Chinese Indonesians, also known as Chindo, Orang Tionghoa or simply Tionghoa, are Indonesian citizens of Chinese heritage whose ancestors arrived at some stage in the last eight centuries. While their
Performing rituals for the 2020 Chinese New Year's eve in Indonesia
16th century depiction of a Chinese-Javanese vessel
Relief of two Chineses in a temple's threshold in 8th-10th century
Chinese junks Sin Tong Heng and Tek Hwa Seng in the Sambu Island, Singapore Strait, c. 1936
The Peranakan Chinese are an ethnic group defined by their genealogical descent from the first waves of Southern Chinese settlers to maritime Southeast Asia, known as Nanyang, namely the British, Port
Chinese Indonesians
…who have Chinese names or follow aspects of Chinese religion or culture. Within this cultural definition, a distinction has commonly been made between peranakan and totok Chinese. Peranakan Chinese have Malayo-Polynesian ancestry due to race mix and to have developed a hybrid culture that included elements from…
A photograph of Peranakan wedding couple – Chung Guat Hooi, the daughter of Kapitan Chung Thye Phin and Khoo Soo Beow, the son of Khoo Heng Pan, both of Penang – from a museum in Penang
Two Peranakan women at a tin factory in Pulau Singkep, Riau Islands.
Tjhit Liap Seng (1886) by Lie Kim Hok was considered the first Chinese Malay novel.
Hok An Kiong Chinese Temple, Jalan Coklat, Surabaya c. 1900 – 1920. Large Chinese communities were already present in Java when the Dutch arrived just before the 1600s. Many Chinese had native concubines until a large group of mestizos arose, who spoke Malay or Javanese.