The story goes that the lady is poor and the family is starving and she only have enough breast milk to feed one person. However she chose to feed her mum over her own baby. That scene is to depict filal piety.

@Towkeeyoh

4 жыл бұрын

Flint Wong it’s also kind of like a cyclical thing, when a person starts as a child and leaves almost like a child. But you are totally right because there’s a whole section of Chinese culture and teachings.

@yqang2904

4 жыл бұрын

Ok, the version I know is not the same as you. The family is not starving, but just her mother-in-law is old and all her teeth have dropped off. And she cannot eat food, therefore the daughter-in-law feed her breast milk.

@beakermeepmeep

4 жыл бұрын

It's one of the Confucian 二十四孝 (24 Filial Pieties) called 乳姑不怠 ("Nursing mother-in-law without fail"), about a story from Tang official Cui Shannan's childhood. His great grandmother Grand Dame Tang was dysphagic, so his grandmother Lady Tang (when younger) would diligently nurse her after waking up before attending to him (as a baby). On her deathbed, she thanked Lady Tang's kindness & asked Cui to teach the same filial devotion to his descendants.

@user-oe5kw7do6k

4 жыл бұрын

To be frank, people who doesn't know about the story will find this disgusting to look at. Like me, I was shocked when i first saw these figurines. Why is a old granny sucking a young lady nipples? They should put up a description depicting the story. It is a good story about filial piety. People who don't know will start to get wrong ideas.

@mentalbreakdown4114

4 жыл бұрын

@@user-oe5kw7do6k then why are those people there in the first place if they don't get it?

Haw Par Villa has to be one of the few true fascinating actual historic heritage locations left in SG, that’s a great tourist spot that’s not a modern spot purposely made for tourists. It has a great back story of how the Haw older brother bought his younger brother a actual Villa, which is no longer there, it’s now an empty spot that kinda looks like a very tiny amphitheater. And then also build all the dioramas to uphold Chinese culture as a way of giving back to the public. There was another similar place in Hong Kong which I’m not sure if it’s still there. This place was meant to share Chinese mythologies, religion, culture and values. Some are derived from idioms or sayings. The other lesser known part are the various country elements. Since this was made before easy travel and zoos and museums, Haw brother brought foreign countries’ cultures and animals to the public in the form of these statues. That’s why there are pandas, ostriches, Thai dancers which you saw near the entrance, not Kung fu, sumo wrestlers and even the Statue of Liberty. But over the years the place has changed so many different management some things have been moved around. Some would even remember in the 90s there was giant dragon over the levels of hell, that was not an original part of the park which is why the style was slightly different from the rest. It used to be called Dragon World and was a legit theme park back then, but it didn’t last that long and was then returned to the Singapore Tourism Board. The levels of hell even had a boat ride which you could not leave half way even if you wanted to. Scarred me shitless as a kid. But these days, I think few families really bring their kids there.

@leehyukjae1981

4 жыл бұрын

Yup the water ride was quite scary as it brings u through the hell courts

@phk189

4 жыл бұрын

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@evakralt-yap935

4 жыл бұрын

Isn’t there a 18 levels of hell ?

@chanwo_opark

Жыл бұрын

Is the boat ride still there? If not when did they stop operating? I can't remember if I tried it back in 2002

The souvenir shop lady was so polite and pleasant. Almost a waste for her to be working at a semi-deserted park.

@eranovablack

4 жыл бұрын

I dunno... as long as shes got a decent pay, working there must be paradise (as someone working in retail)

@ernestchew88

4 жыл бұрын

Fully agree. Good pay or not, her customer interaction is top notch for Singapore, and better showcased in some place more prominent.

@totallybtm

4 жыл бұрын

Glib has a not so good habit. A bit rude to quickly answer the shop lady by a quick ok ok when she has yet to finish her words. Just an observation.

