tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15253963670405666072024-03-29T06:15:50.983-07:00david 3816david3816http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186288087499999280noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525396367040566607.post-54291284485129162642019-02-21T06:45:00.002-08:002019-02-27T04:28:35.601-08:00The 2019 Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen New Year Floral Lantern FestivalDespite its somewhat sleepy town status, Jenjarom new village every Chinese New Year provides with bright and lively atmosphere of multi-coloured lights and lanterns.<br />
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The highlight of the village is the Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Temple which is decked in flowers and creative figurines to usher in the Lunar New Year Celebration.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Upon entering, visitors will be greeted by a vibrant and beautiful arch, welcoming them to the new village which is also known as Kampung Bahagia or Happy Village. Happy New Year!!! Let's Usher together into 2019 with saying Huat ah, Heng ah, Ong ah!(meaning prosperity, success and good luck)</span><br />
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Dong Zen Temple has a different theme for each Chinese New Year celebration, the celebration last for the entire 20 days. A visit to Dong Zen Temple for the New Year has become a tradition for many domestic and international tourists. Starting at 31 January till 19 Feb from 10 am to 10pm.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">In conjunction with the year of the pig, Ven master Hsing Yun`s Chinese couplet</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> `Always well-rounded and auspicious` .</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">After entering this road, walk straight until you see the big lantern-decked Dong Zen building on your right.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Giant Good Fortune and Happiness Lantern. Below big letters abbreviation <span style="color: red;">"I❤FGS"</span> for I Love Fo Guang Shan.</span></td></tr>
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The temple is a popular place of worship and hosts a lot of religious activities and fairs. They also have an art gallery that exhibits works of art that are related to Buddhism.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Temple (佛光山东禅寺) is one of the many branches of Buddhist temple established by the Buddhist monk, Master Hsing Yun. </span></td></tr>
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FGS in Chinese, 佛光山 literally means “the Mountain of Buddha’s Light”.<br />
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It's the largest Buddhist order in Taiwan having been established by Master Hsing Yun in 1967.Branches have opened all over the world and it aims to promote Buddhism through its educational programmes and good deeds. Malaysia is one of the many branches of Fo Guang Shan (“FGS”) throughout the world.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: red;">Safety Advice</span>. Glass can be dangerous. We have raised our concern of the visitors risk of crashing into glass door to one of the nun who was attending the FGS museum. One of the glass door was left opened while the other closed. Prior to this I have seen an old man walked straight into opened glass door. So hopefully in the future they should place something on the glass door like a CNY zodiac symbol with paper cut art to make it more visible.</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span></td></tr>
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To reduce the risk of accidental injury, many establishments use sections of frosted glass in doors to make them more conspicuous, or other means to identify clear glass in a door.<br />
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As Dong Zen gets very crowded at night, we usually plans our trip to arrive in Jenjarom before nightfall, taking the opportunity to stroll in the gardens to admire the beautiful orchids while waiting for the lights to come on.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Temple: main prayer hall seats a large Buddha statue</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Visitors must wear disposable socks which are provided before going inside the Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen temple to protect the marble floors from damage.</span></td></tr>
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This incredible gadget will automatically cover the bottom of your shoes when you step on it! It's almost like a mini shrink-wrapping machine for just the bottom of your shoes! To use it, just step onto the machine, and it will automatically wrap the bottom of your shoe with plastic and shrink wrap it to secure it in place.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">X</span><span style="font-size: small;">uanzang traveled along what we now know as the Silk Road. He survived the dangerous Taklamakan Desert and continued through the high and harsh mountains of Tian Shan (literally, mountains of the heavens or sky).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Xuanzang: The Monk who Brought Buddhism East</span></td></tr>
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One thing the temple is famous for is its annual lantern exhibits during the lunar new year. The lanterns are hand made by the monks and nuns and temple volunteer are a sight to behold at night, which appeared to be very skillfully crafted.<br />
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Volunteers, made up of craftsmen and engineers, designed and made the lanterns and figurines at the temple over the six months. So we really appreciate their time and amount of effort that they put into their job and we assure them that their efforts are significantly appreciated.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Zheng He (Chinese: 鄭和; 1371–1433 or 1435) was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat, fleet admiral, and court eunuch during China's early Ming dynasty.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;"> He was originally born as Ma He in a Muslim family, later adopted the conferred surname Zheng from Emperor Yongle. Zheng commanded expeditionary treasure voyages to Southeast Asia, South Asia, Western Asia, and East Africa from 1405 to 1433. His larger ships stretched 120 meters or more in length and carried hundreds of sailors on four tiers of decks.</span></td></tr>
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The Chinese believe the number "8" to be very auspicious and an omen for good luck. The gourd, as the gourd charm resembles the number "8".<br />
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The temple gardens are beautiful when the orchids are in bloom but I think the sheer crowds that throng the place causes it to lose some of its sereneness.<br />
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Butterfly, my butterfly, I’ll come home to you one day.<br />
Butterfly, my butterfly, wait for me, don’t fly away<br />
