Do you know the story of Hakka migrants’ tin mining in Southeast Asia hundreds of years ago?

Do you want to learn more about the differences between Malaysian Hakka and Taiwanese Hakka?

Taiwan Hakka Museum welcomes you

September 15^th (Sat) 10:00, to participate in the opening ceremony of The Gold Ages of Mining – Hakka Malaysian Tin Mining Exhibition’ at the 2^nd Special Exhibition Hall of Taiwan Hakka Museum

September 16^th (Sun) 10:00, a special talk will be held at the Briefing Room given by Prof. Wen-Bin, Huang from the Institute of Chinese Studies, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman. The talk is about ‘The Relationship between Malaysia Tin Mining and the Chinese Society’, and is open for application. Book your seat here:
https://goo.gl/wZCh25

The development of tin mining in Southeast Asia, acts as a driving force for Hakka people to leave their homes and work overseas. Hakka migrants from China’s Hoklo and Guangdong provinces such as Meizhou, Fuichi and Dingzhou become rich because of tin mining, thereby influencing the urban development of modern Malaysia. At the same time, these migrants invested generously in public affairs and establishing townhall for villagers. Such development of tin mining in Southeast Asia are relatively different from how Taiwanese Hakkas mainly rely on forestry and farming as their businesses, thereby having established traditional cognitions of share-holding worships and religious organizations. This exhibition focuses on the changes in the meaning of ‘tin’ to present the cultural changes of Malaysia Hakka societies, introducing the public to how the Hakkas have developed different life appearances in various places after having migrated from their hometowns. It is hoped that the public can have a more diverse understanding of ‘Hakka’ culture from how Malaysian Hakkas have undergone multi-facet developments and changes through tin mining.