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Tour Code :
PEN/PHT (Ex-Penang Hotel)
Departure : Daily
09:00am OR 14:00pm
(Duration
:
4 hours)
(09:00am OR 14:00pm) - Pick up at
hotel lobby and depart for Penang Heritage Tour. Tour feature Fort
Conrnwallis, Weld Quay, Khoo Ancestral Clan House, Street Of Harmony,
Peranakan
Mansion and E & O Hotel.
Fort Cornwallis - Fort Cornwallis
is situated at the spot where Captain Francis Light was supposed to have
landed in 1786. Originally a wooden structure, the fort was rebuilt
between 1808 and 1810 with convict labour. It was named after Charles
Marquis Cornwallis, a distinguished Governor General of India, and
designed to protect the harbour from possible French attacks. Today, local
beliefs have it that childless women can become fertile by placing flowers
in the barrel of the cannon and offering special prayers.
Khoo Ancestral Clan House (Khoo
Kongsi) - Probably Penang’s most picturesque building, the Khoo Kongsi is
made up of two buildings on opposite sides to each other. One building
serves as the ancestral temple while the other is used for staging plays
and operas. The Khoo Kongsi is meant only for members of the Leong San
Tong (Dragon Mountain Hall) clan, whose forefathers came from Sin Kang
village in Hokkien province, China. Construction of the Khoo Kongsi
started in 1894 and took eight years to complete. Its original design was
very elaborate meant to capture the splendour of the Chinese imperial
palace. Its seven-tiered pavilion, dragon pillars and hand-painted walls
engraved with the Khoo emblem was thought to have even outshone the
imperial palace itself. On the first night of its completion, the Khoo
Kongsi caught fire and many said it was because the gods were unhappy with
the scale of its grandeur. It was then rebuilt on a smaller scale but it
still retains the distinctive architecture of the master craftsmen from
China.
Pinang Peranakan Mansion - The
Peranakans, also known as the Babas and Nyonyas, was a prominent community
of acculturated Chinese unique to this part of the world, especially in
the Straits Settlements (Penang, Malacca and Singapore) hence its other
name, the Straits Chinese. Adopting selected ways of the local Malays and
later, the colonial British, the Peranakans had created a unique lifestyle
and customs which had not only left behind a rich legacy of antiques but
its cultural influences like cuisine and language are still evident in
Penang today. At the Pinang Peranakan Mansion, the 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. With over 1,000 pieces
of antiques and collectibles of the era on display, this Baba-Nyonya
museum is also housed in one of Penang’s heritage mansion of eclectic
design and architecture. Built at the end of the 19th century by one of
local history’s famous personalities, the ‘Hai Kee Chan’ or Sea
Remembrance Store had once served as the residence and office of Kapitan
Cina Chung Keng Kwee. Though not a Baba himself, his Chinese courtyard
house was much like a typical large Baba home of eclectic style,
incorporating Chinese carved-wood panels and English floor tiles and
Scottish ironworks. Having survived the many decades of neglect and decay,
the mansion has now been restored to its former glory of a stately home.
E&O Hotel - In its early days as
an outpost of the East India Company,
Penang
drew travellers of every shade and description - merchants, missionaries,
mercenaries, sailors and adventurers.
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Tour Code :
PEN/PTE (Ex-Penang Hotel)
Departure : Daily 09:00am OR 14:00pm (Duration :
4 hours)
(09:00am OR 14:00pm) - Pick up at
hotel lobby and depart for Penang Trishaw Experience. Trishaw ride to Fort
Conrnwallis, Weld Quay, Khoo Ancestral Clan House, Street Of Harmony.
Fort Cornwallis - Fort Cornwallis
is situated at the spot where Captain Francis Light was supposed to have
landed in 1786. Originally a wooden structure, the fort was rebuilt
between 1808 and 1810 with convict labour. It was named after Charles
Marquis Cornwallis, a distinguished Governor General of India, and
designed to protect the harbour from possible French attacks. Today, local
beliefs have it that childless women can become fertile by placing flowers
in the barrel of the cannon and offering special prayers.
Khoo Ancestral Clan House (Khoo
Kongsi) - Probably Penang’s most picturesque building, the Khoo Kongsi is
made up of two buildings on opposite sides to each other. One building
serves as the ancestral temple while the other is used for staging plays
and operas. The Khoo Kongsi is meant only for members of the Leong San
Tong (Dragon Mountain Hall) clan, whose forefathers came from Sin Kang
village in Hokkien province, China. Construction of the Khoo Kongsi
started in 1894 and took eight years to complete. Its original design was
very elaborate meant to capture the splendour of the Chinese imperial
palace. Its seven-tiered pavilion, dragon pillars and hand-painted walls
engraved with the Khoo emblem was thought to have even outshone the
imperial palace itself. On the first night of its completion, the Khoo
Kongsi caught fire and many said it was because the gods were unhappy with
the scale of its grandeur. It was then rebuilt on a smaller scale but it
still retains the distinctive architecture of the master craftsmen from
China.
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