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Every Chinese New Year the temple puts on a Lantern and Flora Festival and the whole place is transformed into a glittering wonderland of red lanterns, digital lights, illuminated gardens and colourful displays for kids and adults.<br />
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The weather is warm and sunny, most visitors<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This looks more like an act of vandalism. </span></td></tr>
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Flower vandalism. It's disheartening. If it's kids you need to get hold of their parents. The parents should make the kids pay for replacements. Adults vandals must keep their itchy hands to themselves.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pigs communicate constantly. More than 20 different vocalizations have been identified. All we hear is radio ga ga nope is Old MacDonald had a farm E-I-E-I-O! And on that farm he had some pigs, E-I-E-I-O! With a oink-oink here and a oink-oink there Here an oink there an oink, ..</span></td></tr>
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Pigs communicate with a variety of grunts and squeaks. A short grunt, a longer growl and a loud roar will warn other pigs of approaching danger. Pigs can't fly, but we can squeal!” . A pig's squeal can be as loud as 115 decibels – that's 3 decibels higher than the sound of a supersonic airliner.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Pumbaa- wild Hog. I couldn't find his lantern.</td></tr>
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Are you talking to *me*? Timon: Ya shouldn't have done that. Pumbaa: Are you talking to ME? Timon: Now they're in for it. Pumbaa: They call me MR. PIG. AHHHH!<br />
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Interesting Facts. The word ‘barbecue’ comes from the French who called their Caribbean pork feasts ‘de barbe et queue’, which means ‘from beard to tail’.<br />
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Pigs are one of the oldest forms of livestock, pigs were domesticated earlier than cows. Nowadays, pigs are farmed for their meat called ‘pork’, although some keep them as pets.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Today, more than 100 nations rely on the U.S. for their pork supplies, and the U.S. is the largest exporter of pork in the world, with 26% of total production going into the export market.</span></td></tr>
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Most pigs raised in the United States are classified as meat-type pigs, as they produce more lean meat than lard, a fat used in cooking.<br />
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I was reading an article last week dated Oct 2, 2012 about a Oregon farmer eaten by his pigs ... out the possibility that the farmer could have collapsed from a medical emergency, such as a heart attack. The following day, Feb 8, 2019...I read the news about another incident from Udmurtiar in Russia farm. A farmer was eaten alive by pigs after collapsing in their pigsty. The 56-year-old woman is believed to have suffered an epileptic seizure while feeding the animals.<br />
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Some animals have memory of harm done to them can choose to take revenge for the harm inflicted on them. Does that include Pig?<br />
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Pigs are omnivores, which means that they consume both plants and animals. Lately omnivores diet include human? They will eat almost anything – including human bones.<br />
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Fire Pig Pokémon<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>チャオブー<br />
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The temple, surrounded by luscious green gardens, is a popular stop for tourists to snap photographs and admire the well-designed landscaped gardens.<br />
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In conjunction with the year of the pig, Ven master Hsing Yun`s Chinese couplet `Always well-rounded and auspicious` for the year of the pig, is the theme for the floral lantern starting at 31 January for a period of 20 days till 19 Feb.<br />
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The theme is positioned under the Fortune Tree which comes with three little pig figurines that represent goodness, diligence and unity.<br />
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Figure of speech: 豬乸會上樹 - (lit. female pigs can climb tree) something impossible; "When pigs fly".<br />
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Another word for pig: hog, sow, boar, piggy, swine.<br />
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The largest pig on record was a Poland-China hog named ‘Big Bill’. He weighed a portly 2,552 lbs and was so large that he dragged his belly on the ground. He had a shoulder height of 5 feet and a length of 9 feet.<br />
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Pigs walk on only two of their toes on each feet. Pigs look like they are walking on tip toe.There are four toes on each foot, with the two large middle toes used by the pig for walking.<br />
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Pigs need glasses. Their eyesight is among the poorest of the barnyard species, but compensate with one of the most powerful noses. Their snout is actually 2,000 times more sensitive than the human nose.<br />
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Newborn piglets learn to run to their mother’s voice and to recognize their own names. Huh?<br />
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Pig looks slow and heavy. Look at you, old hairy guy with the big fat belly but don't let the looks fool you. Think that pigs are slow and lumbering? As it turns out, they're not at all! </div>
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Domestic pigs average a top speed of about 11 miles per hour. A wild boar, which isn't as fat-laden as a domestic pig, can reach speeds over 30 mph.</div>
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Pigs don't usually run in a straight line. They often zigzag in order to escape enemies or potential predators or from being eaten.</div>
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There are a lot of misconceptions about pigs,and it's one animal people don't really seem to understand. Pig general facts include: ... </div>
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“People think pigs are filthy, but that's not really true" or "You are sweating like a pig!”</div>
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While this phrase is a common insult, the science behind the statement is faulty. Pigs actually have a few sweat glands, which is why they tend to roll in the mud in nature to stay cool. Modern farming practices aim to regulate temperatures in the barn to keep the animals comfortable.</div>
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On the contrary they are cleaner than most human. Pigs would never make their sleeping or eating area dirty. If held under proper conditions, pigs are very hygienic actually. In their pen they use one area for a toilet, one area for their food and one area for sleeping. Pigs must have a warm, dry sleeping area.</div>
