Singaporeans can't celebrate Thanksgiving?

But Chinese Singaporeans account for 74. 1% of Singapore's population. There is no such thing as Thanksgiving in traditional festivals in China, so it is not Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving Day is a traditional festival in the West, a festival created by the American people, and a festival for American family reunion. At first, there was no fixed date for Thanksgiving Day, which was decided temporarily by American states. It was not until 1863 after the independence of the United States that President Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday. 194 1 year, the US Congress officially designated the fourth Thursday in June 1 1 as "Thanksgiving Day". Thanksgiving holiday usually lasts from Thursday to Sunday.

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Chinese Singaporeans account for 74. 1% of Singapore's population, divided into nearly 10 different places of origin. Most of their ancestors came from southern China, mainly from Hainan, Fujian and Guangdong provinces. The native places of Fujian, Chaozhou and Hainan in Singapore account for three quarters of the Chinese in Singapore. The other quarter is mainly from Guangdong and Hakka.

The Fujian dialect ethnic group in the south of China is the first Chinese ethnic group to immigrate to Singapore. At present, Chinese Singaporeans from Fujian account for 465,438+0% of the total. Chaozhou native place accounts for about 2 1%. Those born in Guangdong account for 15% of the total number of Chinese in Singapore. Hakka descent accounts for 1 1.4%, and the rest is mainly Hainan descent.