What kind of country is Malaysia? How do Chinese living in Malaysia inherit Chinese culture? Their actions brought tears to their eyes!
1. In Malaysia, the Chinese are the second largest ethnic group, and they still retain their Chinese heritage.
Coming to Malaysia, a great feeling is that going abroad is like not going abroad, and the strong Chinese culture is reflected everywhere. Malaysia is a multicultural country, like in Penang, one moment you were in Guangdong, then you were in Fujian, the next second you went to India, and then you came to the UK. The convergence of diverse ethnic groups and religious cultures has produced the "smorgasbord" culture of Nanyang.
Malacca in southern Malaysia is also a Chinese-populated area, with red lanterns hanging everywhere and Chinese-run inns, restaurants and snacks on the streets, speaking Chinese with a Hokkien-Cantonese accent. There are also many Chinese-style houses here, and the streets built in ancient times are still well preserved.
Among so many cities in Malaysia, the city with the strongest Chinese flavor must be Penang. Penang is located in the northwest of Malaysia, and a large part of the large number of Chinese laborers sent by the British arrived in Penang, and the Chinese laborers brought their own culture to the city and carried it forward.
The streets of Penang are now full of Chinese, mostly Cantonese, Chaoshan and Hokkien. Chinese made great contributions to the city, and today, both the rich Dabogong District and the slums with the surname Bridge retain traces of Chinese culture.
2. Malaysia retains a complete Chinese teaching system.
In all countries of the world, the compatriots of the motherland can be seen, and due to the long-term settlement abroad, there will be a problem: assimilation.
For example, in Thailand, the number of Chinese is very large, and it is the country with the highest concentration of overseas Chinese. Because of the large population, the Chinese in Thailand to marry and have children to live, over time the Chinese began to be assimilated, almost can not even speak Chinese, daily communication is not in Thai or English, rarely can speak authentic Chinese.
However, in the Malaysian Chinese Chinese there is no problem in communicating with the Mandarin of the Chinese, but more local characteristics have been added. Malaysian Chinese account for about one-third of Malaysia's total population, Malaysian Chinese have been in a Chinese environment since childhood, and the Chinese education of Chinese is second to none in Southeast Asia. This is a country with a complete primary, secondary, university Chinese education system, not only Malaysian Chinese can speak Chinese, other races can understand some of the Chinese.
3. Malaysia's "Nyonya Culture"
Before there was a very popular TV series "Little Nyonya", this drama can be said to show the "Nyonya culture" vividly, and the food in the play is also a hot search every day.
Nyonya costumes
The "Nyonya culture" originated in Malaysia, and in the early 15th century, Zheng He led a fleet of ships to the West seven times, staying in the Malay Peninsula many times, deepening the ties between the Ming Dynasty and the countries of the South Sea. Since then, many Chinese men have emigrated to Southeast Asia and intermarried with the local indigenous people, giving birth to children called Baba Nyonya. The male one is called "Baba" and the female one is called "Nyonya".
"Nyonya culture" is mainly distributed in clothing, food, language and other aspects, in Malacca, Indonesia, Singapore is more. With the loss of time, we can only see a relatively complete "Nyonya culture" in Malacca, Penang and Singapore in Malaysia.
4. Malaysia's scenery is charming and the food is powerful.
Malaysia is a foodie's paradise, and the cuisine here is more diverse, with a variety of Malay food, Chinese food with a full range of colors and flavors, North and South Indian cuisine and Nyonya cuisine.
Malaysian cuisine, such as satay, curry rice, dried beef curry, fried bread, laksa, various types of stir-fried flour, etc. are all must-try. The most famous snack city in Malaysia is Penang, where you can experience the most authentic Malaysian cuisine.
In Malaysia, in addition to enjoying authentic food, there are also beautiful scenery. Malaysia is divided into West Malaysia and East Malaysia, with a South China Sea in the middle.
Relatively speaking, there are more cities in West Malaysia, and the capital Kuala Lumpur is also located here, which is densely populated and the area is more prosperous. East Malaysia is a very large island in the north of Borneo, where there are more natural landscapes, and it is also a frequent place for diving enthusiasts, which is a good place to see the sea and play in the water.