@imdhepchannel7153

3 жыл бұрын

She also sounded like LilyPichu

The builders of this place, Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par, were ethnically Chinese but born and raised in Burma (now called Myanmar) back when both Singapore and Burma were under British colonial rule. You can find similar gardens in Hong Kong and China as well, along with traces of their family's influence in business, philanthropy and charity in other places like Myanmar. You can still find their descendants today spread all over the world but they've mostly lost all of their connections to the Haw Par businesses and their fortune along with it. The Aw family and the Haw Par businesses are quite a lot to read about on their own.

Drinking Kickapoo while visiting Haw Par Villa. Talk about retro.

"I really hope I don't get demonetized for this." I LOL-ed. Priorities damn straight, Ghib! 😂

@kensim8378

4 жыл бұрын

SO YOU BETTER BE GOOD

10:55 I think this is referring to a Chinese idiom called " 鸡同鸭讲", which literally translates to "chicken with duck speaking", describing a situation of miscommunication. Thus you see the guy with duck head having a bit of a fight with the lady with chicken head.

@singaporekako

3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you for a clear explanation. I should go there with my Chinese friend, next time.😲

@yumeijiang6601

3 жыл бұрын

As the levels of hells follow extracts from buddhist/taoist teachings, the bird man n woman could be extracts again from buddhist sutra about it. Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Pūrvapraṇidhāna Sūtra.. talks about the different level of hells.. and how sexual misconduct will be rebirth to animal realm (bird cos they are high level of animal sexual activities...)etc.

I can feel Ghib is getting more and more localized with each passing day (Check out his Singlish!). This place is not only giving moral lesson to the kids, but it also remind us that no matter what's the situation, avoid doing bad things to others. Instead, do more good deeds and it will be rewarded accordingly when the time comes. TLDR: Teaches you about "Karma"

@kensim8378

4 жыл бұрын

WONDERWHEREHEGOTTHAT T SHIRTHUAT H? DOESHEKNOWTHEMEANING?

This was one of my favourite places to go when I was a kid. It used to be so boisterous and crowded. It had water rides and food stalls... So fun... I loved reading all the stories in the park. The statues never really frightened me somehow...although they left a very deep impression on me.

"oh what happened here" *proceed to show a woman breastfeeding* "too chaotic" 😂

Ojisan at 9:27 I think it is trying to display filial of how the daughter/daughter-in-law take care of the mother when they are old. It is like how the mother breastfeed the daughter when she was an infant. Cycle of life.

@rosewaters2533

4 жыл бұрын

So when the kid grows up, he/she will remember that their mother fed grandma instead of them and will therefore let her starve when she gets old... 🙁 it’s a convoluted tale.

@pamelacoughlan1771

4 жыл бұрын

It is an old legend, the old lady was sick, her filial daughter in law gave her breast milk to the old mother in law to nurture her back to good health, meanwhile she just had a new born baby ..

I had nightmare after going through the Ten Courts of Hell when I was a kid. Scary, but it taught me that there will be consequences for our evil actions.

@DarkwearGT

4 жыл бұрын

I went there when i was 5 7 8 10 12 Every time u go the more scary it ie

@babycatalyst4518

4 жыл бұрын

I forgot how it was like but i did go in before

@ottosmiddletoe387

4 жыл бұрын

Bruh same i am traumatised

I live near by and visit the place quite often with my partner and our shiba inu, even though the surrounding sculptures are rather spooky,I have never find them frightening, I look at them like a piece of art with Singapore history, and the place is quiet and very breezy. My peers will agree with me that back in the 70s as a small child, we would be a very good child for about a week after visiting this place, many lessons learned like eg, do not waste water, no lying, be filial, don’t hurt animals.....nice memories!

Mom brought bro and I there a few times when we were younger (90's) there used to have a river boat ride through the courts of hell. It was superb creepy with the screams all that.

Brings back memories when I was like 9 years old visiting this place. Now I’m 55 years old. Amazing that all the sculptures are still intact and maintained very well.