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During Chinese New Year period, there is usually a lantern festival during the night, and this temple would be a hive of business and activities, as throngs of people from all walks of life would make a visit to see the beautiful and colourful lanterns on display.<br />
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The kaleidoscope of colourful and brightly lit lanterns and lights would turn the whole area into a fairyland. It's a fantastic and wonderful experience to stroll around to take in all the sights and sounds. There would be several stalls selling vegetarian food and drinks in the compound of the temple.<br />
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At night, the lighting is switching on and the whole atmosphere is different! 'Let The Show Begin'<br />
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Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Temple here greets the year of pig with a splendid 3D light festival themed by Ven Master Hsing Yun for a peaceful and prosperous year.<br />
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At nightfall the crowd already packed the courtyard. Tourists slowing down and admire different lantern shape, while some of them will take a picture. Others trying to walk through the pedestrian bottleneck. Chaotic traffic turns FGS into a pedestrian's nightmare.<br />
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Although it is nice to position with fountain lantern side by side, Zheng He voyages lantern and Xuanzang 20meter long lantern has caused the pedestrian narrow bottleneck. Perhaps the person in charge of arrangement need to avoid placing this tall and long lantern to give pedestrian flow through wide bottlenecks.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Xuanzang </span><span style="font-size: small;"> became a main character in the great Chinese epic Journey to the West.</span><span style="font-size: small;">Journey to the West is a Chinese novel published in the 16th century during the Ming dynasty and attributed to Wu Cheng'en. </span><span style="font-size: small;">More fun if the lantern with the four primary novel characters: Xuanzang, Sun Wukong, Sha Wujing and Zhu Bajie. </span></div>
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A wide-angle lens broadens the field of view of your camera, allowing you to take more dramatic landscape shots, or even better photos indoors or in confined spaces. Sadly you will not get a better photo with your own handphone as this place will be crowded with selfie sticks are an annoying obstacle when you're trying to manouvere yourself around crowded tourists.<br />
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Dragonflies. These insects may look like scary biters, but they are only dangerous to mosquitoes. Dragonfly larvae, “nymphs,” feed on mosquito larvae, and adult dragonflies feed on adult mosquitoes.<br />
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The structure just like a scene from Tom Cruise War of the Worlds As Earth is invaded by alien tripod fighting machines.<br />
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Ven Jue Cheng said the theme ` always well-rounded and auspicious ` signifies smoothness for each visitor. With lights and musical performance, one can feel the joy and hope brought by spring.<br />
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This story is about three little pigs, which build home to safeguard them form the Big Bad wolf. The first little pig built his house out of straw because it was the easiest thing to do.</div>
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The second little pig built his house out of wood. This was a little bit stronger that a straw house. The third little pig built his house out of bricks.</div>
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The Big bad wolf who learnt that they live separately wishes to eat them up. Easy meat or so he thought. So he blows the house of straw and wood which forces the first two pigs to take shelter in the brick house. Then I´ll huff and I´ll puff and I´ll blow your house..<br />
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The Big bad wolf tries his best to blow the brick house in vain. The wolf tries in many ways and finally thought he outsmart them by climbs up on the roof and jumps in through a chimney but only to fall straight into the kettle of boiling water, which killed the big bad wolf. The first two little pigs build a Brick house for them and they live happily without the fear of the wolf.<br />
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Pig is the twelfth of all zodiac animals. According to one myth, the Jade Emperor said the order would be decided by the order in which they arrived to his party. Pig was late because he overslept. Another story says that a wolf destroyed his house. He had to rebuild his home before he could set off. When he arrived, he was the last one and could only take twelfth place.<br />
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The floral lanterns are made of recycle items where penguin lanterns used in previous years are turned into pig themed lanterns.<br />
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Use meditation technique to accomplish this. Purge out of the negative emotions of greed, anger, jealousy and hate. It is very good to recite the mantra Om mani padme hum.<br />
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Buddhism strongly recognizes the significance of auras, to such a degree that the colors of the Buddhist flag [blue, yellow, red, white, orange] represent the colors of the aura believed to have emanated from the body of Gautama Buddha when he attained Enlightenment.<br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">Sorry, don't know how else to describe them. They are usually painted on plywood, sometimes they're more sculptural. They usually have cartoony people painted on the, but where the faces are supposed to be is a hole and you'r supposed to stand behind it and put your face their so you're the character.</span></div>
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After the centre was closed for more than 10 years because of management problems, it has been given a new breath of life since September 2016 and redeveloped at a cost of RM20mil on a 19.8ha site at Durian Tunggal.<br />
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The new rebranded cultural based theme park showcasing the unique culture and lifestyle of the Chinese community besides elements of arts and education.<br />
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We made it a family vacation spot on the 30th August, Eve of Merdeka but unfortunately when we reach there we told that the place have revised their opening hours. On Monday to Thursday CLOSED, unless it is public / school holidays. Friday to Sunday 9:00am to 6:00pm. </div>
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A rather awkward situations as operational hours not on weekdays. If you have happen to browse through 2016 blog you will find it's operational even weekdays. We were told by the security man they only open of Fri- Sunday. He should also recommend us since we go there empty handed why not have lunch at their vegetarian restaurant.Vegetarian restaurant Mun Restaurant is one of the best I've been to but the location quite far away from the Malacca town.</div>
