Chinese Philippines Options

[Narra]

The Chinese Filipinos have always been one of the largest Filipino ethnic groups, making up about 1.5% (1.14 million) of the country's total population. The rate of intermarriage between Filipinos and Chinese is among the highest in Southeast Asia, exceeded only by Thailand. However, intermarriages happened mostly in the Spanish colonial eras because Chinese immigrants to the Philippines up to the 19th century were predominantly male. It was only in the 20th century that Chinese women and children came in comparable numbers. These Chinese mestizos, products of intermarriages in the Spanish colonial era, then often opted to marry other Chinese mestizos (as was the case with the ancestors of national hero Dr. Jose Rizal). Some studies have shown that at least 40% of the Filipino population has some Chinese ancestry - mostly comprising the Filipino social and political elite, and that 50% of Filipino genes are of Chinese origin. Generally, the term Chinese mestizo is reserved for those who have more recent Chinese ancestry; those who still retain, in full or in part, the surnames of their Chinese ancestors; or those who have "Chinese eyes" or fairer complexion compared to the general populace which can be attributed to their Chinese ancestry. By this definition, the ethnically Chinese Filipinos who comprise 1.5% of the population.

Most Chinese in the Philippines belong to either the Fujianese or Cantonese dialect groups of the Han nationality. 98.5% of all unmixed Chinese in the Philippines came from the province of Fujian in China and are thus called Fujianese, or Hoklo. They speak the Lan-nang (Philippine) variant of the Minnan language, which is further subdivided into several dialects. The most common Minnan (Southern Fujianese) dialect in the Philippines is the Xiamen dialect, which is mutually intelligible with the Quanzhou dialect, another common dialect in the Philippines. The remaining 1.5% of the unmixed Chinese in the Philippines are mostly of Cantonese origin, with notably large circles of descendants from the Taishan city. They speak the Cantonese dialect group/language, although many are raised to speak only the Minnan dialect. Most are not as economically prosperous as their Fujianese cousins in Philippine society. Some ghettoes of the Cantonese people are found in Santa Mesa, Manila and in Tondo. There are also a minority of Cantonese who have Portuguese ancestry - they are called Macanese. Unmixed Chinese who are of both Fujianese and Cantonese parentage are classified simply as Cantonese. Other non-resident Chinese in the Philippines, such as expatriates and envoys are of Beijinger, Shanghainese, and Hunanese origin .

[Narra]

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Our Chinese Heritage is Economic & Social.

Traces of Chinese influence are found in our Jobs, Customs, Food,Language and Blood.

From Chinese the Filipino learned how to make gunpower, to mine for gold, to work w/ metal, to use porcelain, gongs, and metals and to make kites.

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In Costumes, the Chinese gave us early Filipino Jackets & loose trousers, slippers, wooden shoes(bakya),fans, umbrellas. The use of white clothes for mourning the dead are from the Chinese.

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Many Social customs came from Chinese. Among were: respect for elders, arranged marriages, and worship of dead ancestors. Unfortunately, some terrible vices are also from Chinese: use of firecrackers at New Year, the Tong(fee) for owners of gambling dens and gambling w/ jueteng, cards & mah Jong.

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In Language about 1500 words in Tagalog vocabulary are from Chinese: ate(elder sister), bakya(woden shoes), bantay(guard), buwisit(unlucky),gunting(scissors), Kuya(elder brother), pinto(door), and susi(key).

Many chinse married Filipina & lived in the Philippines. Today many rich & Famous families are of Chinese origin: Cojuangco, Chua, Lim, Sy, Yap,Wang, Uy, Tan etc…

China Town, Philippines

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Taoist Temple, Cebu- Philippines
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This post has been edited by Narra: Jan 17 2008, 04:17 AM

[Narra]

The Chinese Filipinos are unique in Southeast Asia in being overwhelmingly Christian. Almost all Chinese Filipinos, including the Chinese Mestizo but excluding the recent immigrants, had or will have their marriages in a Christian church. This proves that the majority of Chinese Filipinos have been baptized in a Christian church, with Catholics forming the largest group.

However, many of Chinese-Filipino Catholics still tend to practice the traditional Chinese religions side by side with Catholicism, although a small number of people practising solely traditional Chinese religions do exist as well. Mahayana Buddhism, Taoism and ancestor worship (including Confucianism) are the traditional Chinese beliefs that continue to have adherents among the Chinese Filipinos. Some may even have Jesus Christ as well as Buddha statues or Taoist gods in their altars. It is not unheard of to venerate the blessed Virgin Mary using joss sticks and Buddhist offerings, much as one would have done for Mazu. Buddhist-Taoist temples can be found where the Chinese live, especially in urban areas like Manila, and the Chinese have the tendency to go to pay respects to their ancestors at least once a year, either by going to the temple, or going to the Chinese burial grounds, often burning incense and bringing offerings like fruits and accessories made from paper. Some Chinese-Filipino Catholics do have problems with this religious duality, but due to Christian proselytization, the elderly vastly outnumber the young in the Chinese temples in the Philippines.