@DarkwearGT

4 жыл бұрын

I visit when 6 now i am 14 i never saw the boat ride tho

When I was young, my parents bought me to the park with my cousins, then it was free. I never really like this place since there wasn't anything interesting about it other than walkways to climb. Towards the 90s the park charged exorbitant fee, the highlight was the boat ride into ten levels of hell. For many years I had never attempted to come here again. Your video has spurred me to find out about the story features of each figurine and statue. There is so much to learn about Chinese culture through these stories and it has always been right there.. for me to find.

My mum bought me there when i was a kid like 35 years ago and it left a LASTING impression. LOL.

@jonahthewhale

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, me too. Lots of times in fact. I was brought there lots of times. I don't know for sightseeing or 'window shopping'. 😂🤣🤣

@jonahthewhale

4 жыл бұрын

@BlackpinkInYourArea Oh, a fellow blink. Lisa went into quarantine, not fake news. Chungha in self quarantine. I'm very sad.

@QzSG

4 жыл бұрын

It was scarier in the past before they did a mass renovation, the boat ride was fking scary

@yifangchee5101

4 жыл бұрын

SAME.

@Spinnymaster91

4 жыл бұрын

Back then it was just a casual family outing, now it will probably be considered child abuse. 🤣🤣🤣

Wow I have not been there in over 2 decades and they really cleaned up the place! Back in the 90s, there were so many abandoned statues and deities strew all over once you exited of the Ten Courts of Hell - those were REALLYYY creepy and urban legend has it that those statues and deities were abandoned there by temples all over Singapore because they got possessed by wandering spirits and the temples just wanted to get rid of them

I'm a Singaporean and I've never been here! Love this video & your reactions to the statues are hilarious! Thank you for this unique video :p

Really enjoy your vlogs. Always wanted to go to some places you went in your vlogs. But sometimes, it is just so hot to have the mood to go. Thank you for sharing!

I have never been in there my whole life but I always enjoy looking at the iconic dragon every time I passed that place by bus to get to Ginza Plaza in the 90s. I always thought it was a Super cool place coz it had the dragon and kept asking my mum to bring me there. She never did though. Childhood memories... 😊 Too bad the dragon got demolished.

I went when I was very young and I remember there was a water ride there to look at the 18 levels of hell.

@yqang2904

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, you enter the dragon mouth and see the 18 levels of hell

This place was used to be an amusement park with boat ride along the court of hell and water slides from the top..similar to the Jurassic park water slides in USS..used to love it as a kid

Thanks for sharing! Looks like a very very interesting place to go!

you know it's REALLY bizarre when a Japanese tells you so

actually, this is the first time I see haw par villa though I m a Singaporean x'D. my brother told me that the school used to bring them there to see all the graphic things, but during my gen, it never happens. I definitely have seen drawings of the ten court of hell when I was young though, during my grandma's funeral, there was a cloth embroidery of it, I kinda scare myself because I was very young. There was a korean movie which I think is almost the same concept, it is called along with the god. it is less graphic x'D ....

13:25 Imagine you tap tap, and the thing turns back and look at you.

@akidamrie3464

4 жыл бұрын

Scary

@JuurgenNg

4 жыл бұрын

14:04 When you walk near, she hugs you and close the clamp shell

@Towkeeyoh

4 жыл бұрын

Wah lau!!

@Xamb3r2

3 жыл бұрын

@@akidamrie3464 yeah

even myself as a singaporean haven’t been to haw par villa before! thank you so much for filming this!!

Living in Singapore my whole life, that was the friendliest shop lady i have ever seen

I like the way how you describe everything and your reaction is really honest and funny 🤣 i went there when i was really young. But your reaction is the highlight of the video 👍🏻🤣

@psoon04286

4 жыл бұрын

Haha, I was chuckling along at Ojib’s reactions🤣

I remember when I was young, there were more things to see, and the 18 courts of hell were even scarier. Probably they tone down a lot to suit the public. And last time we would spend at least half a day there. This video brings back so many memories! I remember last time we would visit either Haw Par Villa or Science Centre very often back then.

