Lanfang Republic: How it Disappeared & the Sarawak Gold Miners

[@yux.tn.3641]

thank you for this vid, i heard about this place from playing EU4 i like learning a lot about Indonesia

[@vivieneng9882]

Very good historical research. I am impressed. Thank you very much for the video.

[@davidsetiawan6564]

What a great video! As an 印尼华人 i really love watching your video explaining about chinese history and culture. Could you please make some content also about Chinese history also in Sumatra especially Palembang city (巨港), we have a lot of Chinese history also in Palembang South Sumatera

[@laurencechan470]

Mr. Setiawan. There is a big town in North Malaysia, Perak state with your name. May I know if there is a meaning in the word Setiawan Is it a Sanskrit word. Makasi

[@davidsetiawan6564]

@@laurencechan470 oh really cool! Actually it's a common name in Indonesia, which come from word "setia" it is mean loyal/devoted, with the added affix "-an" in Indonesia become "Setiawan" it means the one who loyal or fidel. Indonesian Chinese used local name for any formal/official and government affair. I think Malaysian also know this word mean right.. (?)

[@dropshippromo7493]

Not entirely "disappeared" the remnants of Hakka Lanfang Republic is the city now called Singkawang, where the ethnic Chinese there 90% of Hakka origins (Also Bangka-Billiton Islands almost 90% of the Chinese are Hakkas)... unlike other cities in the world where the Chinese are not of Hakka majority (Even Singapore, although its founder and leadership is from Hakka family, the majority of the island's chinese population is not Hakka)

[@sylvesterfong9275]

Yeeven Yoon, many thanks for Part 2. Congratulations for a well-researched and interesting vlog. However, I do have a slightly little different prospective to the history which I read from a book titled “Monkey God” written by a descendant (a Lawyer) of the Bau gold-miners. When the Chinese Gold-miners were returning to Bau by river, the White Rajah and his warriors caught up with the Gold-miners at Siniawan town, where a peace treaty was agreed upon between the Rajah and the Gold-miners. Following the peace treaty, the Gold-miners were celebrating and many were drunk with rice wine supplied by the Rajah’s side. Early the next morning, the Rajah and his Warriors suddenly attacked the Gold-miners; and the Gold-miners fought and defended themselves bravely but most were killed along the way back to Bau. The chief of the Chinese Gold-miners was killed near Siniawan town, and his tomb can still be located at a temple there. He is today honoured as a Sarawak hero. There were two brothers who did not get drunk and they dived into the river and swam all the way to Batu Kawah, a short distance downstream, and lived to tell the story.

[@azulahuang3154]

Can you help me to get the book titled "Monkey God" ? I did not see this book in 3rd mile bazaar.

[@sylvesterfong9275]

@@azulahuang3154 Hi Azula, delighted to see you here, and to learnt that you have some contributions to this Part 2 of the Lanfang Republic. I have relatives in staying in Sri Aman who had previously lived in Engkilili. I am interested to know more about the connection of Gold-miners to Engkilili. Was there gold mining activities in Engkilili ? I bought 2 of the “Monkey God” books from our local bookstore probable 10 years ago, but could not find them in the Kuching bookshops now. I also could not find my copy at the Kuching home. I gave one copy to my Hakka friend and will try to find out whether she still have the copy. I am currently stranded in Perth, Western Australia ( for almost 2 years now ) and hope to return to Kuching in April 2022. I hope to be able to contact you when I am back in Kuching to discuss more about the history of the Lanfang Republic and gold-miners in Bau and Engkilili. Please drop me a line. Thanks.

[@sharathmartin4125]

Hi Yeeven. I must say that I have enjoyed your videos tremendously. I watched the ones on Hakka, Hokkien and Cantonese histories as well. I am really impressed that someone of your age is taking time to look back at where your ancestors came from and how the Chinese diaspora in Nanyang has shaped much of its life and economies. Brilliant and very well done.

[@ahmarsel]

Hi YeeVen, the painting that you shown at 3:30 is about the capture of Prince Diponegoro at 1830 by Dutch, painted by well known Raden Saleh. This painting has no relationship at all with what happened in Borneo/Kalimantan. Nevertheless, you nicely bring up good topic that covering almost forgotten history of West Kalimantan and Sarawak. Hopefully lots of people getting more interested in this topic. Keep on the good work. FYI in Indonesia official history book, Lanfang Republic never mentioned, so 99.9% of students here never heard of it. Thanks.

