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A Pig's Tale
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription14365
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- Oct. 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 3 video recordings (mp4) (5 min., 28 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo, subtitles
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of part two in a two part video series "A Taste of History" created by Debbie Liang and Joty Gill, University of British Columbia alumni and graduates from the Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies program (ACAM). Part two is titled "A Pig's Tale". The film highlights the history o…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum fonds
- Series
- UBC Partnership series
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 3 video recordings (mp4) (5 min., 28 sec.) : digital, col., sd., stereo, subtitles
- Material Details
- Script: Debbie Liang; Joty Gill Narration: Joty Gill Editor: Debbie Liang Subtitles: English; Simplified Chinese; Traditional Chinese Video Appearances: Kathy Lee; Eleanor Lee Illustrations and Animations: Debbie Liang Photos, Images & B-roll: Piggery photo, image courtesy of Elwin Xie; Douglas Road: City of Burnaby Archives, 477-841; Canada Way, City of Burnaby Archives, 556-522, photo by Peg Campbell; Red pig by Debbie Liang; Piglets sleeping, image courtesy of RoyBuri from pixabay, free to use; Chinese Zodiac, image courtesy of RoofOfAllLight from wikimedia, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license; Pictograph for Home by Debbie Liang; Pigs lying down, image courtesy of Elwin Xie; Council minutes all from heritageburnaby.com; Cleanliness illustration set by Debbie Liang; "The Heathen Chinese in British Columbia" from Library and Archives Canada; Laundryman spitting from Daily News, Prince Rupert in 1911; Slicer on counter at Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co., Burnaby Village Museum BV017.7.290; Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. Store front, Burnaby Village Museum BV017.7.191; Medical Practices Disagreement illustration by Debbie Liang; Butchering pig, image courtesy of Elwin Xie; Chinatown brolls, courtesy of Food2 group from UBC's 2019 ACAM 390 Class; Black Rotary telephone beside ball pen on white printed paper, image courtesy of Pixabay from pexels.com, free to use; Burnaby Lake on a cloudy day, image courtesy of Flying Pegunin from wikipedia; The Vancouver Sun May 4, 1921 from newspapers.com; Vancouver Daily May 3, 1921 from newspapers.com; Reduce number of pigs illustration by Debbie Liang; Black and white photo of piggery, image courtesy of Elwin Xie; 2019 Piggery illustration by Debbie Liang Music and Sound Effects: "Acoustic Mediation 2" from audionautix; Pig Grunting sounds from Kiddopedia Animasl, Creative Commons 0; "Piano moment" & "November" from bensound.com; "Ding sound effect" from freesoundlibrary; Wuxia2_Guzheng_Pipa by PeriTune http://peritune.com; Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com; Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Video adapted from 2019 BVM intern project by Debbie Liang and Marcela Gomez Special thanks to: UBC: Joanna Yang, Jenny Lu, Denise Fong, Henry Yu; BVM: Kate Petrusa, Amy Wilson Changes to music may have been made for the purposes of this video
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of part two in a two part video series "A Taste of History" created by Debbie Liang and Joty Gill, University of British Columbia alumni and graduates from the Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies program (ACAM). Part two is titled "A Pig's Tale". The film highlights the history of Chinese pig farms also known as "Piggeries" in Burnaby. The film tells the story of how many of these farms were established by Chinese immigrants along Douglas Road (now Canada Way) between the 1890s and 1920s; the importance of the pig in the Chinese Culture as well as a way for Chinese immigrants to make a living and the racism and discriminatory bylaws that the Chinese pig farmers suffered that finally led to the closure of many of these farms. Content references three documented piggery ranches along Douglas Road: Ah Sam; Young Chung and Hop Hin Yen. The films are supported with voice over in english, subtitles, animation along with historical photographs. One version of the film is supported with subtitles in English while two other versions of the film are supported with subtitles in Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
- History
- In 2020, due to the restrictions of COVID-19, University of British Columbia student interns with the Burnaby Village Museum Chinese Canadian History in Burnaby project were asked to create virtual experiences to reimagine Burnaby Village Museum's historical Chinese Canadian programming in remote online spaces. Debbie Liang and Joty Gill (UBC alumni and graduates of Dr. Henry Yu's 2019 summer ACAM 390A Global Seminar to Aisa) returned to work with Burnaby Village Museum to create two short films showcasing the history of Chinese Canadian Chop Suey restaurants and piggeries in Burnaby.