Thank you for this video.

Haha, I like your "Huat Ah" T-Shirt. Huat Ah LOL !

I've been there before. Those statues are creepy...as if they're looking at you.

Thanks for featuring this place. I've always been curious about this place but too lazy to travel there

9:56 people from Myanmar is called Burmese. 16:45 a pretty young girl working alone here.....scary!!

Back in the 80s and early 90s this was a proper theme park with shows and log water rides etc. I've not been back in 30yrs..and i too have no club what this statues mean

Oh yeah, my parents brought me there when I was young to scare me into obedience 😅

@jonahthewhale

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, right? me too!! They brought me more than once, like lots of times. But I like going there cause I was raised a christian so some of the Chinese interpretation of hell stuff were lost on me. 😂🤣

When I was a child 30plus years ago, giving away my age lol, there use to be a kind of ride that slides down and splash onto a pool of water. It was crowded back then.

@rosewaters2533

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I remembered going there feeling like it’s a proper theme park. It was really crowded then.

ジブリおじさん。たまに拝見しておりますシンガポール在住4年の日本人です！　いつも興味深い楽しい映像をありがとうございます！　私はまだ未訪問！　このハウパーヴィラはグロテスクな場所ですが、タイガーバームを創ったこの華僑のご家族の熱い思いが詰まった場所であると、本で読みました。中国から移り住み、タイガーバームで富を築き上げ、その故郷中国への思いを忘れないように、その故郷への思いが詰まった場所なようなのです。　ただのふざけた場所かと思いきや、とても感動的なストーリーですよね！　私もはやく近いうちに訪れてみようかと思います:) また次の回を楽しみにしております！

Wow, this is giving me flashbacks. I visited this park back in about 1993 when I was 9, and there were definitely more people around back then. I also recall that the 10 courts of hell was actually a boat ride going into the mouth of a dragon. I need to make another trip over there soon XD

In the early 90s, you have to pay a x amount of entrance fee to go in and there were alot of people there so we wont feel kind of scary. I went a few times when I was a kid.

@jonahthewhale

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, me too. Went lots of times. 😂🤣

@limjavier3861

3 жыл бұрын

How even,it have been at least 10years since I wasn't there as a kid,and I'm still scare abt it,the worst is nightmares

Oh my god, my parents brought me there when i was young and the only thing i got from the experience was nightmares.

My parents used to bring me there when I was a kid. I loved to sit on a tiger to take photos. Yes the courts of hell left a deep impression, it was more interesting than scarry to me. Good chilldhood memories for me.

@leehyukjae1981

4 жыл бұрын

Me too sitting on the scorched animals and get my butt heated as well🤣

This place was a must visit every Lunar New Year for all Chinese in Singapore and Malaya. It was always jam packed.

The three bird humans, depict a scene in front of the prostitution house. The goose is the male waiting to be fleeced. The chicken is (a slang for) a prostitute and the bird is the brothel operator.

３０年くらい前、タイガーバーム😁の頃、、遊びました。 小学生の息子、雨の中、大喜び。 地獄は無くて、ウォタースライダーとかの遊具もあって混んでいました。

These used to be a roller coaster in the shape of a dragon in the 90s. As well as a boat ride through the 18 levels of hell, and people dressed in ancient Chinese attire to take photos with. It was the only theme park in Singaporeat the time, like having our own Disneyland, so it was popular for a while, but people didn't go back. Partly because it was the same thing, and partly because it was expensive. After they removed all the rides, it was free to enter. Also, because it's rather secluded, it was rumored to be haunted!

Used to be every kids nightmare in the court of hell, years ago they converted it to a theme park where there are thrill rides and a boat ride into the dragon. Business were bad and the theme park closed within a few years.

