21/12/2025
YIP Yew Chong
Winter Solstice 冬⾄
Acrylic on Canvas
122cm x 91cm
2017
“When it snows in the Northern Hemisphere, and the day is the shortest, Singapore gets really wet and cold. We celebrate the Winter Solstice with colourful glutinous dumplings that keep us warm, with the pandan leaves and ginger giving the soup a tropical touch. This painting depicts my siblings and my mother making and eating dumplings in an imaginary kampong house in 1973. We didn’t live in a kampong but many Singaporeans did at that time. When the monsoon season came, the kampongs would be flooded. That made the best playtime for kids who would waddle or even swim in the water!”
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