Day 2: Penang Heritage Trail

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Please follow my foot print to the old Penang.

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Photos

Khoo Kongsi
The most beautiful Chinese clan temple in South East Asia.

Khoo Kongsi front view
Khoo Kongsi and chinese lion which provide a security and protect the temple.

Leong San Tong Khoo Kong Si
It is called Leong San Tong Khoo Kong Si.

Khoo Kongsi
The preying hall in the temple.

In the temple
The corridor in Khoo Kongsi clan temple.

Theatre stage in Khoo Kongsi
The opera show used to be held over here in old days.

Khoo Kongsi
The old houses opposite to the temple.

Han Jiang Ancestrial Temple - UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Conservation Award 2006
This is an ancestral temple of the Teochew Chinese, and the building received the recognition by UNESCO in 2006.

Han Jiang Ancestrial Temple
The door and the hall.

Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion
The mansion built by Cheong Fatt Tze, (1840-1917), the prominent Chinese businessman, at the end of 19th Century.

Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion
The beautiful blue colour of the mansion.

Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion
Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion received the UNESCO 'Most Excellent' Heritage Conservation Award in year 2000.

Cheah Kongsi Clan Temple
Khoo Kongsi, together with Cheah, Yeoh, Lim and Tan Kongsi, were known as the Five Big Clans (Goh Tai Seh) in the Hokkien community in old days of Penang.

The wall of Cheah Kongsi Clan Temple
The red wall in the temple.

Cheah Kongsi Clan Temple
Praying hall in the temple.

Cheah Kongsi Clan Temple
"Revolution not yet succeed, all brothers still have to work hard". By Mr. Sun Yat Sen, the great revolutionist in China. I found this Mr. Sun's photo in the temple.

Yap Temple
Yap Temple.

Yap Temple
Yap Temple at night.

Chinese Opera show
There was a Chinese opera show infront of Yap Temple.

Chinese Opera show
After 10 or 20 years, we still can see the show on the street in Penang? It needs us to conserve this tradition and culture.

Cantonise District Association
Other than Teochew and Hokkien, the Cantonise also part of early Chinese settlement in Penang.