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When we return again on Sunday, we saw big space of empty parking at the foothill. This can't be right as it is the weekend. Resorts will need to promote the Touch City as Melaka tourist destination, aggressive packaging strategies and advanced Internet marketing their resort using social media.<br />
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Where are the tourist cars or buses? Feeling a bit worried that it's closed again and finding difficulty to find the ticket booth. The management should take a look at this problem. The booth should be clearly visible.<br />
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At the bottom of the walkway of steps I went there but found there's nobody attending the counter, it's more like a store room. Unsure where to go, I keep on walking the long distance walkway steps (the visitor information board name it "Skyway" cause it appear like a sky cloud but in term of walking it's rather not practical).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">H<span style="font-size: small;">mmm... No idea which Chinese Warrior? My guess is "ZhongKui", Traditional Chinese ethnic culture who was regarded as the most famous Ghost Catcher God in China since Tang dynasty. A fierce-looking statue usually brandishing a magic sword, used to place in Chinese houses in order to scare away evil spirits and demons. Here you can see from the picture that the statue is holding a spear so I could be wrong?</span></td></tr>
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Adult (age 13 - 59): RM36.00; Child (age 7 - 12): RM20.00; Senior Citizen (age 60 above):Rm20.</div>
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Their landmark of previous Auyin-Hill Resort is still maintain by the new owner/co-founder, Mr. Chong Wee Chau. By preserving this attraction with the hope to bring nostalgia feel where it could be one of the greatest and memorable visit during the 90’s.</div>
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Laughing Buddha or Fat Buddha Bodhisattva Maitreya (Chin: Mileh-fo, Jap: Miroku ... is used to express someone who is exceedingly tolerant - has a "big stomach". Isn't it being caring, compassionate, and wearing your emotions on your sleeve are just the start of what it means to have a big heart?<br />
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Wing Chun is a very unique and effective martial art. It is the only martial art created and made famous by a woman.<br />
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Going Round In The Shape Of A Figure Eight. Aiya no stepping stone in grass to get to other side.<br />
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Everybody was kung-fu fighting<br />
Those kicks were fast as lightning<br />
In fact it was a little bit frightening<br />
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Snow attributed phoenix is the fourth most powerful phoenix. It brings snow (breath out) and froze (breath in). Fire phoenix represent reborn and hope; Snow phoenix represents motherly nature and purity.<br />
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Two Heavenly members fall in love with each other and punished by Jade Emperor to be two restrictive attributes of phoenix. They can only see each other distantly. The love depicted implies The Touch City hope of bringing respect towards the sense of love.<br />
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In ancient Indian art, the Buddha Shakyamuni was not represented as a person but as a stupa. The stupas built with relics and other holy objects that they collected from the Buddha’s cremation.<br />
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Most dragons in the mainstream media in the West are terrors and evil while the Chinese have different views. By contrast, the Chinese dragon is an auspicious creature, symbolizing strength, wisdom, good luck and power over the elements of wind and water.</div>
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Ancient Chinese believed they were descendants of the dragon (龍的傳人). </div>
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Jiang Ziya, the great general and strategist and military mastermind who was key to establishing the Zhou Dynasty, was said to have spent years in his old age fishing. His unconventional methods of fishing by using a straight hook, or no bait, or with his hook dangling above the water.</div>
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The future king walked by everyday and saw this old fisherman fishing with a hookless rod. One day, finally his curiosity compelled him to go to him and have a good chat with the old man.</div>
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The Old Man told him, "I am not fishing for fish, but I am fishing for man." You see, this old man is waiting for the right person to come along. Nowadays, there is a saying that Lord Jiang goes fishing simply implies that " those who wants to get caught, gets caught. "</div>
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After Jiang Ziya became the general, he was known as "Taigong", or "the Grand Duke". The degree to which this qualifies as a myth is open to question, but it is certainly a well-known motif.</div>
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It's amazing, birds are very friendly and domestic.Most of the birds are not in cages, and you can take really good pictures.</div>
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Bird poop brings good luck! There is a belief that if a bird poops on you, your car or your property, you may receive good luck and riches. The more birds involved, the richer you'll be! So next time a bird poops on you, remember that it's a good thing.<br />
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Parakeets make lively, attractive companions with their bright plumage and happy chirping.<br />
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Wash your hands thoroughly with soap, water and a disinfectant before entering the bird cage area. You will also step on an unique mat for disinfecting your boots and shoes located just inside the entrance before entering a premises. Before leaving the cage you need to repeat the steps for hygenic purpose.<br />
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We do love the bird park and the rabbit park. They let the birds fly freely around us.Wonderful to see the flock of birds take flight and their impressive flying maneuvers.<br />
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Males are known as peacocks and females as peahens. Females have white bellies, while males' bellies are the same blue as the rest of their plumage.<br />
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Male peacocks fan their colourful rear feathers and shake them, to attract the attention of the lady birds(peahens).<br />
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Poor Rabbits. Too many sudden gestures and a lack of gentle handling could hurt them and cause them to feel anxious.We often see rabbits become more stressed when they are around children. This is because children are less conscious and careful of their actions around animals and so can scare them more easily.<br />
