Yearly Theme 2025 (Photography | Travel | Creative | Heritage) – “Create”

At the beginning of the year 2025, I wrote about my Yearly Theme 2025 (Photography | Travel | Creative | Heritage), I chose “Create”.

I wanted to create more stories with my interactions with other creative from other genres and industries. In 2025, through the different genres of wonderful programmes, exhibitions, and performances at SCCC, I have found myself getting deeper into some sectors of my Chinese history, heritage, culture, society and language, that I haven’t really go in-depth.

One of them was learning more about Chinese opera (and I still have a long way to go), fulfilling my local Nanyang kopi pilgrimage that I wanted to do years back (some would know what I am referring to!), watching contemporary Chinese dance and cultural performances that made me realised that there are so much more talent that deserves more coverage and recognition.

Although my stories and coverage of the various SCCC events that I attended in 2025 were more of visual storytelling, I hope that through my humble stories and photos, I have helped to create more awareness and publicity, especially for those organisations and programmes that need more publicity and awareness of the wonderful stuff they are doing for the history, heritage, culture and language sectors in Singapore. 

TGH Photography SCCC Events 2025 Wrapped 

Inspired by my Spotify “Your 2025 Wrapped), presenting my TGH Photography SCCC Events 2025 Wrapped, let’s go back in time for a recap of SCCC events that I attended/covered in 2025.

Recap of SCCC Events 2025

Festivals

1. SCCC CNYFF 2025 – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/photography/celebrate-chinese-new-year-2025-the-singapo%e4%ba%ba-way-in-cbd 
2. SCCC Cultural Extravaganza 2025 – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/arts/sccc-cultural-extravaganza-2025-returns-from-9-may-to-7-june 
3. Chinese Opera Festival 2025 – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/heritage/sccc-and-nac-collaborate-to-debut-chinese-opera-festival-2025 
4. SCCC Mid-Autumn Festival Family Fun (MAFF) 2025 – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/events/celebrate-mid-autumn-family-fun-2025-at-sccc-and-sco-on-4-5-october 
5. REMIX: SINGAPO人 Youth Takeover 2025 – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/photojournalism/remix-singapo%e4%ba%ba-youth-takeover-at-sccc-expect-the-unexpected 
6. SCCC Winter Solstice SG60 Community Celebration Event 2025 – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/heritage/sccc-winter-solstice-sg60-community-celebration-event-2025 

Exhibitions and Talks

1. The Nanyang Breakfast Club: Let’s Lim Kopi & Jiak Roti! – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/heritage/come-lim-kopi-and-jiak-roti-at-the-nanyang-breakfast-club 
2. City SingaPOP – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/photojournalism/see-how-city-singapop-in-a-very-colourful-artistic-different-light 
3. Healing Heritage: A Journey Through the Evolution of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Singapore – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/heritage/sccc-presents-healing-heritage-story-of-tcm-in-singapore 
4. Brewing Nostalgia: Kopitiams in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand Special Exhibition – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/heritage/a-special-exhibition-on-traditional-kopitiams-of-singapore-malaysia-and-thailand 
5. Tradition in Motion: Singapore’s Lion Dance Heritage Exhibition – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/heritage/special-exhibition-at-sccc-tradition-in-motion-singapores-lion-dance-heritage 
6. Chingay in Singapore and Malaysia Seminar
7. SG, You’ve Got Mail!
8. Built on Memory: Tracing Singapore’s CBD Through Time

Arts 

1. Intersections – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/arts/intersections-by-dance-ensemble-singapore-at-sccc-cultural-extravaganza-2025 
2. World Mental Health Day 2025: Currents of Care by Very Small Exhibition – https://blog.photojournalist-tgh.tv/photojournalism/world-mental-health-day-2025 
3. Drum Feng EP1 – Xiangqi: The Battle of the Drums  

My Key Memorable Highlights from my SCCC 2025 Visual Storytelling Journeys 

Personally for me, this list of SCCC events below that I attended in 2025 were my key memorable highlights for me in my SCCC 2025 visual storytelling journeys.