- Creator
- Liang, Debbie
- Debbie Liang
- Subjects
- Persons - Chinese Canadians
- Social Issues - Discrimination
- Social Issues - Racism
- Regulations
- Agriculture
- Agriculture - Farms
- Agriculture - Ranches
- Animals - Pigs
- Names
- Liang, Debbie
- Gill, Joty
- Burnaby Village Museum
- University of British Columbia
- Xie, Elwin
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
- Ah Sam
- Young Chung
- Hop Hin Yen
- Responsibility
- University of British Columbia
- UBC Initiative for Student Teaching and Research in Chinese Canadian Studies
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Geographic Access
- Douglas Road
- Canada Way
- Accession Code
- BV020.28.7
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- Oct. 2020
- Media Type
- Moving Images
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Notes
- Transcribed title
Images
Video
A Pig's Tale, Oct. 2020
A Pig's Tale, Oct. 2020
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/media/hpo/_Data/_BVM_Moving_Images/2020_0028_0007_001.mp4
disk record with cover and sleeve
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact87644
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.14.1
- Description
- Long play disk record with cover/jacket and sleeve. 33 1/3 R.P.M. The record and cover are titled "Here We Are Again / BURNABY RASCALS - ON TOUR", "C 100"; recorded c. 1977. The record has a red coloured label with black text. "SIDE 1 / 1. Something to Sing About (soloists: Ethel Fryer, Georgia Booth, Elizabeth Kolesar) / 2. Northen Lights of Aberdeen (soloist: Elizabeth Kolesar) / 3. Souix City Sue (soloist: Jim Cooper) / 4. Billy Boy (soloists: Ruth Gowans, Harry Guss) / 5. Let's Go Bowling (soloist: Fred Fisher) / 6. It is no Secret (soloist: Fred Spain)" "SIDE 2 / 1. Model Railroad Man (composed by soloist Norah Code) / 2. Carolina in the Morning (soloist: Dorothy Lowe) / 3. Swinging on a Star (soloists: Georgia Booth, Elizabeth Kolesar, Ethel Fryer) / 4. Bell Bottom Trousers (soloist: Reta Clifford) / 5. Sugartime (soloists: Nettie Fisher, Kay Hood, Maria Kahovec) / 6. Lazy Hazy Days of Summer (entire ensemble) The record sleeve is a plain white envelope with a circular cut out to show the disk record label. The cover has a colour photograph of the Burnaby Rascals group standing in front of a tour coach from Columbia Stage Lines Ltd. 12 inch disk
- Object History
- The Burnaby Rascals were a musical therapy group started at the Bonsor Centre for Seniors. They performed a vaudeville variety show throughout B.C. in the 1970's.
- Measurements
- Disk: Dia.: 30.0 cm Cover: W: 31.4 cm x L: 31.4 cm
- Maker
- Praise Records
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Burnaby
- Names
- Burnaby Rascals
Images
framed collage
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact89571
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV017.32.49
- Description
- framed collage; red velvet matte secured over wood with masking tape; wood frame with gold painted highlights. Five colour photographs of the Burnaby Rascals singing group are adhered to the front. Carved wood text reading: "BATHURST / WELCOMES BURNABY/ SENIOR CITIZENS" is sewn to the backing board with red wool. Two illustrated colour stickers are adhered to the front, one reading "SAINT JOHN / REVERSING FALLS" and the other reading "FREDERICTON, N.B.". Adhered in the centre is a painted wood carving of two clasping hands. The center photograph is dated "1971-1981" on the front in blue ink.
- Object History
- The Burnaby Rascals were a musical therapy group started at the Bonsor Centre for Seniors. They performed a vaudeville variety show throughout B.C. in the 1970's.
- Measurements
- L: 78.5 cm x W: 37.8 cm
- Names
- Burnaby Rascals
Images