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My Suggested Route is simply a nice walk covering the left after walking towards the Green Dragon. After finished covering the left side attraction you should be hungry now. Walk to the blissfully air conditioned Cultural Promenade to cool off after a hot day tour which shows you the history of Melaka and the Peranakan people through the medium of 3D art photography.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Try the Mun restaurant - the vegetarian cuisine were superb</span></td></tr>
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Malacca Historical in 3D Art Exhibition<br />
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Stroll inside the air conditioned Cultural Promenade which shows you some of the history of Melaka and the Peranakan people by the means of 3D art photography. Beautiful painted, you can use your imagination as an observer makes your own interpretation of the artwork.<br />
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Visitors themselves become part of the art by simply posing infront of the many 3D paintings and taking pictures, interact with this and become part of history. It’s also provide information with detailed information boards.<br />
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There is a vegetarian restaurant where you can have your meals after exploring the vast area when exit from Cultural Promenade.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Land was sighted. 1421: The Year China Discovered America. Legend says, Cheng Ho(Zheng He) may have discovered America 70 years before Christopher Columbus.</span></td></tr>
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Standing seven feet tall, Admiral Zheng He towered over his crew at the prow of his legendary treasure ship.(宝船, Bǎo Chuán)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Treasure Boat (Bao-Chuan) is a type of ocean going Chinese Junk which was the largest wooden ships ever built (30 times larger than the Christopher Columbus' flagship, Santa Maria.)</span></td></tr>
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Zheng He's treasure ships were enormous, with nine masts and four decks capable of accommodating more than 500 passengers, as well as a massive amount of cargo.<br />
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Zheng He's journeys took him to 37 countries over 28 years as part of the mightiest fleet that ever sailed, with 300 ships and 28,000 sailors. Setting out six centuries ago on the first of seven landmark voyages, he reached south-east Asia, India, the Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, and as far as the east coast of Africa. Some say he may even have made it to America.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">From as early as the 16th Century, when migrants travelled from their home country to Malaya, some began to adopt the local culture and inter-married with the locals.</span></td></tr>
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The term Baba is an honorific term for a Peranakan male. Strictly speaking a Peranakan-Chinese Baba is a descendant of a Chinese who has had long residence in the Straits, as opposed to the local-born children of nineteenth century Chinese immigrants. Nyonya is term given to a Peranakan female.<br />
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The Baba Nyonya are rich in cultural heritage, arts and fashion. A Pak Chindek, and a Sang Kek Um (the wedding masters and mistresses respectively) are most often required because traditions become so elobrate which takes 12 days because of the many rituals and process to be observed.<br />
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By preserving this house for tourist and students with the hope to honour the Peranakan spirit, keeping it alive for many generations to come! The house was well maintained, beautiful and has been passed down from 10 generations.<br />
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However it left a bad taste. Photography and videography are not allowed within the museum. Dear Owners: What's your side of the story? I can foresee 99% who filled the visitor feedback form will complain/grumble about the strict no photography policy.<br />
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We had our incredible nyonya lunch at the The Kapitan Kongsi Hotel and Restaurant during our stay at Melaka town. The hotel is nostalgically housed in Porto Historia, a modern built architecture masterpiece inspired from the late "Straits" Eclectic style between 1910's and 1940's.<br />
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Kapitan Kongsi Boutique Hotel owner also an avid collector of Peranakan antiquities, and was very eager to share his priceless collction. The lobby is full of baba nyonya type of furniture and also few classic bikes on display purpose only.<br />
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Best of all he's not a stingy person. There's no admission fee here! No ban on photography, people taking pictures all they want.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are a few stories how Melaka got it's name. This is the most famous..<br />Look there my king. The cute little Mouse deer kicking the hunting dog into river!</span></td></tr>
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Anyway, according to Legend this is how the story goes...The last king of Singapore (known as Temasek in the past meaning 'Sea Town' or 'Sea Port') was defeated in one Majapahit naval attack in 1398 and fled north to scout for a new piece of land.<br />
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While taking shelter and resting under a tree, he witnessed a strange face off confrontation. During a hunting trip, one of his dogs cornered a mouse deer or known locally as Sang Kancil. In desperate retaliation, the mouse deer kicked the dog on its nose.<br />
The Indian prince was so impressed by mousedeer’s had the guts to fight back.<br />
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That encounter give him an inspiration to stir him up, urging him to never give up hope even when the chips are down.<br />
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Chinese Proverbs said: "Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up."<br />
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Learning from the observations, he take the cue as a good omen to build his new kingdom. Later, he asked a local what's the name of this place?<br />
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The local misunderstood him, what he thought were the name of the tree replied that it was called Malacca.<br />
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Parameswara decided to established a new kingdom and name the state as Malacca which based from the name of that tree.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you want to see how a Melaka tree looks like it can be found at Tan Kim Hock Product Centre in Jalan Laksamana Cheng Ho. </span></td></tr>
