Singapore Chinatown 🌟

Chinatown, also known , is Singapore's Chinatown, an historically significant area where Chinese people gathered. The shophouses here are mainly in the Sino-Portuguese style. 🏠✨ 🍃🌺 In 1819, before the British Stamford Raffles landed in Singapore, Chinese laborers had already been cultivating betel nuts and pepper in this area. After that, Chinese immigrants flocked here and formed a large community. 🍃🌺 Raffles simply designated the area southwest of the Singapore River along Boat Quay as the Chinese residential area. At that time, Singapore did not have a piped water supply, so water had to be drawn from wells on Ann Siang Hill and Spring Street and transported by ox carts. 🍃🌺 Thus, this area, where water was supplied by ox carts, came to be known . 🚗💧 #Singapore #Citywalk #StreetSweeping 🌇🌟