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Since19th century, China immigrants have flooded into Singapore through various channels.

In order to avoid unnecessary disputes among new visitors from all over the world, the British colonies adopted the policy of divide and rule.

1822, Fujian people were placed in zhili Eier and Xiamen street. Chaozhou people lives on the banks of the Singapore River; Hakkas settled in Cross Street. Cantonese people gather in Eier, Creta, so it is also called "Little Guangdong".

Before 1877, the colony * * * established the People's Guard Department of China, which was responsible for managing China affairs. In fact, Chinatown is generally managed by China people themselves.

The Malay name of Chinatown is "Creta Eier", which means "waterwheel".

In the early years, there was no running water supply in Singapore, and people used ox carts to transport the water from Anxiang Mountain to every household, so this area was called "ox cart water" by China people in the past.

Another way of saying it is that in order to clean the dusty streets, residents need to use ox carts to transport water for washing every day, hence the name.

The streets in Chinatown, commonly known as the origin, are usually related to major industries, celebrities or architectural symbols at that time.

In the early days, there was a famous "Guangheyuan" piglet house on Baota Street. 190 1 year, there are even as many coolies in this street as 12 households, so it is commonly known as "Guangheyuan Street".

Smith Street is called "Theatre Street" because there was a Liyuan Theatre here before the war.

It is said that in 1850, Simi Street was named because there was 17 Shuoou flour mill.

Simi Lane, parallel to Shoe Street, is commonly known as "Dead Street" or "Da Nanguan Street" (the so-called funeral home in Guangdong).

At that time, many Sanshui women, commonly known as "red headscarves", mostly engaged in manual labor in the construction industry, or were "mothers" (domestic attendants); When they are old and can't go back to their hometown, they choose to die in Singapore and be sent to these old people's shops by their younger fellow villagers to wait for their old age.

Therefore, these shops are also called "disaster halls", and there are also many shops that provide services for patients after death, including nursing homes, funeral homes, birthday shops and paper shops.

Starting from 196 1, Singapore autonomous state * * began to re-regulate Chinatown and decided to close the "dead street" and move the shops operating this kind of industry to another area to continue their business.

However, due to the age of the store, there is no successor, and most of them are closed.

Most of the traditional shops in Chinatown are built between 1840 and 1900. Generally, it is two or three stories high and four to six feet wide, and it is connected by a five-foot pedestal (that is, a five-foot wide corridor) with a cover in front of the shop.

Residents use kitchens and toilets, but due to serious hygiene problems, the authorities began to allocate residential units to residents in the 1960s to improve their living environment.

From 1950, Chinatown is a veritable sleepless day.

1986 65438+On February 26th, Singapore * * * officially declared Chinatown as a historical reserve and announced the reconstruction of a new Chinatown.

However, Singapore * * * does not tear down the whole old Chinatown, but transforms it while preserving the original appearance of the building, showing the glory of Chinatown with a brand-new attitude.

In the process of reorganization, the population originally living in Chinatown lost a lot, and traditional industries such as clockmaker, statue carving and letter writer gradually declined, and they closed their doors or moved to other places.

The flavor hawkers who used to be on the side of Chinatown were ordered to move into the hawker center built for business.

Since the renovation of buildings on both sides of the street, many tourism-related industries have begun to enter the market.

It is worth mentioning that Chinatown is not the place where all Chinese live. There are also the Masjid Jamae in 1826 and the Sri Mariamman in 1827, which show the harmonious coexistence of various races in Singapore.