Culturepaedia
In Jul 2024, SCCC launched Culturepaedia, a one-stop bilingual repository dedicated to document and celebrate Singapore’s distinctive Chinese culture. This free online platform contains a treasure trove of articles on communities, language and education, popular culture and media, social practices, literature, art, music and stage performances.
Public lectures
For FY24, SCCC organised nine public lectures on various topics related to local Chinese culture and attracted a total of 553 participants and 1,315 online participants.
As part of Expressions of Devotion: The Nine Emperor Gods Festival in Singapore, SCCC, SYSNMH and NTU’s School of Humanities co-organised A Seminar on the Nine Emperor Gods Festival in Singapore: Heritage, Culture, and Community which focused on the development of Nine Emperor Gods temples in Singapore and Southeast Asia. The seminar attracted a total of 71 participants.
In conjunction with Legends of Singapore Comedy: An Exhibition on Wang Sha & Ye Feng, SCCC, NUS Department of Chinese Studies and Wan Boo Sow Research Centre for Chinese Culture co-organised Laughing Matters: Wang Sha Ye Feng and Local Popular Culture, which explored how the comedic duo Wang Sha and Ye Feng influenced Singapore’s popular culture through music, theatre, and television. The lecture attracted 66 in-person participants and 241 online participants.
SCCC, Chinese Heritage Centre and Singapore Society of Asian Studies also co-organised the Influence of Chinese Calligraphy in the Development of Singapore-Malaysia Watercolour Art seminar which explored the evolution of various calligraphic brushwork styles as influenced by British watercolour, Chinese calligraphy and ink painting. The seminar attracted 59 in-person participants and 130 online participants.