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Within decades, the new city grew rapidly and became a wealthy hub of international commercial activity. A bustling, cosmopolitan port in Southeast Asia which later attracts as much envy as it attracts admiration of other nations.<br />
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For centuries, China has been known with various formal greeting etiquettes in ancient China. Among them the fist and palm salute is quite classic one. Noted that in history, for male Chinese people they considered the left as the important and honorable side. If you are female, the honorble side is the right, and you should do the fist palm salute the other way which should be right-hand on the top.</div>
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Hang Li Po (Chinese: 漢麗寶; pinyin: Hàn Lìbǎo, or Wang Lìbǎo) was believed to be the fifth wife of Malaccan Sultan Mansur Shah (reigned 1456-1477). She was bestowed with the Title Hang by the Sultan for her adoption of Malay Customs. She was supposedly daughter of a Ming Emperor Yong Le to marry the reigning Sultan of Melaka, Sultan Mansur Shah in order to strengthen the relationship between the two countries.</div>
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It is disputed whether Hang Li Po ever existed, as she was never recorded in the Ming Chronicles, nor in the genealogical record of the imperial house of Zhu, the royal family of the Ming dynasty. Prof Khoo: No record of the existance of Princess Hang Li Po; its a myth ... facts instead of myths and legends.</div>
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The Buddhist naga has the form of a great cobra, usually depicted with a single head but sometimes with many heads. The naga which is seen sheltering the Buddha while meditating is known as Mucilanda. Mucilanda is believed to have protected the Buddha from the elements like rain and storm after he attained enlightenment.<br />
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It is believed that the four weeks after the Buddha began meditating under the Bodhi tree, the heavens darkened for seven days, a heavy rainfall began to pour. The mighty king of the serpents, Mucilanda- the large cobra snake then is said to have emerged from beneath the earth and protected the Buddha with his hood from the monsoon rains.<br />
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When the storm stopped, the serpent king Mucilanda assumed his human form, bowed before the Buddha and returned to his palace in joy. The iconographic representation of this Buddhist folklore is known as the Naga Buddha statues.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;">Keanu Reeves convincing portrayal of Buddha in 1993 Italian-French-British drama film,"Little Buddha". 2,600 years ago people reported that they had seen a large king cobra with its hood spread, like an umbrella, shielding the Buddha from the rain.</span></td></tr>
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One of the legend on Door Gods comes from a Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Wu Cheng-en, the emperor murdered many people on his rise to power. The emperor was unable to sleep peacefully,tormented by the guilt he begin to hear eerie disturbances of spirit outside his palace chamber at night.<br />
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When his two generals Chin and Yu-Chih volunteered to stand guard outside his palace entrance, the strange sounds ceased and the emperor no longer felt disturbed. Worried that his general cannot keep awake every night during their long duration, he came up with a brilliant idea. He instructed picture of them to be hung on the door entrance and the replacement guardian worked as well the actual sentinels.<br />
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<span style="white-space: pre;"> Climbing a flight of stairs uses more muscles than the simple act of walking. I think I'll sit this one out.</span><br />
<span style="white-space: pre;"><br /></span><span style="white-space: pre;"><br /></span>Menshen or door gods are divine guardians of doors and gates in Chinese folk religions, used to protect against evil influences or to encourage the entrance of positive ones. Where can they find such a big doors to accommodate the drawing?<br />
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The creation of the Largest Incense in The Touch City is to mark the human pay homage to the gods,expressed gratitude and respect to the heaven in giving us peace and harmony.<br />
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We also known this Heavenly Supreme Incense depicting its specialty in terms of its size and it could hardly be found in elsewhere in the world except in The Touch City.<br />
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Either side of the Hall, there is a long flight of stairs of ‘Stairway to Heaven’, which leads to the Heavenly Supreme Incense. I must say it's a hot day and I did not attempt the climb, so regretfully, I missed out on what might be arguably world’s largest sculpture of a joss stick. My sis and brother in law however did reached the top level.<br />
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A dragon turtle (龙龟, Lóngguī) is a legendary Chinese creature that combines two of the four celestial animals of Chinese mythology: the body of a turtle with a dragon is promoted as a positive ornament in Feng Shui, symbolizing courage, determination, fertility, longevity, power, success, and support.</div>
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Dragon Turtle in The Touch City unveil the vision statement of The Touch City Founder that was crafted on its stone tablet that emphasizes on importance of living in unity, sincerity, and kindness. It is believed these are the core values to build a peaceful and harmonic living.</div>
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After lunch at Mun Restaurant we continue our tour towards the park attraction, we go through a well-lighted man made cave tunnel. When we emerge from the cave, we felt as if we had passed into another world.</div>
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Upon arrival in car park, we can see dark clouds on the horizon, we're so sure the rain will spoil our visit. I'd say it's a good omen for the rest of the day with the sudden disappearance of threatening clouds from the sky. </div>
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A pond with seven concrete lotus stepping stone represent when seven steps forward and at each step a lotus flower appeared on the ground. Two more dragons waited at the base of the waterfall with spitting water out from their mouth.I've lost count of how many dragons featured here.</div>
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When Siddhartha was born from the right side of his mother Mahadevi, five-colored lotus flowers in full bloom covered the ground around her, and lotuses sprang up from the ground to support the baby’s feet. The baby Buddha then walked seven steps in the four cardinal directions, and at each step appeared a pure and beautiful lotus blossom. </div>
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This is my second visit and this time my niece came too. Last time I was here, was more than 2 years ago.<br />
