Tours: Sunday 3 June
Hill 4 (photo Catherine Lim) This Sunday, we conquer Hill 4, not quite as indomitable as you think. A leisurely stroll of between 15-20 minutes from the Cemetery gates will take you to Hill 4 . Chat with with volunteer guides: Peter and Catherine, as they take you there, to open minds and hearts. Hill 4 is not on the usual tour but it offers the life and times of the poet and revolutionary who coined an early name of […]
Mosaic Sculptures
By Ang Yik Han By a strange coincidence, different forms of mosaic art flourished in the West and East independently of each other. The renowned Byzantine mosaics have their parallels in the “jian nian (剪黏)” or cut and paste mosaic sculptures of Southern China. This decorative technique is widely used in traditional architecture, particularly in the elaborate sculptures adorning the roofs of temples in the Fujian and Chaozhou regions. Migrants from these regions brought the technique abroad and mosaic sculptures can be […]
Finding Miho’s Aunt
The search for a long lost aunt buried at Bukit Brown began last year, when Miho Tan requested the help of Raymond and Charles Goh to locate his father’s sister. She provided these details Name : Tan Lay Chee Grave : C III, 857 Age : 18 Year of death : December 1932 Following up this year, Raymond found Miho’s aunt and from her tomb inscription discerned that Tan Lay Chee died at the young age of 17 on Christmas […]
My great grandfather was a war hero
I am Jaimie, writing from Sydney, Australia after reading your articles The Fall of Singapore – 15th February 1942 and Even when your soul descends into hell, still it is not enough to atone for your sins about Tay Koh Yat. My mother’s family is Singaporean and I have never known much about my heritage. I don’t even know the full names of my grandparents. A few days ago my mother received an email link to your articles from her sister […]
Khoo Seok Wan – Poet, Scholar, Revolutionary, Romantic
几枚白石伴青珉, 小筑坟莹隔岁春 地下有灵相谅解, 迟工原是为家贫. A few pieces of white rock accompany the green stone, A little grave built but alas late one year My dear I hope you can understand the reason, I am late to build because of my poverty. (Khoo Seok Wan (1874-1941) in memory of his wife, Lu Jie (陆结) He was a Confucian scholar, a political activist in revolutionary China, a prominent community leader in Singapore and an early advocate for education for girls […]
Plants by Angie Ng
Sunday 18th morning @ Bukit Brown, Nature Society’s Angie Ng conducted a plant walk and shared what she knew about plants which are used as herbs in local dishes and fruit trees. Here are some of the highlights Red Stem-fig tree ( Ficus variegata) Ferns grow close to the ground An edible fern found at the foot of hill leading up to Ong Sam Leong’s gravesite Ferns also grow on hospitable rain trees The False Curry Leaf Plant […]
Family Day 18 March
New activity for this Sunday, Eco Stations with Beng Chiak of Nature Society, hunt down ants and insects and understand their relationship to plants and trees, how trees host other living things and nature’s self help system! Check out more details here Family Day, we did it last Sunday on March 11 and we now know we can do it even better. Up sized buffet of activities from guided tours to treasure hunts, to arts and crafts, haiku composing for […]
Family Day Album
Bukit Brown’s first family day on Sunday 11 March had “children” of all ages exploring nature and culture in the open air classroom of life – Heritage, Habitat,History given full expression And the reason it was running late was because at the first station, Peter was loathed to let them go, at least not before a group photo! Meanwhile at the Art Station…… The children had moved on to a spot of Haiku composing And […]
Hat trick!
Dateline 4 March Sunday 2012, Raymond Goh after a grueling morning tour which stretched 3 hours, returns to Bukit Brown after lunch and scored a hat trick which helped connect relatives to their ancestors. Tomb 1- The family of a certain Mdm Fong Fon who died during the war. They family had contacted LTA who then advised them to contact me. They emailed me previously but I had not time to reply. So I decided to search for her the […]
Lost an Ancestor?
Dear Raymond, I was wondering if you knew if there’s a name list for all of the people buried at Bukit Brown? Because my father says my great-grandfather is buried there, but he cannot remember the location of the tomb, and we would like to find it if possible. Alvin Soon Dear Alvin, Start with the name of your great-grandfather and date of his death. The National Archives has made it easier to search online for his “address” which should […]
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