The Chinese Hospital in Batavia
Klik Batavia is a complete website about Batavia. Therefore
it is incomplete if no novel telling this old town, making it a stage of
suspense a romantic.
This novel is based from a real life in Batavia, a
historical research in the year 1737-1740 where the majority of its inhabitants
was the Chinese and the ruler was the Dutch. Life among the Dutch in Batavia at
that time was very religious and dominated by Calvinist. On the other hand out
the life at Chinese quarter outside the city wall is dominated by Chinese
temple activity.
This novel is telling a story of a Sinshe (Chinese
Traditional Doctor) who worked in Chinese Hospital. However this hospital has
been demolished, left no trace and forgotten. It is a story of the sinshe and a
Dutch girl who half-bred Chinese. The background of their love is the tragedy
of 1740 when the Chinese led by Khe Panjang attack the city and the Chinese
were slaughtered.
Written by an historian Chen Ming Sien, this novel
will tell in serial story. The novel has different form with one way
communication of traditional novel. Oppose to that it is a two ways communication
where the reader could give comment and having discussion to each other.
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