A comparatively large number of Chinese Filipinos are also Protestants. One of the largest evangelical churches in the Philippines, the United Evangelical Church of the Philippines, was founded by Chinese Filipinos, and they form the majority of worshippers.

[Narra]

Most of the Chinese Filipinos today have Chinese surnames, the most common of which are Tan , Ong , Lim , Go/Ngo, Ng/Uy , Chua , and Lee/Dy, though there are also some who have inherited or chosen Filipino or Spanish surnames, like Gatchalian, Chavez, and Ramos, among such others.

Chinese Filipinos as well as Chinese mestizos who trace their roots back to Chinese immigrants to the Philippines during the Spanish colonization usually have Chinese-sounding surnames that have Hispanicized spellings, such as Lacson, Biazon, Tuazon, Ongpin, Yuchengco, Quebengco, Cojuangco, Cukingnan, Yupangco, and Tanbengco, among such others. Many Chinese mestizos (as well as Spanish-Chinese and Tornatras) have also either inherited or took on Spanish or Filipino surnames, like Bautista, Madrigal, or Santos.

The Chinese in the Philippines are mostly business owners and their life centers mostly in the family business. These mostly small and medium enterprises play a significant role in the Philippine economy. A handful of these entrepreneurs run large companies and are respected as some of the most prominent business tycoons in the Philippines. Chinese Filipinos attribute their success in business to frugality and hard work, and entrepreneurship is highly valued and encouraged among the young.

Most Chinese Filipinos are urban dwellers. An estimated 60% of the Chinese Filipinos live within Metro Manila, with the rest in the other larger cities of the Philippines. In contrast with the Chinese mestizos, few Chinese are plantation owners. This is partly due to the fact that until recently when the Chinese Filipinos became Filipino citizens, the law prohibited the Chinese from owning land.

As with other Southeast Asian nations, the Chinese community in the Philippines has become a repository of traditional Chinese culture. Whereas in Mainland China many cultural traditions and customs have been suppressed by the Cultural Revolution or simply regarded as old-fashioned and obsolete, these traditions have remained largely untouched in the Philippines. Many new cultural twists have evolved within the Chinese community in the Philippines, distinguishing it from other overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia. These cultural variations are highly evident during festivals such as Chinese New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival. The Chinese Filipinos have developed unique funerary and wedding customs as well.

While the older generation practiced the ancient customs of imperial and feudal China, the younger generation have largely acculturated to the dominant cultures of mainstream society. In the Philippine context, this means adopting the prevailing western lifestyles such as going to discos, playing golf and drinking cappuccino. Traditional customs such as ancestor worship are still practiced today through family shrines and clans associations. For the newly rich, building a western-style mansion in a private, exclusive, suburban subdivision is a lifelong dream which mirrors the extravagant lifestyles of wealthy Chinese mestizo and Spanish Filipino families.

[Narra]

Lan-nang is spoken among the Chinese residing in the Philippines. It is characterized by borrowings from Tagalog, Spanish, and Cantonese languages.

Although Lan-nang-oé is generally mutually comprehensible with both Min Nan and Taiwanese, certain words in Lan-nang-oé are only used in the Philippines. Often, this results in confusion in Lan-nang-oé speakers, especially in China. Other aspects of Lan-nang-oé's uniqueness is its massive use of Min Nan colloquial words. Because there is an absence of a central agency governing Lan-nang-oé, various subvarieties have developed. In Cebu, for example, instead of Tagalog, Cebuano words are also incorporated. The vast majority of the Chinese who came to the Philippines had their ancestral roots in China, so Lan-nang-oé is closer to the Min Nan dialects spoken in China.

Hello!
Dí hō, dí hō? (lit. "[Are] you well, you well?)

I don't know.
Guá m̄ zai yaⁿ.

Do you know how to speak Lan-nang?
Dí eh-hiao kong Lan-nang-oé bâ?

Where is the soap?
Hï-gé sá-bun tí-to-lò'?
Note: 'sá-bun', though sounds similar to the Tagalog sabon, is not borrowed from that language. In Taiwanese, which is a variation of Minnan that is not influenced by Tagalog, it is pronounced as sap-bûn. Etymologically speaking, perhaps both Taiwanese and Tagalog ultimately derive sap-bûn/sabon from the Romance languages that had brought the concept of soap to them (Portuguese sabão and Spanish jabón respectively).

Can you get me a glass?
Dí e zuì-dit ká-oá tuè ji pui bo?
Note: "Ji pui" literally means "one glass" and fluent speakers of the language use this. However, the Tagalog word "baso" is also sometimes used.

