Former Clyde Terrace Market at Beach Road or Ti Pa Sat, today it is now The Gateway

[Cecil Lee]

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The "Hungry Ghost Festival" is in full swing this month (also known as "Zhong Yuan Jie 中元节" in Mandarin). I am sharing this surviving artefact from Clyde Terrace Market (colloquially known as "铁巴刹 Ti Pa Sat"), which was once Singapore's largest market but no longer exists. The market was particularly vivacious and bustling during the "Zhong Yuan Jie 中元节" celebrations. This wood block with the text "庆中元 Qing Zhong Yuan" carved in reverse was by "再合兴公司 Zai He Xing Gongsi" to be used for the celebrations.

This month's "Chinese Yuan Festival" activities are in full swing. Share here an artifact from the Clyde Terrace Market. Tiebar was once Singapore's biggest market, but it's gone. During the festivities of the Zhongyuan Festival, the iron bar is particularly lively, people come and go, bustling. This anti-sculpture "Celebrating Zhongyuan" wood plate belongs to Zhexing Company and is made to celebrate this traditional festival.

"The July of the lunar calendar, the iron bar is the most lively. Every night there is a celebration of Zhongyuan's reward show. One iron bar, there are two organizations celebrating the Zhongyuan Festival. One is called a big company, composed of iron barrachan stores, the other is called a small company, composed of fish and meat vendors, large companies and small companies. The former is a Chaozhou theater class, such as old saigao, Xinrong and old one incense. The latter is invited by the Yu Opera class, such as the new Sai Feng and Yan Xia Theatre Troupe. "- Singapore Zong Town Hall Federation Association, Huahui Magazine.

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[Cecil Lee]

The Gateway, today

 

[Cecil Lee]

The Peck San Theng Cemetery or Bishan Cemetery.

Closed its doors in 1979. 
 

The graves were aligned facing southwards..,

Background: Ang Mo Kio