Poetic Manifestations of Fengshui
In Bukit Brown, one can find various forms of art, structure and inscriptions, auspiciously incorporated within individual tombs to enhance the happiness and prosperity of the deceased’s family. Tomb whisperer, Raymond Goh translates a poem found on the couplets from a tomb in Bukit Brown: 金羊恆率舞土牛畫來潮坤輿呈秀氣艮岫献英靈 The Golden Sheep leads the eternal dance The Earthen Ox draws the rising tide The earth presents the elegant vigorThe hill offers the heroic spirit On a different tomb, Raymond translates the poem engraved on its […]
Sunday 26 Oct’14: Battlefield Tour by Jon Cooper
Thank you to all those who came for the Battlefield tour. This is a video of highlights produced and shot by James Tann. Thank you for your interest. Registration is now CLOSED as all slots have been filled. For those of you who missed the registration, you may still apply to be on a wait list. For the successful participants, please inform us in advance if you are unable to make it so that your place can be released to […]
Standard Chartered Bank CSR @ Bukit Brown – Take 2
by Perry Tan Standard Chartered Bank In April 2014, in collaboration with All Things Bukit Brown, we conceptualised a guided walk with a Clean-Up at Bukit Brown, where a team of 35 volunteers from Standard Chartered were taken on a guided tour, before spending up to 4 hours cleaning tombs. The organising committee were initially ambivalent about volunteer response and feedback, since such an unique CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) event at a cemetery was previously unheard of. Our ambivalence proved to be […]
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