{"id":2867,"date":"2012-04-11T08:19:33","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T00:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/?p=2867"},"modified":"2012-04-11T10:32:25","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T02:32:25","slug":"my-cheng-beng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/2012\/my-cheng-beng\/","title":{"rendered":"My Cheng Beng"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<strong>\u6df8\u660e- \u675c\u7267 (\u5510\u8457\u540d\u8a69\u4eba)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u6df8\u660e\u6642\u7bc0\u96e8\u7d1b\u7d1b \u00a0q\u012bng m\u00edng sh\u00ed ji\u00e9 y\u01d4 f\u0113n f\u0113n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u8def\u4e0a\u884c\u4eba\u6b32\u65b7\u9b42 \u00a0l\u00f9 sh\u00e0ng x\u00edng r\u00e9n y\u00f9 du\u00e0n h\u00fan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u501f\u554f\u9152\u5bb6\u4f55\u8655\u5728 \u00a0ji\u00e8 w\u00e8n ji\u01d4 ji\u0101 h\u00e9 ch\u00f9 y\u01d2u<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u7267\u7ae5\u9059\u6307\u674f\u82b1\u6751\u00a0 m\u00f9 t\u00f3ng y\u00e1o zh\u01d0 x\u00ecng hu\u0101 c\u016bn<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Incessantly the rain falls during Qingming<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>On the roads are travelers deep in sorrow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Where is there a tavern to be found?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The shepherd boy points to Xinghua (Almond Flower) Village in the distance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>(poem by Dumu translated by Ang Yik Han)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My Cheng Beng 2012 is a photo essay by Toh Zheng Han in\u00a0 memory of his\u00a0 late Ah Chors (great grandparents), Ah Kong (grandfather) and Ah Ma (grandmother) It marks his family observance of the festival and perhaps a coming of age for him in a year which has seen him playing his part\u00a0 to save Bukit Brown. Zheng Han\u00a0 is a 3rd year student, currently studying English and History at NTU\/NIE<strong>.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Reflection<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the morning of 31<sup>st<\/sup> March 2012, three days before the actual day of Cheng Beng on 4<sup>th<\/sup> April my family and I headed\u00a0 to Track 14 (Old Choa Chu Kang Road) to the Hokkien Cemetery and Chua Chu Kang Chinese Cemetery to pay respect to our ancestors. It\u00a0 had rained\u00a0 nonstop the night before.\u00a0 The poem <strong>\u6df8\u660e- \u675c\u7267 (\u5510\u8457\u540d\u8a69\u4eba)<\/strong>, captured the mood of the day, perfectly.<\/p>\n<p>I only remember tagging along with the family for\u00a0 Cheng Beng about five years ago. I did not know why I wanted to go then. Maybe\u00a0 I thought it would be somewhat of an adventure to\u00a0 be climbing up the hills to\u00a0 visit my ancestors.<\/p>\n<p>Recently,\u00a0 many Singaporeans including me have been\u00a0 trying\u00a0 to save Bukit Brown Cemetery from an 8 lane highway because we feel it is\u00a0 an intrinsic\u00a0 part of our nation\u2019s history, heritage and habitat. Although I do not have any ancestors buried at Bukit Brown, it\u00a0 spurred me to find out more about my country and my ancestors. Personally, I feel that it is only by being able to find out about my country&#8217;s\u00a0 and ancestor\u2019s histories that I am able to understand more about Singapore and myself.\u00a0 Cheng Beng offered me a chance to reflect upon this, to help me connect the past to the present and future; it reminds me that Singapore is home from the very day my great grandfather decided to make this place his\u00a0 home.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Family History (paternal)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This year, I decided to write this short reflection and take\u00a0 my camera to snap shot\u00a0 my family\u2019s past. I have always wondered how my ancestors made the long and difficult journey out of their village many kilometers inland of Quanzhou, Fujian to Singapore without modern transportation such as\u00a0 cars, trains or planes. Instead they traveled the arduous journey\u00a0 by a boat all the way to Singapore. \u00a0 I guess I will never be able to find out or fully understand how it feels\u00a0 to leave home and make a new life for myself in a strange land. But I feel fortunate because my ancestor took that journey and I came to be\u00a0 born here.<\/p>\n<p>My paternal great grandfather passed away about 20 years after arriving in Singapore\u00a0 a few years before the Japanese Occupation of Singapore. My father never knew him.\u00a0 Of\u00a0 my paternal great grandmother (his grandmother), he has only very vague memories as she passed away in the mid 50s a few years after he was born.<\/p>\n<p>My father recalls life was tough growing up. He was one of 10 children and his parents &#8211; my grandparents &#8211; eked out a living raising poultry and pigs, and growing vegetables.\u00a0 Meals consisted mostly of porridge with soy sauce and some vegetables, and only occasionally a treat of meat.\u00a0 I\u00a0 have wondered how it would have felt to eat this meager meal day in and day out. But I am also guilty of complaining at times when my father cooks and I ask\u00a0 \u2018Why is it the same thing again?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It has\u00a0 only been in recent years that I felt a compulsion, a hunger\u00a0 to find out more about my family&#8217;s past and by extension to\u00a0 get a sense of my country&#8217;s past. Of course I\u00a0 realised I am no longer able to ask or hear stories from my grandparents who both passed away more than 10 years ago. I had not realised how much my grandparents doted on me when I was a child. But I am not about to let this deter me as I turn to my\u00a0 Ah pek (\u963f\u4f2f\/ uncle), Ah kor (\u963f\u59d1\/ auntie) and the extended family\u00a0 to find out about my history, my story.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cheng Beng 2012<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> Stop \u2013 Paternal great grandfather up the hill @ Track 14 Hokkien Cemetery<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2889\" style=\"width: 452px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paternal-Great-Grand-Father-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2889\" class=\" wp-image-2889  \" title=\"ZH Paternal Great Grand Father 2\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paternal-Great-Grand-Father-2-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paternal-Great-Grand-Father-2-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paternal-Great-Grand-Father-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paternal-Great-Grand-Father-2-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paternal-Great-Grand-Father-2.