796 Singapore Chinatown
After lunch, Chen Hui looked at the leftovers on the table, did not speak, did not take any action, just looked at Ling Yu'er quietly.
Ling Yu'er also looked at Chen Xiaohui quietly, and her eyes were vigorous, as if she wanted Chen Xiaohui to clean up the table.
Chen Hui was indifferent, shook his hands, looked at Ling Yu'er's face, and said, "Ling Yu'er!"
"Huh?" As he spoke, Chen Hui pointed to the dining table, suggesting that he clean it up.
Ling Yu'er pretended not to know, just pouted, took out her mobile phone and played.
Chen Hui then said: "Ling Yu'er, cough cough, please clean up, I'll answer the phone." ”
Seeing that Ling Yu'er didn't speak, Chen Hui said again, "The plates, the bowls, they were all taken out of the kitchen, so naturally you have to take them back."
"Where is the gentle and virtuous lady just now?"
Ling Yu'er then put down her phone, glared at Chen Xiaohui with her eyes and said, "Please, I'm just in charge of cooking, and you're in charge of cleaning up the table!"
"I don't want to clean up the table"
"Chen Xiaohui, you clean up the table!"
"I don't want to move right now!"
"I just won't do it anyway!"
"Before you eat, you praised me for being gentle and virtuous, and when you are full, your words and deeds are inconsistent!"
"Hmph, a chameleon!"
"I despise you!"
"Anyway, I just won't do it!"
"Equality between men and women, I cook, you clean up the table. ”
Chen Hui had no choice but to call the nanny to do it.
So the two went out, leaving the dishes and chopsticks to the nanny to clean up.
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After a while, the two came to Singapore's Chinatown, playing around and taking pictures from time to time.
Singapore's Chinatown is called Chinatown, and it is a place where Singaporean Chinese gather. Located south of the Singapore River, it is the Chinatown in the eyes of many foreign tourists. Of course, this place with Chinese characteristics is the place where the sages of the building came to settle down in the early years.
It has a history of more than 100 years, and it was the busiest area of the year, and Chinatown is a good place to visit for the strong oriental colors and traditional Tang style. The sad history of the southward migration of the Tang people is here, and the development history of the Chinese in Singapore also begins here.
When it comes to Chinatown, it covers a wide range of areas, including Dapo, South Bridge Road, San Bridge Road, Sago Lane, Smith Road, Tang Po Road, Penta Street and Morse Street.
Some people may wonder why it is called Chinatown? In fact, there is an allusion to the name of Chinatown. It is said that a century ago, the river swelled and flooded the neighboring streets, and the residents carried the water away in ox carts, hence the name "Chinatown".
There is also a theory that the residents of this area used to wash the streets with ox carts, so this place was called Chinatown. Another theory is that the Malays in Singapore used ox carts to carry the water of An Xiang Mountain, so it was called Chinatown.
For more than 100 years, Chinatown has been silently accompanying the Singapore River here. It has come a long way and witnessed the growth of Singapore.
At the end of the century, Chinatown was still Chinatown, still retaining its old traditional style, and still resembling a microcosm of an old Chinese society. Modern times have infiltrated in, but they can't drive away the old Tang style, and Chinatown has shown its unique side.
There are traditional Chinese food, traditional Chinese daily necessities, old-fashioned pharmacies, pawnshops, barber shops, temples...... The most representative Thien Hok Palace is here.
Tianfu Palace is dedicated to the goddess of the sea, the queen of heaven, and its building has the characteristics of the building, and it has been restored to this day.
Located on Telok Ayer Street, Tien Hok Palace was built in 1839 and has a history of 170 years. It is the predecessor of the 'Fuzhou' Hall, which was originally built on the seafront, and the name of the road "Telok Ayer" means "bay" in Malay. Although it was built between 1839 and 1842, it is said that as early as 1810, an altar was erected on the same site, and in 1821, it was developed into a small earthen temple. Tianfu Palace is dedicated to the god of escort "Tianhou Niangniang" (that is, Mazu, Tianfei), because it is built and operated by the people of "Fuzhou", so it is also called "Mazu Palace". During the opening of Singapore, the Chinese who came from the south and returned from the north to the north would go to the palace to worship because the sailboat was not far from the palace.