[@bobkids009]

All what I can say is that a lot of efforts had been put into this historical episode via extensive research and facts fine tuned to the nearest and finally delivered to the air for the viewers with applause appreciations......Well done again. ...!

[@FearlessPassport]

Thanks a lot Bob. Indeed this video took a lot of reading and proofread to avoid misinformation. A lot of graphics needed to illustrate the story too😂 appreciate your comment deep from my heart. Thanks again🤗

[@allexlam2535]

This part 2 is even more interesting than part 1!! Great work! Never knew gua hantu have such a scary origin.

[@FearlessPassport]

Thank you so muchhh! and thanks for watching :)

[@ASH-xt8uh]

I’m from Sarawak states? I’ve never seen Sarawak gold before. I’m glad to hear that.

[@julieliew2080]

Great contents on your channel Yeeven! Husband and I have been looking for overseas Chinese history like these but now we found you!

[@sylvesterfong9275]

Yes, have been waiting impatiently for your Part 2; now here finally. 👍👍👍

[@FearlessPassport]

Thanks again Sylvester!

[@markjones7687]

One of the most interesting things I have seen on KZbin for a long time. Well done!

[@peterchow3211]

Fantastic research! Extremely entertaining video! Not a moment of boredom! Bravo! Keep up the great job YeeVen !

[@andysim9995]

Thank you for making this video . Very interesting and informative .

[@dewanggaaramada9535]

Minutes 7:25 it's a misionaris from Dutch who build school in Singkawang and Pontianak. So they not related with king Brooke in Serawak

[@MindofYǒng]

I've watched this Lanfang documentary on Indonesia local tv (Metro tv) before, but yours videos has more detail in it, thanks for the effort of making this video, Yeeven :)

[@FearlessPassport]

Thanks a lot L Y Stripes for coming back to my channel again🤗

[@bennyng2414]

Honestly i am very surprise with this Lanfang republic. Very good work. Thank you

[@guominghuang2]

Been waiting to find out more about the massacre in Bau during the 19th century.

[@FearlessPassport]

Hope this video give some insight!

[@guominghuang2]

Definitely helps and makes me more curious about this piece of history in corresponding to my mum's great grand uncle 田考who left诏安田厝村when he was 16 in 1854 and settled in Bau in 1856. Not sure how he avoided the massacre by the White Rajah in 1857.

[@thunderhype5972]

Well Done, keep it up. Not easy to dig out so many past information.

[@Rayza82]

Another great video. Really enhances my experience in Kuching. I think I'll visit Bau.

[@RalSal777]

Hakkas are famous and known for their loyalty to their country!

[@azulahuang3154]

Hakka people are nationalists. Their presence in recent history of China have proven that.

[@dangshorty2029]

Yes true noble people!

[@JonKino828]

@@azulahuang3154 The vast majority of Chinese who went to China to fight the Japanese or joined the PKM in Malaya are Hakka descendents. Sung, Han and Tang Dynasties are Hakka dynasties.

[@taichizi]

Thanks for the hard work! Enjoyed the abridged version of the history. 👍🏼

[@ugasagaable]

I have been waiting for this video

[@cheesenglean223]

thank you for producing this Lafang history w such great details . Well done!! I would like to know if you have read the of the Lanfang constituition and minutes of the election of its Chairman and office bearers . This is to study how different the Republican governance between USA republic of 1776 and compare to the French Republic of 1892 .

[@saohmarong2240]

A very good and clear historical information which is very important for our future generation to understand.

[@WingsHype]

喲喲喲超贊的故事，沒想到偶然algorithm介紹直接看了兩集。👍🏻

[@FearlessPassport]

谢谢你的时间观看哦🤗🤗

[@rivelinocartermoinin7490]

Very2 good information and important history

[@seekeonglee7922]

Thanks Yeeven, for this second part of the story. It is interesting to know whether there is any culture inherited by this Lanfang descendants which is unique from the common chinese culture in Malaysia. Does the book only in chinese? Also, take this chance to wish you xin nian kuai le!

