What kind of culture is Nyonya?

Nyonya culture belongs to Malaysia. The descendants of early Chinese living in Southeast Asia who married Southeast Asian indigenous Malays, boys named Baba and girls named Nyonya, mostly received English education. Although they can't speak Chinese, they still keep the traditional customs and etiquette of China, such as weddings, funerals and weddings.

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Some China people who have received Chinese education also call those China people who have received British education since childhood "Chan". This usage is contemptuous, which means that the China people forget their ancestors several times or don't look like China people. In addition, the local Minnan people have an idiom called "Three generations become Zen".

Nyonya originally refers to the descendants of Chinese and Malays, especially women, and later evolved into a culture, referring to the integration of Chinese and Malays. Nyonya culture is influenced to some extent by local Malays or other non-Chinese ethnic groups.

This also includes diet, so you can also eat many Nyonya dishes in Malaysia, such as pig's feet with sweet sauce, fried pork slices, bamboo shoots stew and so on. People who like desserts can also find bosom friends in Niangjia cuisine. Nyonya cake made of coconut milk, vanilla leaves, glutinous rice and sugar is moderately sweet and chewy.