Malaysia, Penang: Nyonya amorous feelings

Guest location:MalaysiaPenang

Guest characters: freelance writer Qiu Peijun

The sun falls from the old buildings in the courtyard patio. It falls on the Tang Baoqiong body. Wrapped her slender figure Nyonya cloth, suddenly send out a blurred in the scorching sun exposure under the color. She was so graceful, slowly coming to me.

Penang

I never thought Tang Baoqiong would take me about in her office - Penang Nyonya Museum. At the same time, also did not think she would in a traditional Nyonya dress appointment. So when she appeared on the swing space full Nyonya heritage in, my mind can not help but always go back, back to the great-grandparents once in the long ago.

Nyonya Nanyang generation some mysterious group. According to historical records, it is in the Ming Dynasty with Zheng He's fleet members and the local people have a new love or marriage between ethnic groups formed after; but also the scholar thinks, because they are the problem of food and clothing and immigrated to Nanyang generation of Chinese rise in influenced by local culture of the ethnic groups. No matter what a research result is correct, Tang Baoqiong the truly Penang Nyonya descendants, or am I in the sun for a surprise.

A pair of embroidered shoes

From the courtyard patio and sunshine, Tang Baoqiong wearing beads irradiated shiny shoes. This sewing skilled tiny beads densely filled the upper handmade shoes, is a unique product of Nyonya culture. Strictly speaking, this was generally wear on the Nyonya foot ornament beads shoes, in modern western cultural invasion today, has gradually appeared only in the old people's feet, very rare. So, when I inadvertently found Tang Baoqiong pink salon skirt with beads shoes in the sun flickering, immediately feel the atmosphere of whole space, there is a tropical nostalgia in prance.

Embroidered shoes

In addition to bead and sewing, cooking and embroidery is also each Nyonya was required for marriage, learning ability. See this pair of colorful beads shoes, I immediately think of in today's traditional Nyonya family, the older generation still have to teach children the custom craft. I asked she excitedly: "you sew?" She listened, gentle smile suddenly into a laughing - the legendary Nyonya people and cheerful personality therefore highlights. After her "giggle" laughing, and then to the local Nyonya style, the Malay, English andFujianWords mixed speak this sentence: "Baru Nyonya mana and the ancient Nyonya Senang? Nowadays, we are all join in society life." While leaving Malaysia for many years, but this will be all kinds of confusion of language characteristics of language form, is still familiar to me, and feel warm. In my blood ingrained the chaos in Malaysia language culture, let me effortlessly understand Tang Baoqiong said: "the modern Nyonya what previous Nyonya so free? Today, we have to walk into the society."

Nyonya Tang Baoqiong whether at home or cause of keywords. Although her family is Peranakan family, her character and charm, is still the Nyonya style, but the changes of the times, while the Nyonya culture slowly retreated to the rare crowd, again and again into the social opportunity, let her have to temporarily put aside the traditional Nyonya concept, into the maintenance and promotion. Make the cultural circle. She puffed out his chest, away from a marriage only identity at home, become today in the propaganda Nyonya culture activists. It is this cultural awakening, maintenance and pride, brew Tang Baoqiong personal aura. A born beauty of her, but because have Nyonya love of life and open-minded personality and an acquired confidence in behavior, send forth her unique charm.