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On top of a hill the simple pre- war grave of my paternal great grandfather,  made almost entirely of bricks<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2875\" style=\"width: 403px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Close-up-of-Tombstone-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2875\" class=\" wp-image-2875    \" title=\"ZH Close up of Tombstone 3\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Close-up-of-Tombstone-3-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Close-up-of-Tombstone-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Close-up-of-Tombstone-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Close-up-of-Tombstone-3-280x210.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Close-up-of-Tombstone-3.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_2878\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 403px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Family-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2875\" class=\" wp-image-2878   \" title=\"ZH Family 4\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Family-4-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Family-4-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Family-4-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Family-4-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Family-4.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Taking up positions to start Cheng Beng<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2892\" style=\"width: 378px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Used-incense-sticks-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2892\" class=\" wp-image-2892      \" title=\"ZH Used incense sticks 5\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Used-incense-sticks-5-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Used-incense-sticks-5-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Used-incense-sticks-5-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Used-incense-sticks-5-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Used-incense-sticks-5.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2892\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Used incense sticks splash the green<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2886\" style=\"width: 364px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paper-on-the-tomb-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2886\" class=\" wp-image-2886    \" title=\"ZH Paper on the tomb 6\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paper-on-the-tomb-6-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"354\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paper-on-the-tomb-6-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paper-on-the-tomb-6-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paper-on-the-tomb-6-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paper-on-the-tomb-6.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2886\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The five-coloured paper represents the 5 cardinal directions and signifies that the grave has been visited. Some people choose to put the paper in the form of a flower for both aesthetic and pragmatic purposes, as  paper can&#39;t be blown away by the wind<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2893\" style=\"width: 403px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2893\" class=\" wp-image-2893   \" title=\"ZH vegetable 7\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/vegetable-7-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/vegetable-7-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/vegetable-7-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/vegetable-7-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/vegetable-7.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some vegetables growing out  of a grave about 3 metres away from my great grandfather\u2019s grave<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2876\" style=\"width: 403px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Earth-Diety-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2876\" class=\" wp-image-2876   \" title=\"ZH Earth Diety 8\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Earth-Diety-8-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Earth-Diety-8-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Earth-Diety-8-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Earth-Diety-8-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Earth-Diety-8.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">First up, offerings for the Earth Diety consisting of tea, sweets and biscuits together with the incense, special candles and joss paper that my uncle is burning. 3 incense sticks at anyone time<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2884\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paint-Job-9.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2884\" class=\" wp-image-2884  \" title=\"ZH Paint Job 9\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paint-Job-9-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paint-Job-9-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paint-Job-9-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paint-Job-9-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paint-Job-9.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dad giving his grandfather\u2019s grave a fresh coat of paint<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2883\" style=\"width: 403px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Offerings to my great grandfather consists of incense paper, tea, 5 kinds of fruit and a variety of sweets, kuehs and biscuits.<a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Offerings-to-ggfather-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2883\" class=\" wp-image-2883   \" title=\"ZH Offerings to ggfather 10\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Offerings-to-ggfather-10-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Offerings-to-ggfather-10-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Offerings-to-ggfather-10-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Offerings-to-ggfather-10-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Offerings-to-ggfather-10.