Guests at Si Jing and Huang Da Li’s wedding banquet

Title
Guests at Si Jing and Huang Da Li’s wedding banquet
Year/Period
1952
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Object size: L:13.7cm W:8.7cm
Accession No.
2002-00863-076
Credit Line
Gift of Wu Sijing

Si Jing (the pen name of Ng Soo Lui) was a prolific female writer in the Chinese community. Born in Singapore in 1934, she has written extensively on her childhood and life in Chinatown. Si Jing married her childhood sweetheart, Huang Da Li, in July 1952. They held their 17-table wedding banquet at the Great Southern Hotel. This photograph is part of the donor’s personal photograph collection.