Chen Hui took a lot of photos and took pictures here.
Feel the hardships of the early Chinese immigrants here.
At the same time, it also allows future generations to feel the tenacious spirit of hardship, perseverance and hard work in the national blood of the building.
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After that, the two continued to walk around Chinatown.
Like other countries, Chinatown is also a very Chinese commercial store, with many hawker stalls selling everything you need.
Here in Chinatown, the two-story old buildings, from the shape to the window coffin, can glimpse the prosperity of the last century, carrying the sadness and glory of the early Chinese sages who went south.
A few catties and taels in the north and south medicinal herb shops, the hammer and chisel of the old man outside the plaque shop, the cup in the antique shop, and the wisp of strong fragrance wafting out of the bak kut tea.
This is the most edient Chinatown in the eyes of Western foreigners, and this is Singapore's Chinatown in the eyes of edifice tourists. It can really be said that this place does not need to be arranged and dismantled, and it can be directly filmed.
Indeed, this is a living history book in the eyes of the Chinese Singaporeans.
Nowadays, Chinatown is even more "red lanterns hanging high", and from a distance, "red lights are hung high, crowded with people, and it is very lively".
Another major feature of Chinatown - bilingual signs in Chinese and English, building people visit the "City of Mansions", and the whole city (Cheng) is barrier-free.
Chinatowns around the world are almost nothing more than the form of "small commodity streets" in the country, with rows of shops next to each other, and a dazzling array of small goods are hung all over the shop.
In addition to the traditional goods of the buildings in the shops, the placement of goods on the sidewalks outside the shops is also a major feature of Chinatowns around the world.
The building is red, the building is knotted.
Colorful chopsticks, fans, brushes, blue-faced Dou Erdun thieves horses, red-faced Guan Gong Zhan Changsha.
Walking through the many alleys of Chinatown, the two can see a variety of antique crafts made by artisans, from which they can learn about the traditional arts of the building, such as calligraphy, carving, puppetry, Buddha statues and incense candle making. The traditional Chinese medicine shop maintains its traditional style, with a dizzying number of small drawers in one compartment.
The buildings in the alley are quite distinctive, with bright colors and many delicacies, which can not only feast the eyes, but also satisfy people's mouths.
From time to time, Ling Yu'er was haggling with street vendors, and her fluent Chinese was still really slippery.
Time passed quickly.
Chen Hui was a little curious about why Ling Yu'er's Chinese was so slippery, and it was just that Ling Yu'er was usually so busy that she couldn't spare so much time to learn Chinese.
Chinese is the most difficult language in the world to learn, Ling Yu'er is a stick country, grew up in the stick country, and rarely comes to live in the building.
I rarely use Chinese to communicate with people.
Ling Yu'er can speak Chinese so slippery, there are Chinese dialects to ridicule her, she can still catch it, it is really a little unscientific.
Those who don't know still think that she was born and raised in the mansion.
As for saying that Ling Yu'er worked so hard to learn Chinese, so he spoke Chinese so well, Chen Hui didn't believe this statement at all.
Chinese Even if a foreigner is working hard and does not live in the interior of the building, he will not be able to speak so fluently if he often communicates with Chinese!
Ling Yu'er's sentence breaks and accents are correct, and many foreign artists speak Chinese very stiffly, but Ling Yu'er speaks so fluently.
Ling Yu'er is a linguistic genius?
Chen Hui naturally didn't believe it.
At this time, Ling Yu'er excitedly walked over with a fan, a few building knots, a brush, and a small lantern.
looked at Chen Xiaohui curiously and said, "Why are you looking at me like this?"
"Do I have flowers on my face?"
"What the hell is wrong with you?"
"Look at me so strangely!"
"Say it!"
Chen Hui said, "How can you speak Chinese so fluently?"
"I'm curious!"
"You bragged earlier that you had only been studying for a few months!"
"Can you be that fluent in a few months?"
"You can even pick up the dialect?"