I found this hostel from Hostelworld,
in this link : http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetail ... pore/32565
The reason for choosed this hostel was because my trip in Singapore with my 9 students this was for excursion study.
This hostel located at central Chinatown area in Singapore.
January, the time for Imlek. Time for Chinese new year celebration. So, we really enjoyed the atmosphere in this beautiful area.
And we like Chinatown Heritage as a research object.
Chinatown site is an ideal place to design because of its setting. We chose this site because it combines considerable constraints and challenges.
For our studio projects, we look at sites that present challenges at a size and scale where students can handle them.
For instance the challenge of contending with the historic significance of buildings in the area, a remarkable building but small in scale compared to the increasingly high-density neighborhood around it, gave us an exciting urban design challenge.
Much of the architectural heritage of the district is not only extant, but well-conserved.
Walking around Chinatown, you'll see many examples of the shophouses that merchants built as they prospered.
Typically, there would be a shop on the ground floor, with residential units above. Today, however, the upper floors have mostly been converted to commercial use.
On Pagoda Street, however, a few shop houses have been kept as the Chinatown Heritage Museum.
The streets of Chinatown are busy and colorful most times of the day. Look out for the flea markets at Cross Street and Banda Street.
Customs and traditions are alive and well in Singapore's Chinatown.
Around the Mid-Autumn Festival (popularly known as the Mooncake Festival), traditional mooncakes and lanterns make their appearance.
But tradition sits beside modernity.
The Fuk Tak Chi Temple on Telok Ayer Street is the oldest Chinese temple in Singapore, built in 1824 at a spot that was then on the shoreline.
Fuk Tak Chi has now been converted into a museum and is a fascinating example of Chinese temple architecture.
Chinatown is not exclusively Chinese.
Right smack in the middle of the district is a large Hindu monument, the Sri Mariamman Temple. Here, depending on the festival, you may witness heady rituals such as Theemidhi (fire-walking) and processions.
A stone's throw away is the Jamae Mosque, built originally to serve the Indian Muslim community. The Indian Muslims, like the Chinese traders, made their way to Singapore quite soon after the city was founded.
But of course, the biggest festival for Chinatown is Chinese New Year. The streets are crammed with seasonal stalls and shoppers, and festooned with lights; the air is filled with the aroma of sausages, ham and innumerable delicacies.
And there's the din of lion and dragon dances, and yet more street opera during the Hungry Ghost Festival.
But there's always food.
The Majestic New Bridge Road A beautifully conserved building, and a shopping mall today built by Eu Tong Sen for his wife.
Chinatown Street Markets at Pagoda, Trengganu and Sago Streets Just like the Pasar malam or night markets of old!
A perfect place to buy gifts for friends back home, they operate from 11am to 11pm Sundays to Thursdays, and until 1 am on Fridays, Saturday and eve of public holidays.
Sri Maramman Temples South Bridge Road Singapore’s oldest; it was built in 1827, and often provided shelter to Indian immigrants. It was thus dedicated to the Mother Goddess, Sri Mariamman, who was believed to have used her powers to heal them.
Masjid Jamae South Bridge Road It was erected between 1830-35 and designed by George Coleman, who also designed the Armenia Church and Singapore’s original Parliament House, this mosque is of rather eclectic architecture, a marriage of East and West. Eu Yan Sang Medical Hall South Bridge Road It was founded in Perak in 1879 by Eu Kong.
Chinatown Complex, Market and Food Centre Trengganu Street Tuck into the hawker fare as the locals do; the food is hearty, and prices very reasonable. Trishaw Park Sago Street Formerly, an old market square, it’s now a popular spot for the area’s elderly residents to chat with friends or play an intensely focused game of Chinese checker.
Thian Hock Keng Temple Telok Ayer Street It was built by immigrants from China and Malaya as a place to give thanks for a safe passage across often treacherous sea.
So, the special things in this hostel are the atmosphere for us. Never forgeted this sensation, a night inside the beautiful heritage.
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