The history of Singapore s Chinese community has been carved in stone and wood throughout the country. This book looks specifically at sixty-two temples, native-place associations, and guildhalls where epigraphs made between 1819 and 1911 are still found today. These early inscriptions provide first-hand historical information on the aspirations and contributions of the early generation of Chinese settlers in Singapore and reveal the many ways that the epigraph s chosen structures and the institutions they represent have evolved over the years. These epigraphs, newly translated into English,...
The history of Singapore s Chinese community has been carved in stone and wood throughout the country. This book looks specifically at sixty-two templ...