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The admission ticket has been raised from Rm8 to Rm10( adult) and from Rm5 to Rm7(children) after few years.<br />
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Opened in 2013, Lavender Garden which was Cameron Highland's newest attraction is located just before Tringkap town and has since grown to become a prominent tourist attraction here.<br />
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It is 6km south of Brinchang town, one of the three major towns in Cameron. If you are coming in from the direction of Tapah interchange, you will have to pass through several town namely Ringlet, Tanah Rata, Brinchang and Triangkap.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Alternatively, if coming in from the northern parts of the state through Simpang Pulai will be a lot faster where you will reach Kampung Raja first, then to Kuala Terla before approaching Lavender Garden which is along the main road.</span></div>
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Get mesmerized with the colourful sea of blooming flowers. Flowers lovers must drop by at this place. There are few types of lavender. The flowers all are very beautiful, needs no explanation. Photographers will also fall in love in this place right away.<br />
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Within the compound, there is a small market for souvenirs, merchandise and souvenirs, while the garden has its own product store and a cafe on a viewing platform at top floor, serving lavender-infused meals including cakes and drinks. Strawberry picking is also available. Open daily from 9am till 6pm.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you have seen lavender fields in the south of France you will not enjoy this place. It has a space, not even as big as a small French fields worth of lavender and no scent of lavender but that would do.</span></div>
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The English word lavender is generally thought to be derived from Old French lavandre, ultimately from the Latin lavare (to wash), referring to the use of infusions of the plants. As the name suggests, it is a floral theme park, with a small field of lavender on the slop that becomes the main attraction of tourists going to Cameron Highland.<br />
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Knock Knock is anyone home? Hopefully it's not beehive. <img alt="Anxious Face With Sweat on HTC Sense 8" src="https://emojipedia-us.s3.amazonaws.com/thumbs/120/htc/122/face-with-open-mouth-and-cold-sweat_1f630.png" /><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Classic 1957 Morris Minor Car. My grandpa used to own this model. As long as I can remember it sounds like a jet.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">There is no way to tell exactly how long the tyres' air pressure can last if left unattended.The jack stand is an adjustable height mechanical structure or frame that is used to support your car once lifted. </span></td></tr>
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If you’re trying to get a car onto a display floor, try using ramps instead of a jack. If you insist on jacking up the car, make sure you have the proper equipment. Sometimes cutting corners will cause more of a problem than going to get the right equipment.<br />
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Lavender is used for restlessness, insomnia, nervousness, and depression. By inhalation, lavender is used as aromatherapy for insomnia, pain, and agitation related to dementia.<br />
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Wide selection of lavender related products available, from toys to scented candles, to soaps, and even candies.The flower and the oil of lavender are much used in perfumery, and to a lesser extent in medicine.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Its built on a slope and you get to see the <br />display of different varieties of lavender<br /> as you walk up the incline ,a bit of lilac <br />overdose.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I love to see the rotating windmill blade spinning but why some of it's blades of the mini<br /> windmills are missing here?</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">A sorry sight. It was pitiful to see the mini windmill in such a bad condition. One of visitors favourite attraction but management not aware of it. So without further ado, let's get it </span><span style="font-size: small;"> repaint and repair. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Those were the days when the mini windmill was such a beautiful sight.</span></td></tr>
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Lack of parking space makes little messy for the road traffic. During public holidays, the road in front of the attraction can become massively jammed.<br />
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Balcony coffee shop serves hot lavender tea and other beverages and tasty cakes.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">There are lots of flies buzzing around your face and hands, not to mention are your food and <br />drinks. It drives us nut.It does not matter how clean a place looks.</span></td></tr>
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My sister kept pestering the waitress why are they so may fliess ah? Is your boss not do anything to avoid this? Adoi! How to answer her questions? They must have thought of meant to swat her like those pesky fly, so annoying.<span style="font-size: large;">😂</span><br />
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When you have big piles of future compost (aka manure…) or fertilizer in Laveder garden and many surronding vegetable farms, it tends to attract a lot of flies, which end up in this cafe. That's what I reckon.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">New recruit no. 8? Nope. She's just my sister.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Snow white and fairygod mother? ;-)</span></td></tr>
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Definition of heigh-ho. —used typically to express boredom, weariness, or sadness or sometimes as a cry of encouragement.<br />
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Do you need some motivation to be harder, better, faster, stronger? Well those days were the Heigh-ho song, in todays equivalent motivating and inspirational song would be "The Eye of the Tiger".<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Welcome to my humble Le Chateau! (Castle) . <br />The Beauty and The Beast Residence.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mom and I. You are my sunshine. My only sunshine. You make me happy. When skies are grey. You never know mom...</span></td></tr>
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Not exactly related to this big shoe but how many of you can remember this classic story to accompany this rhyme, The little Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe.</div>
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The 1901 edition mellow down the verse to "kissing" rather than "whipping" as a nod to more positive parenting method. </div>
