Sanglay

In 1639, on pretence of a concerted insurrection, twenty-three thousand Sanglayes (descendants of Chinese and natives) were put to the sword.

All these constituents - Christians or pagans, Tagals, Vicols, Chinese and Sanglays, Whites and Creoles, the subjugated and the untamed -- form a nation of 3 1/2 million men, including the neighboring islands.

Take it to Sugbu, barter for it with the Sanglay, the Chinese. For metal implements. Knives, needles. Porcelain and celadon ware. The Sanglay come in their batwinged junks with the onset of the northeast monsoon, the amihan.

Lim Pay went to the Parian — the pueblo of the Sanglays, where Father, Mother, and I often go after Sunday Mass to eat at the panciteria — to tell his friends that the gobernador was sending soldiers to take away their goods and close down their stores. Ah Beng said the Sanglays were very scared and some became angry.

'Kitchen Spanish' as spoken by Chinese sanglays as they were known in the Philippines is typified by the following example ..."

Scions of old chanters like National Living Treasure for Epic Literature, Federico “Tuohan” Caballero, mentions a sanglay as gong bearer. As such, a gong must have gotten to the interior through trade or leisure sea travel.

Different spaces and times crossed and confronted each other. In Manila, for instance, the district of the Chinese merchants, or sanglays, was organised according to the Chinese calendar.