Singaporean family keeping religious effigy-art alive
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Facing competition from mass-produced items and lacking heirs to take up the trade, the traditional manufacturing of religious craft is in danger of dying out in Singapore. The Say Tian Hng Buddha Shop, which is over a century old, is one of the last of its kind. Owner Ng Yeow Hua and his family are trying to save the heritage of the carving technique by reinventing the business, running workshops as well as educational programmes on Chinese culture.
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Am I the only one who finds the 3 different ways each generation speaks as facinating as the history of the craft itself?
hehe, it’s normal for us 😊
The unique way each of them speaks was shaped by the cross-generational transition from Chinese dialects > Standard Mandarin > English, partly due to the nation's Bilingual Policy, in which English is taught as first language, while Mandarin, the second language, is taught as the designated mother tongue of the Chinese community.
This is beautiful. The classic arts and literature are what allow us to connect with past generations. They can lead us to revelations about our own lives or allow us to understand complex people and issues. Just because one may not understand the value does not mean that the value and meaning are inherently lost. Sending love from this side of the globe ❤.
In Indonesia high ancestors and gods usually prefer handmade idols, even they're just hand-stitched dolls or simple carved stone. Business opportunities still exist if you look at markets further afield 🙏
Indonesia is a Muslim country wdym?
@@Nagvanshieus there are still Buddhists in Indonesia as well despite Muslims being the significant majority
@@Nagvanshieusno muslim country is 100% Muslim there are minorities in many
but still minorities are fighting against islam to keep their culture alive.@@Uhoh11111
@@Nagvanshieus wdym? no minorities is it?
i remember watching a documentary on the same store few years back. glad the old lady is still alive
Same!
It's amazing how Chinese keep their culture
Everything passes away: nationalities pass away, nations pass away, countries pass away, and traditions pass away, just as people pass away. This is the nature of samsara - birth, old age, sickness, death. The same rule for all materiality - conscious and unconscious.
Do you have other intention, ARE YOU A WEST AGENT, TO MANIPULATE REAL TEACHING??only to lure the prey , so west can DISSEMINATE its the j.🆘️ croissant? ?yours looks like about Buddhism but the fact, MAKES PEOPLE TO BE PASSIVE. BUDDHISM CONFUCIUS TAO, not passive, but THE MOST ACTIVE IN NATURE BALANCE, giving the knowledge the end is samsara BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO IMPROVE TOBE BETTER ! THE POINT YOU ALWAYS HIDE, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO POPULARIZE je🆘️!
So non-attachment is necessary?
Don’t you believe in any form of eternal afterlife?
Excellent work & definitely a difficult industry to stay afloat in, I hope they do reach that milestone of another 100 years.
It is a craftmamship worth celebrating.
I'm pretty sure the grandma is blind in one eye from glaucoma as well, I saw one of their Facebook posts
4 generations is crazy
Not really average chinese family have fourth to five generations
One time I worked at a retirement home and the oldest lady had all her family with her.. she was maybe 105... or 107 in age... I can't remember exact, but she had 5 generations with her... it was amazing. For family dinner. very beautiful.
I like how one girl came from behind watch that the interview was going on and left immediately 😅
🙏 Respect & Salute to these Elder Craft Masters of Singapore! 🍎🍊🌷🌿🌏💜🕊🇸🇬
This how you live longer. The art work is beautiful
I hope to visit the shop when we visit Singapore in November.
Let's hope this tradition remains safe from Islamic extremists.
as long as Singapore doesn't get an influx of Muslims, it will
Facts
@@japjungho4645.Islam has been around for a long time in Singapore because Singapore is the land of the Malays, now Singapore is being flooded with Chinese and Indian immigrants.
@@Alexnguyenvietnam without these Chinese and Indian immigrants, Singapore would probably be like Malaysia and Indonesia
@@badboi888 .Singapore becoming a developed country cannot be separated from the help of Malaysia and Indonesia because they allow sea and air routes for Singapore. and it is very easy for Malaysia and Indonesia to make Singapore poor by closing the sea and air for Singapore, not to mention that necessities such as clean water and others still depend on Malaysia and Indonesia. and you need to know that Chinese and Indians are just foreigners, there is no benefit for Southeast Asia because it pollutes the purity of the existing race.
Thankfully they came to Singapore. Otherwise, it would have gone extinct during the cultural revolution
what're you talking about? I just bought mine from my Beijing trip this year. You just need to know where to look. I didn't know there's one in Singapore, so I bought it there.
Awesome 👍
I hope they succeed!
Осталось не долго . Нужно потерпеть думает молодой
This is amazing
I hope they are taking care if her properly. With 2 black eyes and a patch on her forehead, I'm worried. She makes amazing pieces tho.
she's just way too into making effigies
Where is this place? I want to buy some handmade statues when I visit china.
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Wow..
The old lady looks like one of those bank keepers in Harry Potter
I thought she was an effigy 😢
I thought that old madam was an effigy😢
Maybe shouldn't focus of religious effigy... Theres wood work in vietnam was used to craft religious idols now become training centre to youngster that like to craft wood from art to anime figurine...
Nice 👍… Sadly The Singapore Government inherited many of Lee Kuan Yew’s Bad Habits of Not Only Ruthlessly Destroying Political Adversaries But also Influential Ppl , Families & sometimes even entire Communities … Essentially LKY also destroyed the Very Febric of Singapore
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statue .....huhu nono
This most probability lost in china mainland
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Singapore would be more advanced with less pajeeds
Actually it's called pajjets
Sharam karo, agar jalti hai to yaha muh na maaren.
Singapore doesn't need people who eats dog meat and bat soup🇨🇳
@@zafar5059 what ? I don't speak pajeed
@@user-xp7nk9dw8d 🌚sab samjha Haidar ko
First view and like
Joeback
Sell the shop to Hermes.
Japanophobes are idiots. There is no L in Japanese. But it very well exists in Chinese. Time to learn mandarin because your future landlords will be speaking it.
在中国，多少可以申请一个非遗继承人身份
Does ccp even have a culture to celebrate about?
@@zafar5059 Do you have a brain to think about what you are saying?
@@cowholy3031 They do have a culture of corruption and cruelty .
Get 3D printer
I checked their Facebook page, they're gonna use machines to carve in the near future
Is she an alien?
Why do you ask that?
@@luke14946 Inhuman accuracy skills at such age.
muslims, we have a target
Muslims also have Islamic calligraphy and build masjids in designs, it also islamic tradition that passed from one generation to other
i'm talking about creating idols to worship, prophet muhammad used to destroy them@@docaz9453
What's the point when there is no real value of the preserving this traditional craft.
ofc what's the value to you when you're probably not a consumer of this market and/or a follower of the religion? ffs let them be
If everyone followed that mindset, all of those acclaimed RPGs would likely not exist
If you don't preserve this traditional craft, a very important part of the culture will be extinct. And it will affect the culture. Not everything has to be about capitalism. I say this as someone who actually has BA in Cultural Anthropology and soon MA in Global History.
Spoken like a true ignorant.
Spoken like a true Muslim infidel
Then he ˹stealthily˺ advanced towards their gods, and said ˹mockingly˺, “Will you not eat ˹your offerings˺? What is wrong with you that you cannot speak?” Then he swiftly turned on them, striking ˹them˺ with his right hand. surah saffat verse 91 92 and 93