霹雳五帮籍贯坟墓的造型与文化

李永球

霹靂州太平華聯中學初中三畢業，自中學開始對本邦歷史民俗 深感興趣，畢業後，一面協助父親小販事業，一面進行田野調查工作。並以李桃李、峇峇球等筆名，發表文章於報章雜志上。2004年成為全職的文史田野工作 者，足迹踏遍我国多个地方及国外多个国家。他也是《星洲日报·田野行脚》專欄作者。

本课题主要调查霹雳州太平、实兆远及怡保等地的华人坟墓，囊括福建、客家、广府、潮州及福州五帮籍贯之坟墓造型。霹雳州是个华人聚居的州属，早在十九世纪中叶，就有华人到来这里开采锡矿，并聚居于此。

边镇遗石：边佳兰义山与墓碑考察

莫家浩

2002年寬柔中學畢業，負笈中國大陸，先後畢業於廣州暨南大學與北京大學國際政治系，獲碩士學位。回國後，曾執教寬柔中學古來分校歷史科，現為業餘文史工作者。

邊加蘭在1830年代便有華人活動的記錄，卻異常缺乏文字記載。至今仍保存較為完整的義山群，早至1870年代的上千座墓碑，記錄了先民的籍貫、名字與宗族關係，為研究者提供了珍貴的一手資料。

English Introduction to the talks :

1) The Architecture and Culture of Tombs Belonging to the Five Dialect Groups in Perak

Lee Eng Kew

Eng Kew’s interest in local history and traditional customs manifested itself when he was in secondary school. After graduation, he helped out at his father’s hawker stall while pursuing his interests. In 2004, he became a full time researcher. He also writes a column for the Sin Chew Jit Poh.

This talk focuses on the architecture of tombs in Chinese cemeteries in Taiping, Ipoh and Sitiawan. The tombs examined belong to the Hokkien, Hakka, Cantonese, Teochew and Hock Chew styles.

2)A Study of the Chinese Cemetery and Tombstones in Pengarang

Bak Jia How

A graduate of Jinan University in Guangzhou, Jia How obtained his Masters in the School of International Studies in Beijing University. He was a history teacher in the Kulai branch of Foon Yew High School. He is currently a freelance historian.

Although there were Chinese settlers in Pengarang by the 1830s, historical texts make scant mention of them. In view of this, the old tombstones found in the cemeteries in the area are an invaluable resource for historical research on the chinese communities of Pengarang.