Yunyun Winnie Gu 顾韵昀
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Friday 01 August 2025 03:47:01 GMT
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Nigel Yap :
Diaspora communities are usually time capsules of the time they left their home country. In southeast Asia's case it's around the 19th century and early 20th century that mass migration of Chinese came over so the practices or evolved versions of those practices are what are still being done in the communities. meanwhile china evolved differently due to the cultural revolution so many of those practices were either banned or not done anymore.
2025-08-02 17:26:52
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Vanessa :
not an expert but could this maybe be a result of the cultural revolution
2025-08-01 03:58:49
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Jeffrey🇨🇳🇸🇬 :
I wouldn't say ONLY SH but SH in particular. Many places still preserve certain traditional traits. But they are considerably less compared to SEA and TW. Mainly because of the cultural revolution.
2025-08-03 13:17:20
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huai_xin :
I think being a minority also helps make people cherish their traditions as something distinct to hold on to
2025-08-01 13:51:30
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Simon_sz1 :
Tbh taiwan is the most traditional of all chinese.My partner is Taiwanese and he will literally goes 拜拜 in every temple we visited
2025-08-01 11:17:29
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urmom46900 :
idk I feel like people who come from rural China still celebrate and are deeply traditional my family is from guangdong but from 乡下 or 农村 so we celebrate everything
2025-08-01 13:44:25
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Crayon :
it's just the young people aren't informed of the old traditions as much cuz things have been changing so fast it's good to ReDiscover those things though really good to heal and many other things Roots right
2025-08-01 18:34:25
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M C :
you'll probably need to ask people from Guangdong or Fujian. Most of the Chinese diaspora in ASEAN are from the southern coastal provinces of China.
2025-08-03 03:54:02
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🧢 :
taiwan is more traditional than mainland china
2025-08-01 12:55:29
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beyondthehorizon :
I think this is true for all diaspora communities. They usually preserve cultural practices and traditions that have evolved or died down in their mother country
2025-08-02 21:52:50
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fo moto :
some are regional? some cultural revolution? some just modernizing?
2025-08-01 18:55:35
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Japheth :
Tradition is overrated. Scientific and rationalism are more important.
2025-08-01 22:03:22
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yuki :
most Chinese people don't even believe in Buddhism, there are perhaps more real Christian than Buddhist. especially in the north. have you ever been to the north? you understand we are very different from each other, right?
2025-08-03 06:18:18
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yuki :
China was not a Buddhism country since the collapse of Tang dynasty, Zhongyuan is just a Buddhism festival, how that represents Chinese culture? it's something much more universal.
2025-08-03 06:17:07
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youngtungg :
lowkey a byproduct of the cultural revolution, i still burn joss paper and visit tombs here too
2025-08-01 04:20:26
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momomomo :
but also, China is so big that different regions prioritize different festivals. the "diaspora Chinese communities" usually are from the south coast and they keep a very small sector of tradition which isn't representative of the entire Chinese culture. to say who is "more traditional" is simply wrong.
2025-08-02 09:56:12
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bbbhgd2 :
This feels just like your urban family never valued these things ? Shanghai was also never a cultural center but I know plenty of Shanghainese people who do celebrate. These are also all holidays I grew up with in Beijing. People saying that only Taiwan and diaspora preserved these traditions are either uninformed or lying🙄
2025-08-01 16:46:15
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momomomo :
ughhhh misinformation at its best. your parents don't know doesn't mean other people don't. for shanghainese people, winter solstice in our family we eat 芋艿 and 老鸭汤. 崇明人吃羊肉. and different family has different traditions because Shanghai is a immigrant city so families kept their unique culture. Ningbo families will have different customs than a Suzhou family for example.
2025-08-02 09:51:58
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wordsoundmix :
It's nice history but essentially a bunch of superstitions. You're better off
2025-08-03 10:15:43
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yuki :
well,not sure what makes you qualify for selecting the "well persevered Chinese culture" here, feels a bit negligent regarding the diversity of China.
2025-08-03 06:15:56
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