Anyone familiar with Malaysia knows Nyonya culture, which refers to girls born in China and Malaysia. So why are Malaysian-born China people and girls called Niangjiao? Let me introduce Malaysia first. This country is located between the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean, bordering Thailand in the north, Malacca Strait in the west, South China Sea in the east and Johor Strait in the south. The land area is 33.345 million square kilometers and the population is about 32.66 million. Nyonya restaurants can be seen everywhere on the streets of Malaysia. Anyone who knows Nyonya culture will know on the surface that Nyonya refers to girls born in China and Malaysia.

So why are girls in China and Malaysia called Niangjiao? The relationship between China and Malaysia goes back to ancient times. Zheng He led the motorcade westward in the Ming Dynasty. When passing through Malacca, some of his entourage remained in the local area. After settling down, these people married local Malays or women of other nationalities, and their descendants stayed in Malaysia. Later, with the popularity of entering the Southern Ocean, more and more China people came to Malaysia. After being integrated with the aborigines, they passed down from generation to generation and lived in Malaysia.

Although these people live in foreign countries, they inherit the cultural traditions of the Chinese nation, pay attention to filial piety, attach importance to the old and the young, and are very China in cultural customs and religious beliefs. At the same time, it combines Malay, clothing and eating habits. In order to distinguish these people from Malaysian natives, it is customary to call them local Chinese, which means Chinese born there. What are Chinese words in China? Baba Niang provoked? , translated into aging provoked. Later, in order to distinguish the gender of Malaysian Chinese, China called the boys born in China and Malaysia [bā bā] and the girls born in China and Malaysia [ni? Ngr. Since the British colonial rule in Malaysia, most of the native Chinese have received English education and are trilingual. They can communicate with China people, Malays and British people at the same time, and because they are trilingual, most native China people are national administrators and civil servants in the British government.