The Manila Chinese Cemetery: A Repository of Tsinoy Culture and Identity
The funerary architecture of the vast 19th-century Chinese Cemetery in Manila differs markedly from other Chinese cemeteries in Southeast Asia.This paper describes the development of this architecture and its many styles rooted in Western and Chinese artistic tradition, their symbolic meanings and s...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:archipel_288 https://doi.org/10.4000/archipel.288 urn:doi:10.4000/archipel.288 en https://journals.openedition.org/archipel/288 2017-02-16T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/a1vk https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ The Manila Chinese Cemetery: A Repository of Tsinoy Culture and Identity Archipel Association Archipel info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2104-3655 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/0044-8613 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/archipel Akpedonu, Erik The funerary architecture of the vast 19th-century Chinese Cemetery in Manila differs markedly from other Chinese cemeteries in Southeast Asia.This paper describes the development of this architecture and its many styles rooted in Western and Chinese artistic tradition, their symbolic meanings and significance. It also illustrates how much the Chinese Cemetery today is a reflection of contemporary urban development of the metropolis surrounding it, presenting new challenges and opportunities, and how the cemetery has adapted to these developments. Sweeping social transformations in 19th-century Philippine society and economy, and the introduction of new modern funeral practices rooted in 19th-century Europe fostered the development of new forms of mourning and commemoration at the turn of the 20th century. This found expression in the gradual emergence of small and grand mausoleums for the new middle and upper class of Mestizo and Chinese businessmen and women, professionals, politicians, and ilustrados. This elaborate funerary architecture and its symbolic ornamentation and statuary turned the Manila Chinese Cemetery over the course of 130 years into a rich repository of the nation’s built heritage. Moreover, the parallel existence and gradual blending of Spanish-Catholic and Chinese Taoist and Buddhist religious and cultural influences sometimes led to surprising and creative artistic and architectural solutions which espouse the identity of the Tsinoy, the Filipino-Chinese community. L’architecture funéraire du vaste cimetière chinois de Manille du xixe s. se distingue sensiblement de celle des autres sites funéraires chinois d’Asie du Sud-Est. Cet article décrit le développement de cette architecture et ses nombreux styles enracinés dans la tradition artistique occidentale et chinoise, leur signification symbolique et leur portée. Il montre également combien ce cimetière d’aujourd’hui est le reflet du développement urbain contemporain de la métropole qui l’entoure, des nouveaux défis et opportunités qu’elle offre, et comment le cimetière s’est adapté à ces développements. Les considérables transformations sociales et économiques de la société philippine du xixe s., ainsi que l’introduction de nouvelles pratiques funéraires, tirant leur origine dans l’Europe de l’époque, ont favorisé, au tournant du xxe s., le développement de nouvelles formes de deuil et de commémoration. Celui-ci s’est manifesté par l’émergence progressive de petits et de grands mausolées pour la classe moyenne et supérieure des métisses et hommes d’affaires chinois et de leurs femmes, des membres de professions libérales, des politiciens et des ilustrados. Cette architecture funéraire complexe, son ornementation symbolique et sa statuaire ont, au cours des 130 dernières années, transformé le cimetière chinois en un riche réceptacle du patrimoine bâti de la nation. En outre, l’existence parallèle et le mélange progressif d’influences culturelles et religieuses hispano-catholiques sino-taoïstes et sino-bouddhistes ont parfois entraîné de surprenantes créations artistiques et architecturales qui marquent l’identité des Tsinoy ou encore de la communauté sino-philippine. |
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The funerary architecture of the vast 19th-century Chinese Cemetery in Manila differs markedly from other Chinese cemeteries in Southeast Asia.This paper describes the development of this architecture and its many styles rooted in Western and Chinese artistic tradition, their symbolic meanings and significance. It also illustrates how much the Chinese Cemetery today is a reflection of contemporary urban development of the metropolis surrounding it, presenting new challenges and opportunities, and how the cemetery has adapted to these developments. Sweeping social transformations in 19th-century Philippine society and economy, and the introduction of new modern funeral practices rooted in 19th-century Europe fostered the development of new forms of mourning and commemoration at the turn of the 20th century. This found expression in the gradual emergence of small and grand mausoleums for the new middle and upper class of Mestizo and Chinese businessmen and women, professionals, politicians, and ilustrados. This elaborate funerary architecture and its symbolic ornamentation and statuary turned the Manila Chinese Cemetery over the course of 130 years into a rich repository of the nation’s built heritage. Moreover, the parallel existence and gradual blending of Spanish-Catholic and Chinese Taoist and Buddhist religious and cultural influences sometimes led to surprising and creative artistic and architectural solutions which espouse the identity of the Tsinoy, the Filipino-Chinese community. |
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Akpedonu, Erik |
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Akpedonu, Erik The Manila Chinese Cemetery: A Repository of Tsinoy Culture and Identity |
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Akpedonu, Erik |
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Akpedonu, Erik |
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The Manila Chinese Cemetery: A Repository of Tsinoy Culture and Identity |
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The Manila Chinese Cemetery: A Repository of Tsinoy Culture and Identity |
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The Manila Chinese Cemetery: A Repository of Tsinoy Culture and Identity |
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The Manila Chinese Cemetery: A Repository of Tsinoy Culture and Identity |
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The Manila Chinese Cemetery: A Repository of Tsinoy Culture and Identity |
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manila chinese cemetery: a repository of tsinoy culture and identity |
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