Do you eat noodles?
Dí e ziá' mì bâ?
Note: Some people would use the Tagalog "pansit" instead of "mi" for noodles. But this does not happen often.

Do you eat sweet potatoes?
Dí e ziá' ka-mú-ti bâ?
Note: 'ka-mú-ti' is borrowed from Tagalog kamote, and ultimately from Spanish camote.

When are you going to China?
Dí ti-si beh'-khï Tňg-soaⁿ?
Note: 'Tňg-soaⁿ, meaning China, is the colloquial term for 'Tiong-kok . In the Lan-nang variant of the Amoy dialect, the former is more used.

His friend is in the hospital
Yi e siong-hó ti piⁿ-chù.
Note: 'siong-hó' , meaning "friend", is the colloquial term for 'pêng-iú' while 'piⁿ-chù' , meaning "hospital" or "house for the sick", is the colloquial term for 'yi-î'.

Where are you going?
Dí beh'-khí to-lò'?

[aiko]

Filipino Chinese:

Corazón Cojuangco Aquino (Fujian Chinese-Kapampangan-Spanish-Tagalog) --- became President of the Philippines in 1986 and moral leader of the People Power uprising against the Marcos authoritarian regime; her ancestral roots are in Hong Chiam Village in Tung-An county near Xiamen City of Fujian province, China.

Ferdinand Marcos (Fujian Chinese-Japanese-Ilocano) --- President from 1965 to 1986. In a speech before the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) in 1966, he remarked: "I have Chinese blood in me...I am not ashamed to admit that perhaps the great leaders of our country all have Chinese blood."

Jaime Cardinal Sin (Fujian Chinese-Capiznon) --- powerful Philippine Catholic leader.

Kim Chiu (Chinese-Cebuano) --- Pinoy Big Brother Teen Housemate, Actress and Singer.

Beatriz Saw (Fujian Chinese-Taiwanese-Bikolano) --- Pinoy Big Brother Season 2 housemate.

Gwen Garci (Mai Ang Lee) (pure Fujian Chinese) --- A former Chinese Filipino Actress and member of the VIVA Hot Babes.

Enchong Dee (Fujian Chinese-Bikolano) --- Actor and model.

Kris Aquino (Fujian Chinese-Kapampangan-Spanish-Tagalog) --- popular TV talk show host and daughter of President Aquino.

Jose Mari Chan (pure Fujian Chinese) --- singer and songwriter, son of Chinese immigrant sugar tycoon Antonio Chan from Fujian, China

Mikee Cojuangco (Fujian Chinese-Spanish-Tagalog) --- former actress

St. Lorenzo Ruiz (Fujian Chinese-Tagalog) --- first Filipino saint, said to be surnamed Li

they are fluent in English & Christian

[speedygonzalez2]

my grandmother was 1/4 chino and granpa was 1/2 spanish(Dad's side)
though I don't wanna think about my chekwa side..

[Narra]

Filipino Chinese: Ricardo Jose Yan

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Taiwanese Chinese: Jerry Yan

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[Pink Cream]

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GAY, GAY, GAY

[Narra]

Malaysian Chinese : Daniel Tan

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Singaporean Chinese: Paul Tan

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Filipino Chinese: Mike Tan

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This post has been edited by Narra: Jan 17 2008, 05:47 AM

[Iki]

man, i was expecting some chinese $hit on here and i see dudes... wtf?... thats homo...

[Narra]

Nathaniel Ho: Singaporean Chinese

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Abelardo Dennis Ho : Filipino Chinese

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[Masipag]

my grandmother was 1/4 chino and granpa was 1/2 spanish(Dad's side)
though I don't wanna think about my chekwa side..

You just keep saying stupid $hit dont you chino?

[speedygonzalez2]

You just keep saying stupid $hit dont you chino?

chino my @$$,
if grandma was 1/4 chinese and granps was 1/2 spanish(dads side)


how many percentage of chino blood does my dad have...= ??
mom is 1/2 spanish
ehem
then passed to me...??
how many percentage of chekwa blood is passed to me??

I dunno, so little, so neh
thats why I don't wanna think anout my chekwa side...

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[P. Bredahl]

This reminds of Kastila and Mañielas threads on eurasiannation.com about Spanish-Filipinos... where the other eurasians mixed with filipino basically tells them to fu-k off (IMG:style_emoticons/default/embarassedlaugh.gif)

[speedygonzalez2]

Chino beauty:

Heart Evangelista:
this is for masipag ans 2ndsun

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[sitataymo]

Malaysian Chinese : Daniel Tan

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Singaporean Chinese: Paul Tan

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Filipino Chinese: Mike Tan

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This is waaaaaaaaaaay tooooooo gaaaaaaaaay. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[speedygonzalez2]

for 2ndsun and masipag again

Maxene Magalona

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[Masipag]

for 2ndsun and masipag again

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[speedygonzalez2]

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???

I thought u like chino beauties...