5:25 LOL dude you got a scare 🤣🤣🤣

This place was quite popular in the 1980s. Visited it when I was very young. Remembered it as a very eerie place and till this date, it still scares me. Thanks to this video I won't have to enter it but still be able to see how it looks now!

ここのカオス感好き🎶 以前行った時、アンガ田中さん激似のお人形発見して、今回映像の背景で健在を確認。ちょっと嬉しｗ

こういう所は苦手なので行ったことがありませんね 実物を見たら夢に出てきそうで怖いです モヤさまでも行ってましたよ

Huat Ah 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣you huat at the wrong place. Your stomach getting bigger. 😁😁

@kensim8378

4 жыл бұрын

THAT IS HUAT MA TUMMY FULL OF HUAT!

I visited here for the first time when I was 9 and I still remember that hell section and sumo wrestlers clearly. That was so scary!😱 It used to be called “Tiger Balm Garden”. BTW, I think people from Myanmar are still called Burmese.

Across the road of Haw Par Villa is the Pasir Panjang Wholesale Centre , the centre is the main distribution point for imported fruits and vegetables in Singapore., good for cheap purchase.

My worst childhood nightmare the opera mask scares me the most 😂

My singaporean friend took me there 30 years ago. We went by bus. Because There was not MRT Station near there.There was not many people,either.ButThere was not the shade.So it was very hot.But we could enjoy.

カオスですが意味深で、魅力のあるところですね〜！！ みんながあまり行きたがらない所だからこそ、紹介してくれて知れてよかったです！！ ありがとうございます(*ˊᵕˋ*)

I still have pics taken back in the late 70s when I was a child.. seems nothing much has changed lol..

@sdqsdq6274

4 жыл бұрын

lol , i am surprised its still operating , they need to revamp the place

@raydanz

4 жыл бұрын

I read there used to be the Dragon's mouth cave, where you could take a boat ride in?

@russellng7730

4 жыл бұрын

It used to be free or was it 1 dollar in the early 80s.. they did a revamp in the early 90s with the boat ride on all and started charging $16 per entry.. and things started going downhill from there.. cant imagine paying $16 for a place like this... the selling point in the 90s was indeed the boat ride and a "thrilling" down slope water slide.. but the entrance fee was too much... and now it's just an eerie rundown park that no many will wan to go

@russellng7730

4 жыл бұрын

But then again this place has given kids in the 60s and 70s alot of great scary memories.. mainly becos there were no other theme parks then.. looking at the video I would say nothing much has changed in the last 40 yrs

@cwchee86

4 жыл бұрын

@@raydanz The original gates of hell was a boat ride with the boat heading into the dragon's mouth first. After the reno, it is now a walkable one whereby people can slowly go through and read all the information as to which level of hell dictates what kind of punishment.

Lol huat ah bro! Power la u!

Can I make a suggestion to the NHB : to open Haw Par Villa at night from 8 pm to 11 pm for the week of the 7th Month and Halloween?

ハウパーヴィラ大好きです💕💕。87年に初めて旅行に行った時から💕💕。 かつては、水の中を船？に乗って進むアトラクションもあったのですが、3年前に行った時はなくなっていましたね。 お土産屋さんがあるなんて知らなかった😱💦💦。 変なグッズが売られていないか、もっと見せてほしかった😅。次回は是非❗️

You really do like the crab woman! To the extent that you used it as the thumbnail😂😂

@GhibOjisan

4 жыл бұрын

I'm in love..

I remember the time when it was still like a family theme park (there’s a roller coaster boat, a giant dragon that boats passed through, etc). But I think there’s an even older Haw Par Villa.

I always recommend this place to my friends from overseas haha

I've been there but i find the place okay, not scary.. yet when I watched your video I jumped with you D:

for the next trip, you can try visit our Kusu (turtle) Island as well

There is also one Tiger Balm Garden in Hong Kong. The brothers are famous for introducing the ointment "Tiger Balm" which you can find it in drugstores.

it is known that the whole park is super haunted, where the statues are habor spirits that are super active at night.

