My late father would always get up early to welcome the first day of the Lunar New Year by lighting a long set of fire crackers which he would hang from a window of the first floor of our house.
Usually all the neighbours would be up to do the same thing. And the time would be just after a few cock crows, roughly about 5 or 5.30 a.m.
The whole neighbourhood would be up and the excited sounds of preparing for the Lunar New Year could be heard. It was such heart warming sounds of activities. Mum would slaughter a duck and a chicken as usual but we kids would run away from the sight.
Truth be told, I was able to help with the slaughtering of chickens or ducks until I was about 18 and after that age I was never to slit the neck of a bird, big or small. I could not stand the sight of blood and for that reason I could never think of becoming a nurse or a doctor. I did faint once when I help to dress the wound of a school mate. She did not faint, but I fainted to the amusement of the teachers.
The red mess left by the fire crackers would colour the pavements for days.
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Hi there... Your blog is very interesting. Just wondering, do you know which part of China the Zhang/Tiong clan in Sibu are from?
Fujian
Some of the Amoy people in Sibu from Tong'an, Xiamen. The shophouses with 5 foot way very simlar to those in the old part of Sibu and elsewhere in Southeast Asia. This video was from 1993 and wonder if those shophouses are still there as during the economic boom time, a lot of them might have made way for high risee buildings.
https://youtu.be/M7xsI9BHT9c
https://www.dailyexpress.com.my/read/3534/britain-secretly-planned-m-sia-since-1953/
the Tiong Clan of Sibu are mainly from King Sar (golden sand) township in 14 Du, Minqing.
the Foochow History and Heritage Gallery in sibu has good artefacts of their history ...Pl visit one day.
thanks for your interest. God bless.
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