The Chinese Filipino Community has been part of the Philippine community since the early 1900’s. Philippines has become their home since the Spanish colonial era, which is, for many Chinese Filipino about 3 to 4 generations ago. Considering this fact, many Chinese Filipinos living in this country has been born and raised here, thus, making this country the only home they know of. There are about 1.5% Chinese Filipinos in the Philippine’s overall population count and many from these Chinese Filipinos can be found in Binondo or in what people fondly calls Chinatown. Tradition wise and in consideration, it is still a wonder how a child that grew up in a Chinese Filipino community would most likely maintain and follow the Chinese traditions, than that of the Filipino traditions around.
“But it is a fact that despite being born and raised in the Philippines, a Filipino-Chinese or Tsinoy would always stick to their own, abhorring any proclivity or opportunity to mix their lives with any foreign culture. A testament to the strength of this would be the historical fact that, even after hundreds of years, generation after generation of Filipino Chinese have resisted the onslaught of western colonial influences that have swept the country. They have successfully retained their distinct Oriental lifestyles, beliefs, traditions and mores, in sharp contrast to the Pinoys, who gradually, even readily, embraced the new influences of Spain, America, and other Western civilizations.” (Lim, David Ernman. Rev. of Afraid to be Chinese, by Xin Mei. www.filipiniana.net/editorpick/index/13110412687277.)
Home is basically the place where family traditions can be found. Therefore understanding this is a big key to opening up a comprehension of the unw...
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...nese traditions. These are the reasons why Chinese traditions are not by any means abstracted by the Filipino traditions around the country. Though it can’t be, by any means be questioned that there are some Filipino traditions that the Chinese Filipino families follow. It is also rather a fact that Chinese traditions are more prominent in their daily lives than that of Filipino. Generation after generation this traditions are passed, parent to child, teacher to student, and etc., it is the strength and loyalty of the older generations that made the unwavering continuity of the Chinese traditions able to be passed down to a child, without the outside influences of the dominating Filipino Society. These Chinese traditions are not just passed on to maintain the strength of it, but it is passed on, with the mentality of an heirloom to the generations that follow.
Another thing that the cultural rule helped to benefit Hong Ulsu and Kang Pyongju was to provide them jobs that Koreans would never had before under Japan’s rule. The cultural rule not only helped in the expansion of schools which allowed Koreans more opportunities to gain advanced studies and more job options, but appointed more Koreans to civil services and judiciary, created advisory councils of carefully chosen Koreans, and nominally re-adjusted dual pay scale for bureaucrats. Again, Hong Ulsu met a kind Japanese person who became his boss when he work for him as an apprentice in which he was the one who helped him the most when he arrived in Japan, such as he provided meals for him, paid him his wages, and also paid for his schooling.
Since these traditions have become apparent through centuries they are customary and have a tendency to lack individualism, as the group among which a person lives is seen as more important over the individual. In many parts of the world today, you can examine such cultures and see the ways that individuals offer themselves to family and community life.
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...hen she arrived in the Philippines it was clear that everyone had put her father on pedestal when he left for America. Immense amounts of pressure were placed on her father to become successful and wealthy and when he could not near their perception of him, he could not return. The babaes were particularly interested in the magnitude of activism they encountered in the Philippines. They witnessed protests that lasted all day, rather than just a couple of ours. They were awed by the dedication and hard work they put in to fight for their rights. Civil engagement works to shed light into many individuals through their lived experiences, Melany writes, “Going to the Philippines strengthened me as a person and made me proud that I am a Pinay. It gave me that understanding to now defend myself when it comes to explaining my culture and my history and my people.” (pg. 615)
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