Exhibitions and Talks

• The Nanyang Breakfast Club: Let’s Lim Kopi & Jiak Roti!
• Brewing Nostalgia: Kopitiams in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand Special Exhibition

The above two exhibitions fulfilled my local Nanyang kopi pilgrimage journey that I started around a decade back, wanting to know and explore more about local Nanyang kopi history, heritage and culture.

Celebrating Our Arts

• Intersections
• Drum Feng EP1 – Xiangqi: The Battle of the Drums

I wasn’t much into performing arts, whether they are traditional or contemporary. In 2025, I was introduced to more performing arts, from traditional to contemporary. There were two arts performances, Intersections and Drum Feng EP1 – Xiangqi: The Battle of the Drums, leaving deep impressions inside me.

From learning, understanding and appreciating traditional and contemporary arts performances, there’s also a inner connection with my creative and visual storytelling that opens up new perspectives and approaches inside me.

Celebrating Our Festivals 

• CNYFF 2025
• MAFF 2025
• SCCC Winter Solstice SG60 Community Celebration Event 2025

Chinese New Year and Mid-Autumn Festival are two major cultural events inside SCCC lineup, attracting visitors and participation. The SCCC Winter Solstice SG60 Community Celebration Event in 2025 was unique and fun, hope they can keep it going and make it an annual Winter Solstice event at SCCC!  

Sneak Preview of SCCC Events 2026

SCCC in Year 2025 organised a diverse and exciting lineup of different programmes, exhibitions, talks, festivals, and performances, setting a high standard and benchmark to follow up in the coming year 2026. 

For Year 2026, SCCC has an extensive, an even more diverse and exciting lineup, here’s a sneak preview of SCCC events 2026! I would not go into too much details on the listing below, stay curious, stay tuned, follow SCCC on their social media channels for more updates and information on the SCCC events 2026 lineup closer to the event dates!

Exhibitions and Talks

• Singapore TV: From Local to Global Special Exhibition (July 2026 to January 2027)
• Heroic Moves Travelling Exhibition (April to October 2026)
• Common Ground Artspace Exhibition (April 2026 to April 2027)
• Chinatowns of the World International Conference (17 and 18 October 2026)

Festivals – Celebrating Our Arts

• Children’s Festival 2026 (Title TBC) (19 to 21 June)
• Cultural Extravaganza 2026 (7 May to 7 June)
• REMIX 2026 (July)

Programmes – Celebrating Our Festivals

• Zhongyuan Festival (17 to 23 August)
• CNY Family FUN 2026 (30 January to 1 February)
• Mid-Autumn Family FUN 2026 (19 to 20 September)

Programmes – Celebrating Our Music

• Sing浪 Concert (31 October)
• TGIF Music Station (April to March 2027)
• SG:SW | Write The Songs Finale Concert (October)
• Happy Sing-Along (April to March 2027)
• Tuesday Report Documentary on Xinyao/Local Chinese Songs (March)

My TGH Photography SCCC Events 2025 Wrapped

The sleeping dragon of SCCC has now awakened, under the leadership, direction and creative vision of Mr Alvin Tan, who took over as the CEO of SCCC in June 2024. SCCC has risen tall and proud, setting an exemplary example, showcasing the foundation, stage and direction of preserving history, heritage, traditions, striking a balance in modern times together with internet and social media. They are creating new directions for the future with its good mix of balancing tradition and modern exhibitions, programmes, performances, relating to Chinese history, heritage, culture, society and language all under one roof. 

What lies ahead for my TGH Photography x SCCC visual storytelling in 2026? Photos from my collection from attending those events at SCCC are gradually uploaded into this Flickr collection “Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre”. 

I hope to tell much deeper and more heartwarming stories from my interactions and connections, at the events, exhibitions, talks, and maybe special theme projects if the opportunity arises. 

Thank you Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre for an amazing, fun and great visual storytelling journey in 2025, inside my TGH Photography SCCC Events 2025 Wrapped!

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SCCC Winter Solistice SG60 Event 2025

The SCCC Winter Solistice SG60 event took place on 21st December 2025, SCCC and its community partners achieved two new Singapore Book of Records title, marking a festive finale to SCCC’s year long SG60 celebrations.

