0 1, from a referential word to a culture. In fact, in the historical changes, Baba Niang angered this group of people, and their identity has been changing. Before the 1960s, they were regarded as indigenous people in Malaysia, but later they lost their indigenous identity for political reasons. Today, they are no different from the new people who came to this land after 19 century.
In fact, the early term Nyonya only refers to the female offspring born after the marriage of Chinese and Malays. Only in the later development, the word not only refers to the meaning, but also develops into a general reference to the culture produced by the melting of Chinese and Malays. From a cultural point of view, the word "Niangjiao" does not refer to a single culture. It contains many aspects, including food culture, life culture and marriage culture produced after the integration of Malays and Chinese.
02. The peculiar culture produced by population blending. In fact, it is very complicated to discuss what kind of culture Nyonya culture is. Because in Nyonya culture, there are both Malay culture and China traditional culture. This kind of culture is formed under the blending and mutual influence of two cultures. The aspects it embodies are not limited to a certain part. In many places, many cultures have been influenced by these two cultural exchanges. For example, local songs and dances, local embroidery, local costumes and local food are all influenced by the two cultural exchanges.
From the perspective of food culture, the food produced under Nyonya culture not only has the characteristics of China cuisine, but also has the flavor of Southeast Asian cuisine. Therefore, we will find that in the local area, we will taste Southeast Asian dishes with China food culture characteristics, such as fried pork slices and stewed bamboo shoots. This is the fusion of diet under the influence of Nyonya culture. Besides diet, careful observation reveals that the local traditional costume culture and local traditional embroidery culture are influenced by China traditional culture to some extent.
Even in the marriage culture, they have some similarities with the traditional marriage culture in China, and they also pay attention to the right match. Therefore, it will be found that those who have a certain influence in the local area often choose to get married and marry in the same family when they get married. At the same time, the costumes of the bride and groom are very similar to the traditional cultural costumes in China. The groom wears a robe and jacket, and the bride also wears a skirt and a rockhopper. Moreover, before World War II, the local marriage culture continued the traditional wedding forms in China, such as three kneels and nine knocks, big sedan chairs and loud gongs and drums.