[Talk] A Song of Crossing to the Southern Sea: Part of Migration History 一首過番歌 半部落番史

從一首代代相傳的〈過番歌〉出發，這場講座將帶領觀眾重返華人南來馬來亞的遷徙旅程，探索音樂、記憶與歷史之間的交織。那是一段搭船過海、落地生根、重新尋找自我定位的過番歷程，也是馬來西亞華人身份認同與文化轉化的多重起點。

講者將引領大家反思：當代馬華如何繼承這段歷史？又如何在今日的語境中詮釋與轉化？當〈過番歌〉不只是記憶的載體，它也成為連結過去與未來的文化橋梁。

Beginning with the age-old Song of Crossing to the Southern Sea, this talk invites the audience to retrace the migration journey of Chinese who sailed south to Malaya. It explores how music, memory, and history intertwine in a story of departure, settlement, and the search for identity—marking the many origins of Malaysian Chinese belonging.

The speaker will reflect on how contemporary Malaysian Chinese communities inherit, reinterpret, and reimagine this history. When a single song becomes more than a memory, it becomes a bridge—connecting generations, and linking the past to the possibilities of the future.