Close to 200 participants from organisations such as Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations (SFCCA), The Peranakan Association Singapore, Anandha Traditional Arts & Music Ltd (ATAM), Singapore Cancer Society, and Brighton Connections, came together to make 12 different varieties of tangyuan, celebrating cultural unity and shared heritage. 

SCCC Chief Executive Officer, Mr Alvin Tan, said, “During the Winter Solstice, the making and eating of tangyuan signify reunion, and foster a sense of kinship. It is therefore apt that SCCC celebrates the festival with our community partners and friends from different ethnic communities, and together, mark the culmination of our SG60 commemorative events by gifting Singapore with two new records.” 

Understanding and Learning more about Winter Solstice (Beyond just eating)

For many of us, during 冬至 (Winter Solstice), while we know about the traditions and significance of this day, we probably look forward more to eating more tangyuan instead.

There was a great sharing by Kok Leong at the start of this special Winter Solstice event, on “The Art and Science of Winter Solstice – A beautiful blend of astronomy and culture”. The highlight for me from this sharing was the varieties of tangyuan on offer! 

There were 12 varieties of tangyuan, namely plain with no filling, black sesame paste, white sesame paste filling, red bean paste filling, peanut filling, lotus seed paste filling, green tea paste, fried tangyuan, chocolate filling, sweet potato filling, Hakka (Vegetarian) and Peranakan. 

SCCC x Singapore Book of Records 

The experienced and friendly Chefs were on hand to share and guide us on our tangyuan making experience, with facilitators on hand at each table to also help guide us throughout the process. Thereafter, we began our tangyuan making adventures! 

Some of us like myself, I don’t recall having much hands on experience making tangyuan. Together with the rest of the guests at SCCC Winter Solstice SG60 event, we came together and rolled out 168 bowls of tangyaun, arranged to form a 2.4m by 2.4m SG60 logo as a gift to Singapore marking Singapore’s 60th year of independence.

We got ourselves entered (through our participation) into Singapore Book of Records for the “Most Varieties of Tangyuan Made at an Event” and “Largest SG60 Logo Made from Bowls of Tangyuan”.

All these were completed in an hour as 12 professional chefs prepared the soup bases while the guests were all hands on deck simultaneously carving out the pre-prepared dough and assigned fillings to make the tangyuan. 

Once the completed tangyuan were cooked, they were scooped into bowls arranged to form the words “SG60” in the SG60 logo.

Marking SCCC Winter Solstice SG60 Celebrations (and eating tangyuan) 

Since we made into the Singapore Book of Records, we must take a big community group (happy family reunion) photo!, to mark this unique and special SCCC Winter Solstice SG60 celebrations. Of course, once the photo taking formalities were done, we went straight for the tables that were cooking the different tangyuan, attempting to try as many different varieties of tangyuan on offer!

Personally, I was very keen on the Hakka and Peranakan tangyuan, I have never heard or know about those two varieties of tangyuan. Alas, my fellow guests also had the same thoughts as me, many queuing up to try those two.

Although I didn’t get to taste the Hakka and Peranakan tangyuan, I still got to eat other varieties of tangyuan to celebrate Winter Solstice 2025 with my family, and group of heritage and cultural kakis.

Make this Community Level Winter Solstice Celebration at SCCC a regular annual event!

This fun, unique, fun and enjoyable hands on Winter Solstice SG60 celebration event organised by SCCC, I feel this event deserves to be a regular annual event at SCCC, where we can bring different communities, organisations, friends and supporters from different dialect and ethnic communities to come together for a community level of cross cultural interaction, building community bonds through this special gathering and reunion, getting hands on action in the making and tasting of tangyuan.

I also learned much more about Winter Solstice (冬至), beyond just family reunion and kinship, the deeper cultural significance and varieties of tangyuan made by different dialect groups. 

Thank you Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre for planning and organising a uniquely Singapo人 community festival, the SCCC Winter Solstice SG60 Community Celebration Event 2025!

Wishing all a Happy Winter Solstice 2025, may this season of reunion bring you, your family and loved ones, warmth, harmony, and good health! 

祝大家冬至快乐，团团圆圆，冬至安康！  

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