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[Moving House Reflection] Tse Pui Yi

Not only do we want a good house when we alive, but we also want to stay in a good place after we die. Although government need the piece of land where buried their ancestor before, they still pay huge effort to dig out their ancestor to provide them a new stable and peaceful place to live. This impress me a lot that a pleasant living place after died also improtant. 3036231253 Tse Pui Yi

[Moving House Reflection] Lai Wing Tung

To be honest, it is a very shocking action for me when they just dig out the bones from the soil and break the tombstone, It is actually not a good act in my impression. However, not only we need to have a good place for living when we are alive, in our tradition, we also care a lot about our life after we dead, it may be a good action when including this. 3036231370 Lai Wing Tung

Lecture6: Housing stories — reflection

Family rituals in Singapore are solemn and filled with remembrance and warmth; the son originally did not agree to digging up the grave and removing the bones, wanting to follow the tradition of saying that ancestors are buried in the ground, and that parents absorb the spirit of the earth to protect their children and grandchildren. They braved the rain to dig out the bones buried underground and carefully cleaned them so that their parents could be buried together with their brother, which reflects a kind of respect for the deceased as well as good wishes.

In class exercise moving house reflection

After seeing the documentary, I feel sad for the family. Due to the land development for housing and other city development, the family are forced to move their ancestor’s grave away from the land to the modern grave land areas, causing the family to unable to undergo the tradition procedure of worshipping their ancestor. This documentary is a strong evidence that proves that the current century, people no longer put emphasize on culture and just cares about development and economy

“moving house” reflection

the reaction to the timing of the thunderstorm coinciding with the relocation of the ancestral burial being uncertainty in whether it was a good or bad omen, in my opinion was metaphorical for the housing market of Singapore. Relocation meant that the housing market was increasing in demand, which meant that some would profit and some would despair. Hau Tsuen Adrian Yung-3036002066

In-class exercise-Moving house

Rapid development in modern city where is destiny populated like Singapore requires some traditional heritages make way for it, even for the grave culture, which is widely respected among Chinese people, is affected. Generations in different age groups cannot fully understand the meaning of those traditions while among traditional Chinese culture, grave moving is very rare and has special meaning.

“Moving House” reflection

The film illustrates some “invisible” and “unclean” spaces such as cemeteries which usually tend to be situated in remote places in urban cities. This can be another kind of “housing” for those who died; these spaces have to be moved or even demolished to “make way” for residential areas or other redevelopment projects. Apart from revealing the density of Singapore, the film also inspires us to rethink these “invisible” and “unclean” spaces/ how we interpret them/ how they symbolize some “taboo” issues we used to not discuss in public such as death.