[Awarded NUS Singapore History Prize Special Commendation in 2024]
 
Authors 作者:
Lynn Wong Yuqing | 黄鈺清
Lee Kok Leong | 李国樑
 
Hardcover | 210 mm x 297 mm | 236 full-colour pages | SGD77
by Renforest Publishing (an imprint of Bridging Generations Pte Ltd)
 
This is the first comprehensive bilingual book about the Qixi Festival in Singapore. Besides looking into ancient Chinese texts to trace the origins and developments of the festival, it examines the customs brought over by early Chinese women migrants to Singapore since the mid-19th century. This book honours our foremothers, such as the Majies, Samsui women, female factory workers, as well as women in clan associations and individual households, for whom the festival was an important part of their social lives. It also investigates how the festival went from heyday to mayday in Singapore, juxtaposed with the festival’s trajectories in other countries. Drawing from ethnographic research and oral history interviews with diverse stakeholders, it further synthesises views from the community on how the Qixi Festival, once a significant part of our collective heritage, can be revived.