@Izztana666

4 жыл бұрын

Yup it’s true. I remember coming for a night expedition here with 3 friends during my school days back in the 70’s. We all heard women wailing and crying very loud like she had lost someone or something precious. We run out of the park like hell....lol

Wow it actly looks rly cool. Kinda like a creepy but fascinating culture park for adults. And the stories behind the artefacts seem pretty interesting. Would much prefer this to normal museums

visited it in 2010, loved it

Wow! You very good in hunting place.. next time try going Chinese garden is at jurong east place..

There's one similar theme park in Hong Kong called Haw Par Mansion (Tiger Balm garden) and I heard Taiwan also have something similar but I don't know where.

Woah didn't knew there was a souvenir shop there, been there before though!

Always promised to take my daughter when we lived close by there West Coast Hwy. Glad I didn’t, but thanks for the view 😂

終始怖かった～😥色んな意味で。ガクガクブルブル😱 新しい友達できてよかったね❗️かに女🦀土産屋の店員さんの声が妙にかわいい

Best horror theme park for tourists.

A person from Myanmar is still call Burmese from the old name of that country --Burma . Haw Par Villa , is actually a resident, a villa of that rich family from China. This is like their own park with different sculptures of many themes.

If you think about it, Haw Par Villa was built before the war and made popular after the war too. I can imagine that that time is of disorganization and disarray. Haw Par Villa was a way to teach kids how to behave and somehow it seemed it works because it was taught to us for at least 3 generations. The many different statues and scenes all depict a story behind in based off chinese idoms and folklore to teach something. I do wish that they actually put signs and write up for all the statues.

It's a very old place. I have been here with my family when I was young. I still have the old photos.

I went there when I was Ard 5 years old. Only remember that the 10 courts of hell was a ride or sth and was quite scary for little me.

16:08 the lesson here is not like be nice to turtle but one good deed deserves another.. There are alot of morals for young children to learn in this place as every story has a life meaning. 😉

@myyunni

4 жыл бұрын

pretty sure he was just trolling tho 😂

I remember being here as a kid in the early 2000s, seems like not much has changed and I’m equally as traumatised

i went haw par villa when i was a kid and i've always wanted to go back again for nostalia. but I haven't gotten a chance to go back or anyone to go with T_T

My parents never use those statues as educational tools. It used to be some sort of a theme park in Singapore.

It used to be my childhood amusement park 😂

2月初めに行ってきました。私もカニ女一番好き〜！ 人生を学べる場所だったんですね！ 無料だしいいですよね。暑いけど^^;

My parents brought me there when I was really young, according to my father, the Ten Courts used to be a boat ride! I was totally traumatised by the experience and concerned for my afterlife. Hahahah

I’ve never visited this place but I know I won’t be visiting it anytime soon.

20年ほど前に行った時より再塗装してて色鮮やかに復活してますね。 一人で最初は不気味だったけど、徐々に愉快になって楽しかったな。

in the past my siblings and i would go here because the rides were quite fun~!

What you are seeing are newly built in recent years. Many of the crazier stuffs I saw 30 years ago are no longer there. Lucky I still have some pics of them buried somewhere.

Only a matter of time before places like this get torn down bcuz of scarcity of land in sg, glad u made these videos of these places

My childhood distination... 😃

very nice 😍😍😍

I went there as a kid once and I took the boat ride right into the dragon's mouth (omg, the image is coming back to me). It was frightening for me, and for a very long time - whenever I have to wash my hair and keep my eyes closed - I would shiver in fear cos the image of going into the dragon's mouth (which also mimics the 18 levels of hell) frightens me.

The place was converted to an amusement park in early 90s, but failed after a few years in operation.

怖っ！夜とかめっちゃ怖そう😱鏡のやつ自分だったら気絶してるわ

I think the crabs and mermaid stuff are related to the underwater dragon king's kingdom.