methodist Telok Ayer Chapel)

(Mari Amman Hindu temple)

(Many beautiful songs in front of the subway station and bus stop)