[@archerlee8091]

Wow ! Super great job 👍

[@alongkawasakizxr9140]

Always improve and keep it up yeeven 🤟😎🤟 terbaik lah

[@RalSal777]

many of my Hakka friends told me about their bad experience of either their parents/older generation or themselves getting bullied by hokkiens. I often heard about hokkiens bullying behaviours even from some Hokkiens themselves. What the hcck is wrong with them? Bullying just for the thrill of it??!

[@dangshorty2029]

It is ingrained in their dna. They are also know for being a cheapskate and good at taking advantage of others . Real nasty people! Be careful

[@cnl8345]

@@dangshorty2029 yea nasty lot the Hokkiens are!

[@FearlessPassport]

That's the stereotype of Hokkien being cheapskate and Hakka who got bullied..hahahaha. I think nowadays everyone got to be a cheapskate in this bad economy.

[@saykin756]

i appreciate your hardwork lady. very interesting on the past indonesia n malaysia history!

[@francislee7983]

Only now I know my decentdentd history how they came to Borneo a long time sgo.Thanks for this video.

[@Rayza82]

Do you know where the temple is in Bau that worships the first ruler of the Langfang Republic.

[@kanazef]

Tionghoa (or the chinese) made up 90% population in singkawang city/west kalimantan. You right, they never leave. im from west kalimantan.

[@pedroswlee]

Very interesting documentary!! I saw many chinese, usually hakka in kuching & KK.... there are many chinese still living in Pontianak??

[@derydegrote7598]

over 500k Tionghoa Indonesia live in West kalimantan

[@pedroswlee]

@@derydegrote7598 20K+ Korean living in KL....

[@laurencechan470]

@@derydegrote7598 Indonesia has a population of 270 million. What is 500k.印尼人一人吐一口口水就能淹死他們

[@derydegrote7598]

@@laurencechan470 isn't apple to apple, u compare 270M indos who lived in java, West Kalimantan only has 5,2 M people, so Indos Tionghoa more than 10%.

[@derydegrote7598]

@@laurencechan470 In Indonesia we have more than 7 million Indo Tionghoa,

[@ardikuncoro699]

Akhirnya muncul juga yang dinanti.... Makasi yaa...

[@FearlessPassport]

Thank you Ardi :)))

[@alongkawasakizxr9140]

2nd time watching... Whatever happened before let us move forward as one... As a family.. we might be different in culture or skin colour but we are all human beings who just wanna live happily 🤟😊🤟🇲🇾 keep going fearless passport 🤟

[@macTiger8711]

Bau is my hometown famous with good quality or grade of gold.

[@painmad]

Good Job! Thank You!

[@andrewchong2616]

Interesting video and history

[@thewanderingrey8830]

So this is the etymology of Indonesian word of trading "Dagang"... from "大港"/ Da Gang

[@FearlessPassport]

Hmm not too sure about this. It could be a coincident 🙏

[@solehsolehsoleh]

A coincidence, the word was already used in old hikayat Melayu manuscripts.

[@Nh-ok3sg]

Dialect Minangkabau 'dagang' > memikul, mengusung.

[@tomliu2894]

very good！ I can understand !

[@tadaye369]

what a cute and intelligent youtuber!

[@hlimkb]

man aspiration for self determination is universal

[@sinkorswimchimmy6786]

Talented and genuine content. Can you research something about Chan Sow Lin ?

[@kelvinkj7074]

Great job!

[@a.husein4532]

Tionghoa is biggest ethnic in Singkawang and Pontianak, third in West Kalimantan after Dayak and Melayu

[@wltxman]

Awesome keep it up.

[@JettoGospel]

Amazing

[@k2basecamp01]

Start at 1:38

[@fxvortex]

thanks for sharing greeting

[@taekookisreal626]

I'm from Bau, Sarawak. Some of the picture you use are wrong, such as Astana, the Ghost cave,.... Some info not accurate too.

[@FearlessPassport]

You can correct me though. Which info is not accurate?

[@arisa6061]

@@FearlessPassport picture at 3:29 is from the painting of Pangeran Diponegoro from Central Java captured by the Dutch.. The painter is Raden Saleh.

[@alfredchua9252]

If that's so, please can you show us the correct ones? Anyone can say what you say but proof must be shown so that correction can be done. Thanks

[@taekookisreal626]

@@FearlessPassport sorry for late reply, the white building you show is Fort Margareta, and Astana is another bigger building nearby, by the river of Sarawak too, at kuching waterfront. The cave you show is Fairy Cave, a tourist place outside Bau town. Ghost cave is another forbidden cave that nobody dare to go now.

