NG Sin Nee 黄新治
Chinese Dialect Groups,
Accession Number 001453
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 6
Total Reels
- Tan Beng Luan
Interviewer
- 02:38:00
Total Running Time
- Hokkien
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 6
Metadata
- 3 Feb 1994
Recording Date
- 00:31:29
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Family background. Life in birthplace. Family made bamboo scoops for a living. Married at 24. What happened on wedding day. Visited mother third day after wedding. Hair combing ceremony. Husband's family background.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 6
Metadata
- 3 Feb 1994
Recording Date
- 00:31:37
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Life in village. Husband came to Singapore at 14, apprenticed to barber. Husband returned to China at 27 to marry. Returned to Singapore after war. How she came to Singapore to join husband. Lived at Thomson Road. Husband worked as barber. Moved to Havelock Road, set up roadside barber shop. Later moved to Bukit Timah and set up barber shop. Her children.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 6
Metadata
- 7 Feb 1994
Recording Date
- 00:30:40
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
What she cooked for family. Her children and their education. Husband's earnings from barber shop. Her thrifty ways. Haircut charges at husband's barber shop. His working hours. Husband helped build Hong Lai Sin Chi Temple. Made many things herself to save money. Customs of Henghua Hokkiens. Hungry Ghosts and Mid-Autumn Festivals.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 6
Metadata
- 7 Feb 1994
Recording Date
- 00:30:59
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
How Mid-Autumn Festival, Winter Solstice Festival, Chinese New Year were celebrated. Special food prepared for Chinese New Year. Yuan Xiao and Dragon Boat celebrations. Why children not fluent in henghua dialect. How Qing Ming Jie was celebrated. Food during confinement period.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 6
Metadata
- 7 Feb 1994
Recording Date
- 00:31:07
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Gave birth to some children at home, others in hospital. No rest during confinement period. Gave birth to nine children. Baby's first month (Mi Yue) celebrations for children. Customs observed at her children's weddings. Mother's and husband's funerals. Deity she worshipped.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 6
Metadata
- 7 Feb 1994
Recording Date
- 00:02:08
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Deity she worshipped.
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