Little India Orchard Road traffic to (orchardroad) Take Bus 64, 65 or 111 bus to Serangoon Road (serangoonroad).
In the way to Little India, let us first through the time tunnel, telling a Little India's "ancient."
Raffles came to Singapore together with more than a hundred followers in India is China's first group of Indian people, when most of them living in the Chinatown area. Later Rochor fertile land near the river was developed as a cattle and horse races, one after another before moving to this area.
That is what Serangoon Road when it? Serangoon Road early in 1828, appear on the map, is one of the earliest of the road, was still one of the island of Singapore through the main road to Serangoon River, Kallang River and Rochor River to link up north will be south by the road.
"Serangoon" the origin of the name of this road there is still a story. Then here is a large forest, wild animals often spotted snakes, people who use this road will beat gongs to drive away wild animals. Which in Malay is "di-serangdengangong", over time people read into today's "serangoon".
To visit Little India, Serangoon Road should begin this artery. Serangoon Road in today is one of the important streets in urban areas, from early in the morning six or seven lively start, the afternoon is a busy morning.
The shops along Serangoon Road to goldsmith shops, Shali Bu shops, restaurants based. Both sides of the slip road, such as Gan Bell Lane, plus Fu Road, Ba Fuluo Po Road, and processing and so on, there are many grocery stores, the sale of iron Yellow Gold tin of "hardware store", barber shops, bookstores, electronics stores , wholesale shops, just like a confession of self-contained small town.
Walking in the streets of Little India, the total five-foot way you can see the yellow in the red wreaths and fragrant spices Wuli. Garland said it first! The wreath is made of jasmine and marigold thread, a variety of different designs. Indians compatriots like weddings and ritual celebrations hang these colorful, floral wreath overflowing.
Indian spice shop in Little India is the first one _set_ up shop. In the absence of the age of the refrigerator, the best spices to preserve food preservatives, Little India, many of which are sold in spice stores of individual spices prepared from secret family recipe.
Interested "to find Fang" or want to experience live without refrigerators readers Fu Road in Canada can see the process of preparation of spices, can also require the preparation of your favorite spices.
Little India's many gold shops, in addition to some large chain stores, many are operated traditional goldsmiths, who in addition to the sale of accessories, better yet single-handedly casting and smelting of gold, which is to attract foreign tourists to Little India to buy gold decorated with one of the reasons. Of course, the outsider is not easy to be allowed to visit the true colors of the traditional goldsmith's shop.
Do not think that India can only find in a small traditional goods, there are also many Japanese electronics stores priced some also cheaper than other places. Many come from neighboring countries, India and the Middle East tourists, like the Little India to buy Shali Bu.
Little India's largest feature, it should be everywhere, there is a strong local color of restaurants and grocery stores. For some readers, those dirty, low-light and full of fumes from the old restaurant, afraid I can not eat at ease.
However, these fried in front of you to cook fried food and beverage outlets, it retains the most traditional, most "original" flavor, but also captured the hearts of foreign visitors nostalgic.
Grocery stores here sell everything from fresh fruits and vegetables daily, are readily available. The design of the grocery store, grocery display, and general supermarkets and neighborhood grocery stores are different, people feel that they are not selling groceries, but some kind of mood.
Through the shopping street, we went to Little India with historical monuments. Located in the South Street mosque Abdul Kraft, 140 years old, is a national monument-level buildings. Now we see the mosque in 1910, by the reconstruction of a wealthy cattle business, the integration of the Arab and Renaissance architecture.
Starting from KK Lau Pa Sat, straight along Serangoon Road, there are two of more than 100 years old Hindu temple. And four road guanyintang same moment wherever and whenever the two have a lot of followers to worship the Hindu temple.
In Little India, the matter short of two three-story shop houses, or the centuries-old churches and temples are precious cultural heritage. They stood silently in the rain for decades or even centuries, witnessed the historic course, they have not "retired" before, or painted before being refurbished, copy it to a point, there is your mind.
Coincides with the Deepavali Little India, it is crowded. Starting from last Saturday, the small India being immersed in a sea of lamps. Better sections are decorated to welcome the holiday shopping crowd.
At this moment, than the most popular Hindu temples of Little India, Hindu temples 维拉玛卡里雅 Man, real Rini-dimensional sand Filippo M Karaman 维达帕提雅 Hindu temples and Hindu temples , are worth a visit.
Bell hawkers and merchants willing to put up the tents for sale in Lane festive supplies, decorations, clothing, copper silver, etc., into the Gan Bell Lane, as India entered the village. |