[@taekookisreal626]

@@alfredchua9252 sorry for late reply. Thank you for reminding me, as a Chinese Hopoh descendant in Bau its my duty to correct it. Anyway, welcome to Bau, it's a beautiful small town.

[@absolute_abundance]

True, at that time there were not much malay ( austronesian ) but later they started to migrate there

[@dropshippromo7493]

Not entirely "disappeared" the remnants of Hakka Lanfang Republic is the city now called Singkawang, where the ethnic Chinese there 90% of Hakka origins (Also Bangka-Billiton Islands almost 90% of the Chinese are Hakkas)... unlike other cities in the world where the Chinese are not of Hakka majority (Even Singapore, although its founder and leadership is from Hakka family, the majority of the island's chinese population is not Hakka)

[@saihalsakda6108]

你的视频很有趣 👍👍👍👍💗

[@FearlessPassport]

谢谢您的支持 ：）

[@ASH-xt8uh]

@@FearlessPassport oh, finally You can say that.

[@cudacularry2720]

Mereka mendapat restu dr Kesultanan Banjar, am I right??? Mereka sepertinya wakil dari Qing dinasti di Borneo.

[@Alexhuang14]

Ye

[@absolute_abundance]

Maybe you woukd like to do a video how Tanah Malaya and Indonesia is formed

[@keewong9366]

nice

[@ggbaking9762]

My hometown

[@hasnanhashim4386]

But so much hatred against Malaya while history shows that the dutch and british were very cruel with the chinese..not the malays

[@MarcoSimple1Videos]

interesting video

[@SusiPangabean]

Lee Kuan Yew is not descendant of Lan Fang but his wife is

[@SusiPangabean]

Lee Kuan Yew was born in Semarang and his wife was born in Pontianak

[@nadiawong6550]

Don't under play the role of hakkas in the success of the Chinese diaspora.

[@dangshorty2029]

Hakka is the real founder of China and Chinese culture!

[@bagaspramanaputrafadhila5921]

閩南人 be like: triggered

[@qistinaang8103]

dang shorty, u are not Hakka n also not a Han Chinese of descent! U are the Manchurian of descent! I know what u are doing to our Han community n we won't be stupid to fall into ur trap by killing each other! 😤😡🤬

[@qistinaang8103]

@Allah Jabbar Muntaqimm no, i'm not. Are u a Muslim? U are using a fake surname,am I right? What is ur ulterior motive here? I questioned my hakka friend about it n she find it weird as to why that idiot said about Hakka being real found of China n Chinese culture! My conclusion is that that idiot n u are out to sow discord between the Chinese Clans to fight among each other. We won't be used as tool!😤😡🤬

[@limboonkiat2299]

please trust science and evidance。

[@joeawk]

The continued arrogance of Hakka people.

[@AnonozChong]

6:39 That sub, naughty yee ven.

[@dangshorty2029]

Never trust the hokkien

[@shamsulanuar9015]

they are the backstabbers!

[@guominghuang2]

Some of the Hokkiens were originally Hakka who moved to Fujian generations ago and got assimilated. My ancestors were Hakkas but moved to Fujian for over 700 years. I observed many of our ancestors tombstone inscribed as 祖籍福建漳州.

[@azulahuang3154]

@@guominghuang2 There are a few dialect groups in Fujian province. Hokkiens are the ones who speak Hokkiens and other groups are the Fuchow and Heng hua groups. Hakkas live along the border of Fujian and Jiang Xi. Hakkas in the province of Fujian speak very different hakkas from others, more like Henan dialect. They can be grouped as Jiang Xi Hakkas.

[@azulahuang3154]

@Allah Jabbar Muntaqimm How can the Hokkiens have longer history than the history of China which is more or less 5000 years ? Do your homework first before you make the statement above which is so misleading. If you want to show off the greatness of the Hokkiens, you can mention their achievements in business.

[@guominghuang2]

@@azulahuang3154 yes I visited 客家第一神山：冠豸山 in Fujian 2018. I could not understand a word of Hakka they speak.

[@joshuaharumtanoso2611]

How's *this* a new information for me as an indonesian😄 Anyway, great work! Looking forward for more content from you.

