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Low Kim Pong
Low Kim Pong (Simplified Chinese: 刘金榜; Traditional Chinese: 劉金榜) (29 November 1837 - 18 December 1909), was a prominent Chinese trader in Singapore. He was a leader of the Hokkien community in Singapore. Biography Low was born on 29 November 1837 in Zhangzhou, Fujian. He came to Singapore in 1858 as a general trader, and founded Chop Ban San, a medical store, after meeting with success. Chop Ban San later became one of the largest Chinese druggist stores in Singapore. He also established a private banking business, as well as Chop Hock Nam, another medical store. In 1898, both he and his son had an unusual dream of a golden man arriving from the west. He then met Venerable Xian Hui, who was returning to Fujian after a six-year pilgrimage in Sri Lanka. Low believed that Xian Hui was the man he encountered in his dream, and persuaded him to stay in Singapore. He and Yeo Poon Seng raised the funds to construct the first Chinese Buddhist temple in Singapore known as Siong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhangzhou
Zhangzhou (), alternately romanized as Changchow, is a prefecture-level city in Fujian Province, China. The prefecture around the city proper comprises the southeast corner of the province, facing the Taiwan Strait and surrounding the prefecture of Xiamen. Name Zhangzhou is the atonal pinyin romanization of the city's Chinese name , using its pronunciation in Standard Mandarin. The name derives from the city's former status as the seat of the imperial Chinese Zhang Prefecture. The same name was romanized as "Changchow" on the Chinese Postal Map and in Wade-Giles. Other romanizations include Chang-chow. It also appears as Chang-chu,. Chiang-chiu, Chiang-chew, or Chiang Chew from the city's local Hokkien name ''Chiang-chiu''. This name appeared in Spanish and Portuguese Jesuit sources as ', which was anglicized as Chinchew. By the 19th century, however, this name had migrated and was used to refer to Quanzhou, a separate port about east-northeast of central Zhangzhou. Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |