Hakka Moi Quietly Curating Culture & Stories

‪@ZhenLion‬ ‪@CMSLionTeam‬ Capturing the rhythms of a living lineage, where every movement honors those who walked before us.

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Hakka Moi Quietly Curating Culture & Stories

悟空大鬧天宮 a exhilarating performance by CMS Lion & Dragon Dance team inspired by the 1961 Chinese donghua feature film directed by Wan Laiming and produced by all four of the Wan brothers. The name 大闹天宫 became a colloquialism in the Chinese language to describe someone making a mess.

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Hakka Moi Quietly Curating Culture & Stories

It fell… one red flower🌹, drifting free, untouched by hands. Bo lâng kio—yet the blessing finds us. In the heart of the 求花 ritual, even what slips from our grasp carries Guanyin’s 慈悲🙏🏼. Watch closely, the world speaks in quiet gestures, and miracles often arrive in the spaces we cannot reach.

Thank you Jayden of @heyladtour for sharing this obscure ritual that happens once a year, on 元宵 night, 2000hrs.

Will you be there tonight to bear witness to this 求花 ritual? 🌸


📸 Image courtesy of Jayden Sean of HeyLadTour Singapore.

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At the centre of 求花 is not merely ritual.

It is 廟山佛祖.

At Beo Shan Hood Chor Temple, she is the main deity.
福善堂 廟山南海佛祖 Beo Sua Nam Hai Hood Chor Temple

And it is through her that couples petition for a flower from Heaven’s garden. 🌸

In Chinese folk belief, Guanyin is also known as 送子觀音-the Guanyin who sends children.

For centuries, women who longed to become mothers have stood before her image, hands folded, whispering the same prayer: 🙏🏼

Grant me one child.
Healthy. Safe. Kind.

Not wealth.
Not status.
Just one life to nurture.

Her compassion — 慈悲 — is not abstract.

It is maternal.

She listens to the quiet prayers.
The tears not shown publicly.
The ache that only a woman longing for motherhood understands.

During 求花 on Yuan Xiao 元宵 night, it is believed that Guanyin, in this case 廟山佛祖 intercedes — selecting, blessing, and allowing that symbolic flower to descend. 🌸

The act of catching the flower is visible.

But the act of compassion begins long before that.

Thanks to Jayden ‪@HEYLADTOUR‬ for sharing this obscure ritual tradition which is becoming a rare sight in Singapore.

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There is a quiet ritual that happens once a year.
No fanfare. No spectacle. Just faith, sincerity — and a flower 🌸

“求花” (Seeking Flower) is a traditional Chinese belief deeply rooted in Taoism and Chinese folk religion. It carries with it a poetic cosmology: that every human soul is represented by a flower in a celestial garden.

White flowers symbolise boys.
Red flowers symbolise girls.

To seek a flower is to ask Heaven for a child.

Long before IVF.
Long before fertility clinics.

This ritual already existed.

Today, despite medical advancements, couples still return each year. Some after exhausting every other avenue. Many share quiet success stories.

Hope does not compete with science.
It coexists.

The ritual will be conducted by 福善堂 廟山南海佛祖 Beo Sua Nam Hai Hood Chor Temple tomorrow evening at 2000hrs on 元宵节 (Yuan Xiao Jie), the Lantern Festival.

Will you be there?

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大年初二 · 回娘家 🧧

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, families celebrate reunion and filial piety. Known as “Welcome the Son-in-Law Day,” today marks the return of married daughters to their natal homes — a beautiful tradition of honouring roots and strengthening bonds across generations.

Many also offer thanks to the God of Wealth, inviting prosperity into their homes, while lion and dragon dances fill homes and streets with colour and auspicious energy.

In some traditions, today is even said to be the birthday of the dog — a gentle reminder of loyalty and companionship. Based on the legend of Nüwa creating the world, this day is for pampering all dogs—both pets and strays—with extra food and treats. Today is also a day when washing is avoided as an act of respect to the God of Water, so that good fortune is not washed away.

As we continue the celebrations, may your home be filled with reunion, respect and renewal.
May family ties be strengthened, prosperity welcomed, and the year ahead unfold with harmony and abundance.

初二团圆，福气绵延。
On this second day, may reunion bring blessings that endure.

Wishing you a joyous and meaningful Day 2 of the Lunar New Year. 🐎🧧🍊🍊
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這一年，Hakka Moi 不只是一個計畫，
而是一份責任。

在過去的一年裡，我有幸走進那些容易被忽略的角落，記錄無形文化遺產、逐漸消失的工藝，以及一代代默默傳承下來的生活智慧。這段旅程讓我更加確信——文化並不會消失，它只是靜靜等待被看見。

衷心感謝每一位願意與我分享故事的工藝師、文化工作者、長輩與守護者。你們的信任與慷慨，讓這些記憶得以延續。

也感謝所有閱讀、關注、轉發與支持的朋友。正因為你們的停留與在意，這些故事才得以被聽見。文化的保存，從來不是一個人的事。

新的一年，我將帶著更清醒的初心，繼續研究、記錄與書寫那些瀕臨被遺忘的文化——
在它真正消失之前。

心懷感恩。

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This year, Hakka Moi became more than a name.
It became a return.

A return to stories once spoken softly, to hands that worked without applause, to traditions carried not for recognition but for survival. I spent this year listening — to elders, to archives, to silences — and learning that what endures is often what was never meant to be seen.

There were moments of doubt, of wondering if these fragments still mattered in a world moving so quickly forward. But each story uncovered, each craft remembered, affirmed the same truth: heritage does not disappear — it waits for someone to notice.

I am deeply grateful to the custodians, artists, practitioners, masters and families who trusted me with their histories. To those who opened their homes, their workshops, their troupe halls, their memories, and their time — thank you for reminding me that culture lives through generosity.

To everyone who read, shared, watched, and paused long enough to care — your presence gave these stories breath. This work is never done alone.

As the year closes, I carry forward not achievements, but responsibility. To continue documenting, remembering, and honouring what is at risk of being forgotten — before it is lost.

With gratitude,
Angela Sim.

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A warm hello to all the new subscribers, and a heartfelt thank you to those who’ve been with me from the very beginning — your quiet support means more than you know. 🙏✨
I’m just doing my small part, but knowing it resonates with all my viewers makes the work feel even more meaningful.

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In my own small, quiet way, this is how I give back to the country, Singapore, that shaped me.
And when viewers from YouTube reach out — sharing their memories, encouragement, and stories — it reminds me that these old crafts and traditions still matter.

If these fragments of our past can find new life in my adopted home here in Australia, and even spark connection across oceans and screens, then my heart is already full.

It’s my way of keeping us close despite the distance, of letting our heritage breathe a little longer in the world. 🙏

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