Food, music and language are some of the aspects of life in Singapore that get featured at SINGAPO 人: Discovering Chinese Singaporean Culture, the permanent Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre exhibition.
Located on Level Two, the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre exhibition SINGAPO 人: Discovering Chinese Singaporean Culture will take you on a journey of discovery on what makes a Singaporean Chinese who he or she is. It traces the origins of local Chinese practices, festivals and traditions across five different exhibition zones.
Exploring Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre Exhibition: SINGAPO 人
Before you embark into the exhibition area, you can pick up a special tag at the entrance. This tag can be used as you explore the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre exhibition, providing interactivity to your experience.
Once ready, step through a tunnel and be transported into the SINGAPO 人: Discovering Chinese Singaporean Culture exhibition.
What Makes “Us” Us?
Examine the commonalities and differences between Chinese Singaporeans and other Chinese diasporas around the world in the first zone.
This first zone of the exhibition lays the foundation of understanding about Singapore’s Chinese community’s migrant roots and how it has developed to the present day.
Beyond Generations
Next, open the door to heartwarming stories about values such as filial piety and kindness. Come face to face with doors and windows from actual HDB flats in Singapore in the exhibition zone, Beyond Generations.
When Cultures Meet
As multicultural society, Singapore Chinese have also adapted from other cultures.
This mixing of cultures is what has also led to unique language usage, foods and customs amongst the Singapore Chinese.
The When Cultures Meet zone pays homage to these adaptations.
Amongst the interactive activities here include a game table inspired by how Singaporeans order local beverages at a coffee shop. Try making kopi in an interactive game of speed and accuracy.
Don’t miss out on a side room where there is a multimedia table set up with a feast of treasured local food like Hainanese chicken rice and chilli crab.
Made in Singapore
The journey continues at the penultimate zone of SINGAPO 人: Discovering Chinese Singaporean Culture. Made in Singapore examines the ways in which Chinese Singaporeans have reinvented Chinese culture.
Making Our Mark
Making Our Mark, the final zone, highlights local brands, individuals and products which have put Singapore on the global stage.
Mr Low Sze Wee, Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre, said, “Our vibrant Chinese Singaporean culture has evolved over the years to one that we can proudly call our own. By presenting aspects of our daily life in fresh ways, we hope that SINGAPO 人will be a way for young Singaporeans to uncover our distinctive Chinese Singaporean culture, and inspire them to find out more about their cultural identity.”
The Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre exhibition is a great way to learn about Chinese Singaporean culture, the experiences that have shaped the way the culture has developed and how it has evolved into what it is today.
While visiting the SINGAPO 人, you may also wish to pay a visit to the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre rooftop garden where you can enjoy a quiet space and nice vistas.
SINGAPO 人: Discovering Chinese Singaporean Culture
Where: Level 2, Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre, 1 Straits Boulevard, Singapore 018906
Opening hours: 2 pm to 8 pm on Monday, and from 10 am to 8 pm, Tuesday to Sunday
Free Admission
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