The Straits Chinese House: Domestic Life and Traditions

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National Museum of Singapore, 2006 - History - 123 pages
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The Straits Chinese or Peranakan community is perhaps one of the oldest overseas Chinese communities in history, having established itself in the Malay archipelago as early as the seventeenth century.

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Contents

Section 1
47
Section 2
67
Section 3
80

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air-well altar table AMBER ROAD ancestral altar ANCESTRAL HALL ancestral shrine auspicious Baba Malay BABA NYONYA HERITAGE Baba wedding baju bedroom Beng betel bottom right bridal bed bridal chamber bride and groom British Malaya cabinets celebrations CHENG LOCK cheo cherki chia chimchay chye cooking deceased decorated dining dishes DISPLAY dondang sayang door embroidered Emerald Hill Road entrance Festival funeral furniture glutinous rice gold grandmother Hokkien household deity JALAN TUN joss-sticks Katong kitchen Kong kuan kueh ladies LEE CHOON GUAN Lee Kip LIVING ROOM Malacca Malaya Mandalay Villa meal MUSEUM OF SINGAPORE NATIONAL MUSEUM NEIL ROAD Nyonya NYONYA HERITAGE MUSEUM offerings oPPoSITE boTToM oPPoSITE ToP panjang PENANG PERANAKAN HOUSE placed Qing Qing dynasty RECEPTION HALL RESIDENCE ritual robes ronggeng rumah abu SARONG sembayang Siang silk sireh Song Ong Siang SONGKET Straits Chinese teak terraced houses top left traditional Peranakan TUN TAN CHENG usually verandah wedding ceremony wooden

About the author (2006)

Peter Lee was born in Peking, China, in 1936. He studied at the University of California at Berkeley and the Sorbonne in Paris and has worked as a writer, translator, magazine editor, and professor. He now lives in retirement in Thailand.

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TitleThe Straits Chinese House: Domestic Life and Traditions
AuthorsPeter Lee, Jennifer Chen
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherNational Museum of Singapore, 2006
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJul 21, 2010
ISBN9814155942, 9789814155946
Length123 pages
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History / Asia / Southeast Asia
Social Science / Customs & Traditions
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General
  
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