{"id":7823,"date":"2013-09-27T13:47:32","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T05:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/?p=7823"},"modified":"2013-09-28T11:27:55","modified_gmt":"2013-09-28T03:27:55","slug":"seah-eu-chin-130th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bukitbrown.com\/main\/2013\/seah-eu-chin-130th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Seah Eu Chin 130th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Dateline 27 September 2013<\/p>\n

This morning descendants and members of\u00a0 the Poit Ip Huay Kuan marked the 130th anniversary of Teochew leader and King of Gambier, Seah Eu Chin (1805-1883)<\/strong>.\u00a0 In November 2012, his grave was found <\/a>by the Goh brothers, Raymond and Charles. And since then descendants <\/a>have been making tracks up to Grave Hill<\/a>, in Toa Payoh to pay their respects.<\/p>\n

“Under the initiation of Teochew Poit It Huay Kuan and the endorsement of Ngee Ann Kongsi, it was a great moment in current Singapore Teochew history that many Teochew Organizations and Seah family members gathered\u00a0 at Seah Eu Chin’s tomb for a memorial service for his 130th death anniversary.” Zaobao 28 Sept 2013 (translated by Raymond Goh)<\/em><\/span>
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130 Anniversary Seah Eu Chin Zaobao Report 28 September 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

Today offerings were made at the grave which had been prepared for the occasion. Thank you to Brownie, Khoo Ee Hoon for documenting this commemoration of Seah Eu Chin.<\/p>\n

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Floral Tributes for Seah Eu Chin (photo Khoo Ee Hoon)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Descendants and members of Poit Ip Huay Kuan making offerings (photo Khoo Ee Hoon)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Burning offerings ( photo Khoo Ee Hoon)<\/p><\/div>\n

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2 days before the 130th Anniversary when the Brownies visited, the marquee was already up and grave cleared (photo Catherine Lim)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Zaobao reporter Yen Yen who covered the discovery of Seah Eu Chin’s tomb a year back was at the 130 Anniversary to interview descendants ( photo Khoo Ee Hoon)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Members of Poit Ip and descendants of Seah Eu Chin (photo Khoo Ee Hoon)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Members of Poit Ip Huay Kuan who were responsible for the major preparations for the 130 Anniversary of Seah Eu Chin (photo Khoo Ee Hoon)<\/p><\/div>\n

Both Raymond and Charles Goh were in attendance at the anniversary this morning.<\/p>\n

Postscript: Raymond reporting from the event posted this photo on the facebook group page.<\/a><\/p>\n

“”It is a remembrance ceremony on the occasion of 130th death anniversary of Seah Eu Chin’s death. An eulogy was read out during the memorial service.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Offerings<\/a>

Layout of offerings for 130 Anniversary Seah Eu Chin (photo Raymond Goh)<\/p><\/div>\n

From Sugen Ramiah<\/strong> commenting on the layout of the offerings on the table\u00a0 : What you see above is a Teochew style remembrance. What is seen follows a hierarchy – 5 sets of rice, wine and tea served . Twelve buns\/kuehs, odd numbers of poultry and seafood and odd numbers of fruits offerings.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

There were 3 chairs placed in the front of the offerings (not seen in the photo above)<\/p>\n

From Tay Hung Yong<\/strong>:\u00a0 The three chairs are meant for Seah Eu Chin and his two wives (correct me if I am wrong). The 5 sacrificial animal offerings are quite common among Southern Chinese. There should be at least 8 different dishes. Twelve buns represent 12 months in the calendar. For Teochews, fruit offerings are usually in 4 not 5. The joss paper they offered are usually meant for deities.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Editors note: In any ritual there are different interpretations on\u00a0 how they are conducted and how the different offerings are\u00a0 laid ou<\/strong>t.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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