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Since the Tang Dynasty, under the background of the great development of navigation technology, the number of Chinese immigrants settling in Southeast Asia began to increase. Especially during major events such as the Anshi Rebellion and the Jingkang Incident, many Chinese went abroad to avoid the war. After Zheng He’s voyages to the West,a wave of Chinese migration to Southeast Asia followed. After the Chinese immigrants settled down there, they intermarried with the locals and multiplied: their daughters were called Nyonya, and their sons were called Baba. The Baba Nyonyas spoke a language called Baba Malay. of mixed languages. It is a language formed by the fusion of Hokkien and Malay. Baba and Nyonya have inherited the hard-working and adventurous nature of their Chinese ancestors, showing fusion characteristics in language, clothing, food and other aspects.

Indonesia, which consists of more than 17,000 islands, has been known as the “Spice Kingdom” for its rich production of spices since ancient times. Spices firmly occupy an indispensable position in Indonesian cuisine, and among them, turmeric has a special place.

According to legend, Sakyamuni asked his disciple Ananda, who had achieved enlightenment, to go to Ceylon to teach the Dharma. After the teaching was completed, Ananda decided to design a unified set of cassocks. Soon, he made it out of white cloth and gave it to a local princess who believed in Buddhism to rinse it. The princess felt that white could not express the feeling of the Buddha’s light, so she found turmeric near the place where the Buddha taught and used its juice to dye the cassock yellow. Later, people learned to use turmeric juice for dyeing, and this practice spread.