Arts

Description Chapteh, congkak, hopscotch and five stones..Do these names ring a bell? This book takes you back in time to the 1950s and 1960s fo...

Description Here, in beautiful Singapore, we live in harmony. Regardless of our different races, religions and customs, we are able to grow and...

Description Have you ever wonder about the significance of the various vibriant festivls celebrated by the Chinese people every year, or why th...

Description A successful businessman, Lim Bo Seng became synonymous with the anti-war movement in Singapore during WW II. His commitment toward...

Description About the Author In 1890, a teenage Tan Kah Kee left his hometown in Jimei, Fujian, embarking on a journey towards Singapore to joi...

Description Have you ever wondered what life was like in a malay Kampong in the old days? Or why practically all your malay friends are Muslims...

Description The famous author Rudyyard Kipling once wrote, " East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet."Yet they have met i...

Description If you think that most Peranakans live to eat, you may be correct. After all, good Peranakan cuisine isn't a matter of tossing just...

Description You are probably familiar with the spicy Peranakan cusine or even have friends who are graet cooking at it. But there is definitrly...

Description With 5,000 years of history, India is a culture united by diversity. Her literary traditions reflect her glory and heritage. Today,...

Description Chinese Auspicious Culture we examine how Chinese folk customs have evolved over the centuries to become a natural science that com...

Description Chinese Eminent Peoples, we look at the lives of more than 100 of the greatest and most famous achievers in all of Chinese history....

Description Tao Te Ching, written more than 2,500 years ago, is reputedly the first philosphical works in Chinese history. It presents the phil...

Description We know him best as the founder of modern Singapore . He was instrumentral in bringing about the island 's development into a free ...

Description Chinese Fine Arts, we take you to a distingushed gallery featuring Chinese calligraphy, painting, music, dance, theatre, and sculpt...

Description Chinese Folk Customs, we look at folk beliefs in Chinese society, and how they have in all aspects of life: birth, coming -of- age,...

Description Chinese Literature, you will meet great minds among the Chinese literates. Since reading is a form of pleasure that has been enjoye...

Description Chinese Science & Technology, we look at the accumlated knowledge of China still existing today in the form of inventions in d...