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_2895\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 501px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Zheng-Han-11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2883\" class=\" wp-image-2895  \" title=\"ZH Zheng Han 11\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Zheng-Han-11-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Zheng-Han-11-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Zheng-Han-11-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Zheng-Han-11-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Zheng-Han-11.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2883\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One final picture with my great grandfather before going downhill to pay respect to my great grandmother<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>2<sup>nd<\/sup> Stop \u2013 Paternal great grandmother mid-hill @ Track 14 Hokkien Cemetery<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2890\" style=\"width: 403px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paternal-Great-Grand-mother-12-location.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2890\" class=\" wp-image-2890   \" title=\"ZH Paternal Great Grand mother 12 location\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paternal-Great-Grand-mother-12-location-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paternal-Great-Grand-mother-12-location-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paternal-Great-Grand-mother-12-location-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paternal-Great-Grand-mother-12-location-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paternal-Great-Grand-mother-12-location.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shock when we reached great grandmother\u2019s place. The  heavy downpour throughout the night  caused some flooding, or \u2018im chwee\u2019 in Hokkien. The flood was cleared by two of my Ah Peks later.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2877\" style=\"width: 403px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Earth-Diety-offering-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2877\" class=\" wp-image-2877   \" title=\"ZH Earth Diety offering 13\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Earth-Diety-offering-13-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Earth-Diety-offering-13-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Earth-Diety-offering-13-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Earth-Diety-offering-13-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Earth-Diety-offering-13.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Offerings to Tor Deh Kong or the Earth Diety as  he is known in the Hokkien dialect <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2880\" style=\"width: 403px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fruit-offering-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2880\" class=\" wp-image-2880   \" title=\"ZH fruit offering 15\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fruit-offering-15-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fruit-offering-15-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fruit-offering-15-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fruit-offering-15-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/fruit-offering-15.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2880\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Can you identify the 5 kinds of fruit to be offered?<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2881\" style=\"width: 403px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Huat-Kueh-16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2881\" class=\" wp-image-2881   \" title=\"ZH Huat Kueh 16\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Huat-Kueh-16-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Huat-Kueh-16-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Huat-Kueh-16-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Huat-Kueh-16-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Huat-Kueh-16.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2881\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;Huat Kueh&quot;on the headstone of my great grandmother together with red coloured paper taken from the stack of 5 coloured paper. Some use any stone or bricks in place of the Huat Kueh<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2885\" style=\"width: 403px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paper-burning-17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2885\" class=\" wp-image-2885   \" title=\"ZH Paper burning 17\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paper-burning-17-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paper-burning-17-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paper-burning-17-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paper-burning-17-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paper-burning-17.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2885\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The damp dissipated,  burning of gold and silver paper can begin<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2891\" style=\"width: 403px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Photo-of-GG-ma-18.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2891\" class=\" wp-image-2891   \" title=\"ZH Photo of GG ma 18\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Photo-of-GG-ma-18-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Photo-of-GG-ma-18-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Photo-of-GG-ma-18-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Photo-of-GG-ma-18-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Photo-of-GG-ma-18.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great grandmother till clear more than half a century later. No renovating done. You can also see the company that built her grave<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2904\" style=\"width: 403px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Names-of-Tombstone-191.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2904\" class=\" wp-image-2904   \" title=\"ZH Names of Tombstone 19\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Names-of-Tombstone-191-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"393\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Names-of-Tombstone-191-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Names-of-Tombstone-191-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Names-of-Tombstone-191-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Names-of-Tombstone-191.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2 sons and 7 grandsons listed. In the old days, many graves did not have names of daughters and granddaughters listed.