Hang Li Po

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Hang Li Po (

Suma Oriental does not mention a Chinese princess married to Sultan Mansur Shah, but instead refers to an unnamed Chinese girl who married Malacca’s second ruler, Sultan Megat Iskandar Shah (r. 1414–1424), with three decades between the two rulers.[2]

The princess's vast entourage was recorded to be 500 followers and Sultan Mansur Shah provided a hill for their settlement, now known as Bukit Cina,[3] as a gift to his new Chinese bride, in the mid-15th century.[4] Now, there are more than 12,000 graves in the cemetery and the oldest dates back to 1622. After the Portuguese conquered Malacca in 1511, the forested Bukit Cina was razed by Portuguese missionaries, who established a monastery atop the hill in 1581. When the Dutch captured Malacca from the Portuguese in 1641, the Dutch colonial administration re-designated Bukit Cina as a Chinese cemetery in 1685.[citation needed]

The figure of Hang Li Po was an early example of transculturation and interracial marriage in the early history of the

Peranakan culture. The descendants of the Peranakans are found in Penang and Malacca which are characterized by a hybridization of ancient Chinese culture with the local cultures of Maritime Southeast Asia.[5][6] With the Islamization of the Malay Archipelago from the 15th century onwards, the trend of inter-ethnic marriage went into decline in the region.[7]

The legend of Hang Li Po was an important figure in Malaysian national consciousness, as she was a person of

British colonial period during the 18th and 19th century.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Redefining Hang Li Po". The Edge Malaysia. Retrieved 2023-05-17.
  2. ^ a b Wain, Alexander (April 7, 2017). "The Search for Hang Li Po". New Straits Times. Retrieved 17 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Bukit China (Chinese Hill)". Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
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  5. ^ [Mixed Race in Asia: Past, Present and Future, by Zarine Rocha (ed.) London: Routledge, 2017, p. 147-161.
  6. ^ "Peranakans". Baba & Nyonya Heritage Museum, Malacca. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  7. ^ [Praying together, Staying together: Islamization and Inter-ethnic marriages in Malaysia, by Hew Cheng Sim, International Journal of Sociology of the Family, vol.36, no.2 (2010), pp.199-215.

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