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Penang Images 23 images Created 21 Sep 2009

Penang is one of Malaysia's main tourist draws with good beaches, a rich multicultural history full of Malay, Chinese, Indian and European influences. Penang is also well known for being the "food paradise" of Malaysia. Besides the rich and complex food adventures that any foodie will appreciate, together with Malacca, Penang was named a UNESCO World Heritage site for its unique vernacular architecture
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  • Sam Poh Tong cave temples - these picturesque structures embedded within the high limestone caves and cavities located near Gunung Rapat just outside Ipoh are a sight to behold.  There are impressive works of art, with statues of Buddha in various forms among natural stalactities and rock formations.
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  • Most people forget that Penang is, first and foremost a port. It still is a busy one.  Port Swettenham on the north of the Weld Quay is now the berthing place for cruise ships as well as ferries to Sumatra and Langkawi. The newly renovated Church Street Pier is now a high end waterfront place of leisure where a century ago, it was the main pier for small boats to unload their cargo.
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  • Penang Ferry Service is the oldest ferryboat service in Malaysia. The ferry connects Sultan Abdul Halim ferry terminal in Butterworth to Raja Tun Uda ferry terminal at Weld Quay in George Town on Penang Island.  The ferry service began operation in 1920, under the management of a Chinese-owned company. However, today, it is jointly operated by the Penang Port Commission (PPC) and Penang Port Sdn Bhd.
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  • The Peranakans also known as the Babas and Nyonyas was a prominent community of Chinese unique to Penang and other Straits towns. The Peranakans created a unique, rich lifestyle  which left behind a legacy of antiques and cultural influences that are still evident in Penang today.  The Pinang Peranakan Mansion was a typical home of a rich Baba of a century ago is recreated to offer a glimpse of their opulent lifestyle and of their many customs and traditions.
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  • Kek Lok Si Temple or Temple of Supreme Bliss is one of the best known temples in Penang and said to be the largest Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia.
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  • George Town Penang Street Art started with Penang’s Georgetown Festival in 2012.  Beginning then, crumbling old walls gained a new lease of life.  Most of the more artistic murals and street art were created by a Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic who was living in Penang at the time.  His artworks are humorous but at the same time open to interpretation.  Besides the paintings and murals, there are also steel rod wire sculptures scattered around the old sections of George Town with more local and somewhat less artistic themes.
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  • Parasailing at Batu Ferringhi which has some of the nicest beaches on Penang Island. The long stretch of beach is a combination of wide golden-sand beaches and picturesque deep blue-green coves surrounded by large granite boulders that tumbled from the hilly interiors of the island, right into the sea.  Some locals believe that the word Ferringhi was derived from Portuguese which means 'foreigners rock'.
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  • Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi or Khoo Kongsi for short is one of the most distinctive Chinese clan associations in Malaysia. It is well known worldwide for its extensive lineage that can be traced back 650 years, as well as its closely-knit and defensive congregation of buildings and a magnificent clanhouse. To make it to Leong San Tong, which is perhaps the most majestic clanhouse in South East Asia, you will need to pass through an alley between two rows of 19th century terrace houses before you reach it in its secluded square.
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  • A shophouse is a style of architecture unique to Southeast Asia. This hybrid building form characterises many  towns in the region, especially Singapore and Malaysia.  By the mid-20th century, pastel colours (rose pink, baby blue, light yellow, etc) became popular, and they remain the colours that most people most strongly associate with these buildings.
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  • Shophouses are commonly seen in Southeast Asia, especially Penang, Malacca and Singapore. These shophouses or godowns are mostly two or three stories high with a shop on the ground floor for the store with a residence above the shop. This type of hybrid architecture characterises the historical centers of most towns and cities in the Southeast Asia region.  It is often called shophouse architecture, godown architecture, straits architecture or peranakan architecture.
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  • Chinese Temple Lanterns, Penang
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  • The cycle rickshaw is a small-scale local means of transport known by a variety of names such as pedicab or trishaw. The term Rickshaw is used more broadly, and also refers to auto rickshaws, and the, now uncommon, rickshaws pulled by a person on foot. Cycle rickshaws are human-powered, a type of tricycle designed to carry pasengers in addition to the driver. They are often used on a for hire basis. Cycle rickshaws are widely used in major cities around the world, but most commonly in Southeast Asia.
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  • Built in 1903 in the typical British Palladian architectural style, George Town City Hall has been listed as a national monument since 1982. The design of the City Hall building bears a resemblance to the nearby Town Hall.
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  • To commemorate Queen Victoria's 1897 Diamond Jubilee, a Jubilee Clock Tower was constructed in George Town, Penang at the time a British Straits Settlement in the same year at junction of Light Street and Pantai Street. Built in a Moorish style the tower is sixty feet tall, one foot for each year of Victoria's reign.
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  • The Snake Temple in Penang was build in the memory of Chor Soo Kong by a Buddhist monk who had immigrated to Penang. Chor Soo Kong had healing powers and had given shelter to snakes when he lived in the jungle. As the story goes, snakes entered the temple after completing and have never left to pay respect to Chor Soo Kong. The Snake Temple original name was the "Temple of the Azure Cloud" in honor of the beauty of Penang's sky. The temple is dedicated to a deity called Cheng Swee Chor Soo.
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  • Chinese Decorative Incense with Colorful Dragons - There are many forms of Chinese incense and its use and formulation theory is strongly tied to Traditional Chinese medicine and are still referred today as "fragrant medicines". Use of incense has long been as much for healthy well-being as religious ceremonies.
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  • The mansion built by the merchant Cheong Fatt Tze at the end of 19th century has 38 rooms, 5 granite-paved courtyards, 7 staircases & 220 vernacular louvre windows.  Other features of the house include Chinese cut-and-paste porcelain work and Art Nouveau stained glass. The mansion was originally built with careful attention to the principles of Feng Shui: it faces the sea and has Penang Hill behind it;  it has water running through it.  The distinctive blue colour of the mansion is the result of mixing lime with natural blue dye made from the Indigo plant. The blue was very popular in the Colonial period, the dye was imported from India. The lime wash was very effective in a tropical weather as it absorbed moisture and cooled the house.
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  • Golden Chinese Dragon at Kek Lok Si Temple or Temple of Supreme Bliss, a Buddhist temple situated in Penang and  one of the best known temples on the island. It is said to be the largest Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia.
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  • Colorful frescos at Kek Lok Si Temple or Temple of Supreme Bliss -  one of the best known temples in Penang. It is said to be the largest Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia.
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  • Making chapatis in LIttle India, Penang
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  • Tandoori Set at an Indian restaurant in George Town, Penang.
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  • The cycle rickshaw is a small-scale local means of transport known by a variety of names such as pedicab or trishaw. The term Rickshaw is used more broadly, and also refers to auto rickshaws, and the, now uncommon, rickshaws pulled by a person on foot. Cycle rickshaws are human-powered, a type of tricycle designed to carry pasengers in addition to the driver. They are often used on a for hire basis. Cycle rickshaws are widely used in major cities around the world, but most commonly in Southeast Asia.
    penang-rickshaw-01.jpg
  • The Peranakans, also known as the Babas and Nyonyas, was a prominent community of acculturated Chinese unique Penang and other Straits Settlements.  Adopting selected ways of the local Malays and later, the colonial British, the Peranakans  created a unique lifestyle and customs which left behind a rich legacy of antiques and cultural influences like cuisine and language are still evident in Penang today.  The Pinang Peranakan Mansion was a typical home of a rich Baba of a century ago is recreated to offer a glimpse of their opulent lifestyle and of their many customs and traditions.
    peranakan-mansion-06.jpg