A Call to Cultivate Culture
A typical Peranakan offering a.t.bukitbrown is looking for contributions to Culture which touches on the contemporaneous history and customs of the lives of those buried in Bukit Brown, which date from 1833, and which Bukit Brown Cemetery’s operational years cover (1923-1973). Topics to cover a range of from the significance of offerings to ancestors during Chinese New Year and Qing Ming, to burial and funeral customs and traditions such as marking the period of mourning with observances in dress and […]
Gallery
Calling all shutter bugs, share your best work on the Bukit Brown Gallery Choose your best 8 photographs, caption it, theme it, tell us how you captured it, whatever you like. Tell us a something about yourself and your interest in Bukit Brown We will devote each new blog posting to your photographs The penultimate goal – to build up enough to launch an exhibition, the ultimate goal – a book! Send your contributions to a.t.bukitbrown@gmail.com
Ong Sam Leong, A Grand Repose
Ong Sam Leong (1857-1918) The grandest and largest tomb site in Bukit Brown Cemetery lies on its tallest hill and covers an area of 600 square meters, roughly the size of ten, 3- bedroom HDB flats (public housing apartments). Seh Ong Hill was also known as Tai Yuan Hill (Tai Yuan Shan) as the Ong Clan (who initially bought the cemetery land) is believed to originate from Tai Yuan in Shanxi, China. Buried here is Ong Sam Leong, a prominent and […]
Master Maps of Bukit Brown
For self-guiding, please refer to our tour guides and featured tombs. Read up on tips before you visit for full enjoyment and safety. Enjoy the flora and fauna. *** Division Map *** We are often asked about the distances over Bukit Brown. Cyclists and runners may find these useful: For the greater Bukit Brown cemetery complex: Mok Ly Yng says: The Seh Ong Cemetery was made up of 5 hills […]
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