Talking about the existence of Chinese or Chinese people in Bangka-Belitung is indeed already entrenched. Because they are not a day or two inhabiting this island. But these Chinese people have been around for a long time, from the 1700s to the 1800s. The first wave of ethnic Chinese who came to Belitung themselves were Hakka people from Guangdong Province. The Hakka people eventually dominated the Chinese in Belitung compared to the Minnan (Hokkian) who became a minority. They were Chinese when they came to Belitung to work as tin miners. At least now there are more than 30% of the Chinese population in the Bangka Belitung Islands Province.
CHINA TOWN AND ITS LIFE
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From the existence of the Chinese people in Belitung this then creates cultural harmony that we can see up to now. Even some of the harmonization of Chinese and local culture has become a tourist attraction. One form of harmonization of the two cultures that eventually became a tourist destination for tourists in Belitung is the Chinese village or China town.
In this Chinese village we will be able to find the lives of Chinese people in their daily lives. Here we will find several houses in front of which special places of worship are built. In this place they pray every day while burning incense or incense and putting fruit. The nuance of Chinese culture in China Town will be increasingly felt when Confucius holidays such as Chinese New Year, Ceng Beng to Peh Cun ritual. On those big days, Chinese people in Bangka-Belitung routinely celebrate it.
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CHINESE NAMES IN BANGKA-BELITUNG
The harmony of Chinese and local culture in Belitung can also be seen from the names of daerh and local food which have two languages, namely Malay and Chinese. Just mention it like the name Thew Fu Sui, or Thew Fu Fa aka tofu flower which is the name of a famous soy milk snack in Bangka-Belitung. In addition to culinary names, there are also regional names that are influenced by Chinese and local languages ??such as Yung Fo Hin which means Semabung Village or Naisifuk which is another name for Kampung Bintang. Interestingly the use of Chinese names is not only used by Chinese people, but also used by local people.
LIVING COUPLE WITH PEACE
Although they have different characters, both the Chinese and local cultures in Bangka-Belitung can still live side by side in peace for a long time. In terms of worship, people of different cultures can still be able to respect each others privacy. Chinese people who love to eat pork, they also understand the belief of local residents who should not eat it because it is haram. From this then the Chinese people then create their own market to respect the beliefs of these local people.
KAMPET KAMPUNG BINTANG MARKET
This special market that sells pork is presented by Chinese people in the Pasar surprise area of ??Kampung Bintang, Pangkal Pinang. There they began selling from 06.00 to 07.30 in the morning. For selling, some of them have stalls and some use vehicles with open bins as a place to sell. Not only pork, but several daily necessities such as vegetables, seafood, market snacks, Bangkas special food and others are also sold at the shocked Kampung Bintang Market. The existence of shocked markets in Kampung Bintang itself was initially very crowded with buyers. But in 2005 when the City Government of Pangkalpinang moved the market to another location not too far away, their income declined. Nevertheless they are shocked Market traders Kampung Bintang chose to continue to survive by selling.
BANGKA-BELITUNG CULTURE THAT ENCOURAGES THE TOURISM SECTOR
From the cultural wealth possessed by Bangka-Belitung this turned out to have a positive influence on the tourism sector of the Province. According to some tourism experts state that Bangka-Belitung Province has tourism similar to Bali. This is because Bangka-Belitung has a beautiful natural beach and a rich and thick culture. Another interesting thing that can be found in Bangka Belitung Province and is a tourism asset is the Sentosa Cemetery or Tjung Hoa Kung Mu Yen which is the largest Chinese burial complex in Southeast Asia. Sentosa Funeral Complex or Tjung Hoa Kung Mu Yen itself can be found in Pangkalpinang located in the village area of China.
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