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2896\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Zheng-Han-20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2896\" class=\" wp-image-2896  \" title=\"ZH Zheng Han 20\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Zheng-Han-20-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Zheng-Han-20-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Zheng-Han-20-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Zheng-Han-20-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Zheng-Han-20.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2896\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Final picture with my great grandmother before we left for Chua Chu Kang Chinese Cemetery. Notice the moat that prevents water from accumulating and which directs and channels water downhill. There was some flooding earlier,  because of soil and debris that had choked the exit of the grave.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>3<sup>rd<\/sup> Stop \u2013 Paternal grandfather @ Chua Chu Kang Chinese Cemetery<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2887\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paternal-Grandfather-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2887\" class=\" wp-image-2887  \" title=\"ZH Paternal Grandfather 21\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paternal-Grandfather-21-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paternal-Grandfather-21-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paternal-Grandfather-21-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paternal-Grandfather-21-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paternal-Grandfather-21.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My grandfather\u2019s grave. I noted  the difference between the size of a new grave and the old graves earlier. <\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2874\" style=\"width: 488px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Boxed-offerings-22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2874\" class=\" wp-image-2874   \" title=\"ZH Boxed offerings 22\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Boxed-offerings-22-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Boxed-offerings-22-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Boxed-offerings-22-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Boxed-offerings-22.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/a><\/em><p id=\"caption-attachment-2874\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Incense paper, gold, silver etc for my grandfather. Notice the circle and dot in the middle? It  ensures that this gets sent to only my Ah Kong. Just like how a crossed cheque works<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>4<sup>th<\/sup> Stop \u2013 Paternal grandmother @ Chua Chu Kang Chinese Cemetery<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2888\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">&#8220;]<a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paternal-grandmother-23.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2888\" class=\" wp-image-2888  \" title=\"ZH Paternal grandmother 23\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paternal-grandmother-23-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paternal-grandmother-23-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paternal-grandmother-23-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paternal-grandmother-23-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Paternal-grandmother-23.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2888\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quiet moment for my dad with his late mother. Last stop of the day before we went with my Ah Peks (uncle) and Ah Kor (aunties) to have dinner<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2879\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Food-offerings-25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2879\" class=\" wp-image-2879  \" title=\"ZH Food offerings 25\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Food-offerings-25-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Food-offerings-25-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Food-offerings-25-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Food-offerings-25-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Food-offerings-25.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Favourite drink (Milo) of my grandmother or Ah Mah as I address her in Hokkien. She also likes to eat kuehs like Kueh Bulu and cakes like Pandan Cake. It was only recently that I heard stories from my mother that my late Ah Mah (as a 70 year old lady) used to take a bus alone all the way from Changi to my maternal grandmother\u2019s house at Joo Chiat to visit me when I was a child. Gamsia Ah Mah. Gamsia (Thank you)Mama<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2916\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ZH-lasr-shot.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2916\" class=\" wp-image-2916  \" title=\"ZH lasr shot\" src=\"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ZH-lasr-shot-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ZH-lasr-shot-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ZH-lasr-shot-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ZH-lasr-shot-280x186.jpg 280w, https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ZH-lasr-shot.jpg 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2916\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lost in a sea of graves - a failed attempt to locate my maternal great grandfather who passed away in the late 1970s.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Postscript:<\/p>\n<p><em>I wish to emphasize\u00a0 that every one of us needs to treasure the time we have with our loved ones and not wait until Cheng Beng to do so. While Cheng Beng gives us a formal occasion for the extended family to gather and reminisce about the past, what is even more important is the need to also enjoy the present and love your parents. Treasure<\/em> <em>the past, and enjoy the present \u2013 so that we can eventually embrace the future.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u6df8\u660e- \u675c\u7267 (\u5510\u8457\u540d\u8a69\u4eba) \u6df8\u660e\u6642\u7bc0\u96e8\u7d1b\u7d1b \u00a0q\u012bng m\u00edng sh\u00ed ji\u00e9 y\u01d4 f\u0113n f\u0113n \u8def\u4e0a\u884c\u4eba\u6b32\u65b7\u9b42 \u00a0l\u00f9 sh\u00e0ng x\u00edng r\u00e9n y\u00f9 du\u00e0n h\u00fan \u501f\u554f\u9152\u5bb6\u4f55\u8655\u5728 \u00a0ji\u00e8 w\u00e8n ji\u01d4 ji\u0101 h\u00e9 ch\u00f9 y\u01d2u \u7267\u7ae5\u9059\u6307\u674f\u82b1\u6751\u00a0 m\u00f9 t\u00f3ng y\u00e1o zh\u01d0 x\u00ecng hu\u0101 c\u016bn Incessantly the rain falls during Qingming On the roads are travelers deep in sorrow Where is there a tavern to be found? 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