The Teochew narrative singing performances in Malaysia were brought over by the southern Chinese through maritime migration.As an enclave culture,it occupies a unique space in foreign territories.Malaysian Chinese not only perform Teochew narrative singing but also compose and rearrange new songbooks.This article systematically examines the Teochew opera songbooks found in Malaysian Chinese associations.By comparing to mainland China's counterpart,their scholarly and documentary values are affirmed.The existence of these mu-sical materials indicates that Teochew songbooks are not only for performance but also as a means of historical writing and memory.The study of overseas Teochew songbooks reveals the records of their distribution in South-east Asia and exposes the social and survival history of their production.
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