[@dom8398]

Chinese history are always erased and silenced by the indon government that's why

[@RGN737]

I'm an Indonesian. I'm 50 years old graduated in university. I don't know this history, i just know it. It's too pity, knowing my country history not from history lesson. Indonesia is not right place for Chinese.

[@fedinvestment]

👍👍👍

[@gdsfamily_]

I am the decendant of Sambas Sultanate Raden Sulaiman.

[@wolf8900]

Rifle power in sarawak not lanfang play with fire..dutch never mess neighbour

[@laikokhua946]

Lanfang republic 1777

[@leemerce330]

👌 💪

[@FearlessPassport]

🤗🙏

[@buckrogers5331]

@3:51 Ree- bells?? Haha, so cute. My dear, "rebels" should be pronounced rare-bers. @9:23 "...disappeared from THE history." The "the" is not necessary. It only implies that the sentence is not complete. Correct sentence should be just: "...disappeared from history." You know, Yeeven, you should help write and edit a book on this. I'm pretty sure many academic institutions will find it most wonderful on their shelves.

[@ReviveHF]

Technically, the Republic of China during the Nationalist era(1927 -1991) was the actually 1st Chinese republic in true nature in human history despite it's strict authouritarian policy. The Lanfang Republic on the other hand, was more similar to the Chinese Beiyang Government(1911-1927), due to the fact that the Lanfang Republic was a confederation of private companies(Kongsi/公司）or local Chinese warlords. So, the Lanfang Republic lacks an important criteria to be categorised as a republic :"supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives" and the country is considered a "public matter", not the private concern or property of the rulers".

[@ReviveHF]

@The Ming Warrior You can say the same to the CCP, basically a capitalist Junta/Dictator regime with Communist in name.

[@liewchinloong5378]

Thnx for the interesting history of Chinese migration. How come the Sultan of Brunei could give more land to Brooke’s than his own state. Ha ha…

[@hyongzen8872]

Sub 🇮🇩 indonesia please….im from Pontianak City

[@hapime8624]

myself is kuching people, i only come here see see. i don't wish to comment but my family origin 100% not related to lanfang. we just peaceful hakka not miner hakka 🤣🤣🤣 kuching hakka mostly ho poh hakka too.

[@a113135]

Don't insult Singaporeans ok

[@eddios7196]

你不会中文嗎？

[@remaongbatu7821]

Many Malaysian Chinese also could not speak Bahasa Malaysia.

[@VanTran-ne4yf]

The Chinese from south east Asian countries : Vietnam, Thailand, Philipine, malaysia , indonesia like to think they are Chinese . In reality, they are very different to mainland China. You can eat Chinese food, speak Mandarine with funny accent like Singaporean speaking English, practice Chinese tradition celebrate new years, moon festival. All that dont make you a true Chinese . In China, people dont accept them Chinese either.

[@janewick4209]

The Chinese people in the South East Asian countries know where their ancestors were from and practice their ancestors' culture. It is the same as a Brit born in Hong Kong and believes that he is still a Brit and behaves also like one. The difference with the Chinese people in these countries is that they call themselves Malaysian, Thai, Vietnamese and others and 'Chinese' is just a race group. Please stop using the Western mindset of racism and label them differently. Chinese is an old population on Earth and that's why you don't have to act as offended to find them all over the world.

[@laurencechan470]

@@janewick4209 This Vietnamese troll is intentionally making inflammatory and offensive comments on overseas Chinese. Of course we ar different from Mainland Chinese. Politically we belong to and have our loyalty for our countries. We are not PRC citizens Culturally Thais have been fully assimilated into Thai culture. Indonesian Chinese had lost most of the Chinese cultural heritage like language. This person may be a stooge for the mainland trying to advocate the pro China/communism course by agitating overseas Chinese to be more like mainland China

[@JonKino828]

van tran - You have shown to be ignorant. In China, Chinese means nationality. For everyone else, Chinese means race. Such simple terminologies, yet you can't grasp.

[@dangshorty2029]

Good to know that the United satans troops love your kind of ten year gurllll. Delicious

[@JonKino828]

@@laurencechan470 i reckon you are a stooge for pompeo to advocate the pro US plutocracy.

[@idiot9450]

Tiger head 👍👍😂😂😂

[@yohanesliong4818]

👍👍