Tang Dynasty City, Singapore 新加坡的唐朝城市

The Year was 1980. The Month just skipped my memory, but, as a guess, this must be between the months of July and September, on our way to Hong Kong and Canton, as part of team working for New Zealand’s Fletcher Construction (Overseas Division). In Singapore, the team worked towards gaining the contract for the construction of the National University Hospital using prestressed concrete beams and floors. I was recruited by Fletchers from Singapore a year ago and I was proud to be able to work for the bringing together of two construction companies - Lam Chang Building Contractor Ltd of Singapore and Fletchers Construction of New Zealand together in a joint venture to win the bidding for the National University Hospital project.

那一年是 1980 年。那个月刚刚跳过我的记忆，但是，作为一个猜测，这应该是在 7 月和 9 月之间，在我们前往香港和广州的途中，作为新西兰 Fletcher Construction（海外）团队的一员分配）。在新加坡，该团队致力于获得使用预应力混凝土梁和地板建造国立大学医院的合同。一年前我被新加坡的 Fletchers 聘用，我很自豪能够为两家建筑公司——新加坡的 Lam Chang Building Contractor Ltd 和新西兰的 Fletchers Construction 联合成立一家合资企业中标。为国立大学医院项目。

That was during New Zealand Prime Minister Muldoon’s era, where export incentives were given to companies for exporting NZ skills and products abroad.

那是在新西兰总理马尔登（Muldoon）的时代，向向国外出口新西兰技能和产品的公司提供出口激励措施。

That aside, while I was in Singapore during that period, I re-visited some tourist attractions in Singapore and this included the Tang Dynasty Village located in Jurong Industrial Township.

除此之外，在那段时间我在新加坡的时候，我重新参观了新加坡的一些旅游景点，其中包括位于裕廊工业镇的唐代村。

Tang Village was a movie town theme park constructed next to the Jurong Lake by a joint venture between the Hong Kong’s TV Holdings Ltd and the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation. The project cost was S$50 million at the time. In the year 1990, the village was remodelled and upgraded with the name changed to Tang Dynasty Village. Unfortunately, the Village was closed down in the year 1999, due to the lack of tourism and the cost of movie production in Singapore was deemed to be too high.

大唐村是由香港电视控股有限公司与新加坡广播公司合资兴建的位于裕廊湖畔的电影城主题公园。该项目当时的成本为 5000 万新元。不幸的是，由于缺乏旅游业和新加坡的电影制作成本被认为太高，该村于 1999 年关闭。

Let us now watch the marketing video of Tang Dynasty made in the early 1990’s in the hope of boosting tourist numbers. https://youtu.be/sLKkaYY47Fo

现在让我们看一下1990年代初制作的唐朝营销视频。制作该视频的目的是向海外游客宣传该场地。 https://youtu.be/sLKkaYY47Fo

Take a good look at the photograph here. We can see two or three high rise blocks of residential apartments of Jurong Town in the background.

好好看看这里的照片。我们可以在背景中看到裕廊镇的两三个高层住宅楼。来自弗莱彻的机械工程师特里站在唐代村的一排商店前。

村里有一个茶馆，里面有古老的中国茶、蛋糕和甜点，由身着唐装的服务员/女服务员端上来。

At the village street, we saw two monkeys performing acrobatic acts at the sound of differing beats of a gong by their trainer.

在村街，我们看到两只猴子随着驯兽师不同的锣声在表演杂技。

The Street Scene of the Village with timber houses built on strong timber stilts, no doubt standing on some concrete footings.

村庄的街景，木屋建在坚固的木桩上，毫无疑问是站在一些混凝土地基上。

The tour guide introduced us to a herbal shop with an acupuncture expert in the back room (left) and a Chinese Graphic Artist (right).

导游向我们介绍了一家草药店，里面有一位针灸专家（左）和一位中国平面艺术家（右）。

There was a marriage procession along the main street while we were there at the Village.

我们在村里的时候，沿着主要街道有一个结婚游行。

Terry was consulting a fortune teller in one shop (left photograph) and he then proceeded to an Tang Dynasty style restaurant (right hand side photograph).

特里在一家商店咨询算命先生（左图），然后他前往一家唐朝风格的餐厅（右图）。

Later, Terry and I visited a wine shop and entered the Dragon Room of the “Royal Palace”.

后来，我和特里参观了一家酒铺，进入了“皇宫”的龙房。

We also visited the Village Temple.

我们还参观了村庙。

Left: A typical house along the main road of Tang Dynasty Village.

Centre: The entrance to the Wine Shop / Cellar where wine was kept in big jars.

Right: The local chemist in Tang Dynasty Village.

左图：唐村主干道沿线的典型房屋。  中心照片：米酒店/酒窖的入口，酒被装在大罐子里。    右图：唐代村当地的药材店。

A typical rich man’s house with the decorated red drapes all round the doors and windows to celebrate the wedding of one of the sons.

典型的富豪宅邸，门窗四周装饰着红色的窗帘，以庆祝其中一个儿子的婚礼。

Left Photo: The Thunder God in the temple. Middle Photo: The Pagoda inside the compound of the Tang Dynasty Village. Right Photo: The Royal Throne where the Emperor sat during that Tang Dynasty Period.

左图：神殿中的雷神。中图：唐村大院内的佛塔。右图：唐朝皇帝所坐的王座。

Photos of the Courtesan house, next door to a private residence. The Courtesan house was the one decorated with the lanterns and a three characters Board at its front.

妓院的照片，毗邻私人住宅。娼妓屋是用灯笼装饰的，前面有一个三字板。