Friday, October 21, 2011

Finding Tan Bin Cheng


Went to recce BBC for Tan Bin Cheng visit:
Armed with Raymond Goh map: C3 marks the spot!


Had to scout around:
these quad of lined up tombs provide the guide to TBC

By standing at the rightmost

and following their direction (I planted my umbrella two pass away) for 35 paces:
you will come to a big tree: A big tomb of Koh Kong Wee lies in front of the tree: but TBC is after it, in the shade:





The tomb of TBC has been tumbled down by the roots of the tree: Raymond had previously helped of find and identify it:

You can see the two sentinal lions guarding.





The two turbaned and rifled watchmen are still there: One standing erect,


the other still on duty although at an angle




















The tombstone had fallen facedown and Raymond had turned it around with help: (the happened on his previous finding trip) today Raymond was not with me :
Bin Ching Tan name can be seen in "squished" chinese calligraphy.

Tan Bin Cheng's Chinese name is Chen Min Zheng 陈敏政(陳敏政).












This piece shows his sons/ grandson's names:

QED





Tan Bin Cheng's tomb is surrounded by dense vegetation.

just been discovered this month.
This is Raymond's article :
http://bukitbrown.org/a-unique-lion-and-sikh-guard-the-tomb-of-tan

Will get saw, machete etc to clear some of the vegetation

and see what professional help is needed.

I think this is in direct path of destruction due to the proposed road project!!



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