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Lavender flowers, as you probably may have guessed, do not just come in purple. The flower color ranges from pale lilac to deep royal purple Lavender flowers of Hidcote Lavender plants. There are many Lavender color choices for the flowers. You will also find that blooms come in pink, red, green and white. There is even a beautiful yellow blossomed one.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">The lavender from China, Hokkaido and Taiwan have no scent at all or maybe these lovely night-blooming flowers and plants give off their sweet smells at night. Depending on the variety, lavender blooms are usually at their peak from late June through August. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We want to become a fairy with pretty wings on our back!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's PANDA TIME! A mama panda and her cub. Just like me and my mom enjoying Lavender day.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Meet my friend, Master Po from Kung Fu Panda. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">What's with this pose of snapping fingers? After further checking actually showing the finger heart gesture, by pulling your thumb over to the index finger to make those fingers look like a heart. Kpop Style.Korean symbol hand heart, a message of love hand gesture.</span></td></tr>
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Certainly an amazing view of a variety flower beds. Could capture really nice photos with love ones. If I were to go to Cameron Highlands again, I guess I wouldn't mind coming again to this place one day.<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Cameron Lavender</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Address: Tringkap, Cameron Highlands, 39100 Pahang, Malaysia</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Phone: +605 4961 208</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Opening hours: Daily (9am-6pm on Mon-Thu and 9am-7pm on Fri-Sun)</span><br />
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<br />david3816http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186288087499999280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525396367040566607.post-5386052343994303282018-05-27T06:44:00.000-07:002018-05-27T06:44:46.370-07:00 Sam Poh Wan Futt Chi - Triple Gem Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery, Cameron Highland<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Perched on a hill, Sam Poh Wan Futt Chi is not exactly easy to access. The temple is surprisingly large for a small town and has a commendable facade and interior.<br />
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The Sam Poh Wan Futt Chi ( 三宝万佛寺) or Triple Gem Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery is a Mahayana temple that was built in the 1972 which houses some fine brass statues, including the Main Vairocana Buddha image.<br />
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There are some vistors including me who misunderstanding of what "Sam Poh" truly is. Sam Poh Temple here have nothing to do with the Admiral Zheng He (was also called Sam Po Kong).<br />
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As an example one of the author of Lonely Planet's Travel Writing guide wrote "The temple is dedicated to medieval admiral and eunuch Zheng Ho...". <span style="font-size: large;">😂</span><br />
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Buddhists take refuge in the Three Jewels or Triple Gem (also known as the "Three Refuges") because they represent qualities which are excellent and precious like a gem.<br />
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The Three Jewels are:<br />
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the Buddha, the fully enlightened one<br />
the Dharma, the teachings expounded by the Buddha<br />
the Sangha, the monastic order of Buddhism that practice the Dharma<br />
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The temple is quite pretty and has been well maintained by residents and monks. Surrounded by a bright yellow wall, the temple is serene and peaceful.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Entrance gate to Sam Poh Temple- In Chinese this huge phrase is “Namo Omito-Fo” or “Namo Amituofo". Read right to left.</span></td></tr>
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Namo Amitabha Buddha” (meaning homage to the Amitabha Buddha, and the name “Amitabha” means boundless light and infinite life), “Amitabha Buddha,” or simply, but with equal reverence, “Amitabha.”<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Over time, however, the expression "a mi tuo fo" gradually evolved into a very common blessing and greeting meaning "may Buddha protect", "may Buddha preserve us" and "take refuge in the Buddha".</span></td></tr>
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Please remove your shoes before entering the temple halls but keep in mind, the soles of your feet are ice cold against the chilly marble if walking around barefoot without wearing a pair of thick socks.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">How to get to the Sam Poh Temple?</span><br />
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In case you have not been here before and unsure how to get here, lookout for for Hotel Titiwangsa on your right if you are heading to Brinchang from Tanah Rata. Take the right turn after the hotel, then the 3rd right turn along that road. You will now be crossing a small bridge and keep right after that and follow the road up an incline and Sam Poh temple is at the end of that road.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">However, if you're coming from Brinchang, the access road can be found after coming down from the slope, at the turn off next to Iris House Resort. Follow the signboards along the narrow road up in less than five minutes by car.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Nestled on a small hill top overlooking Brinchang town. Owing to its location, the temple has a good view of Brinchang town and the houses that surrounding Brinchang.The temple is quite nice although is quite secluded. The location is not the best but it is quite a nice little temple tuck the remoteness of Cameron Highland.</span></td></tr>
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Sam Poh Temple in Brinchang is the largest religious structure in Cameron Highlands. While the temple is Buddhist in nature, a variety of brass deities from Taoist gods can also be found huddled inside.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Compound View. The temple is spotlessly clean and the golden statues very impressive.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Sam Poh Temple is is the 4th largest Buddhist temple in the country.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tibetian Stupa - These are stupas that were </span><span style="font-size: small;">built within Buddhist monastic complexes </span></td></tr>
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A stupa (Sanskrit: "heap") is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics (śarīra - typically the remains of Buddhist monks or nuns) that is used as a place of meditation.<br />
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At first, the Buddha's ashes and bone fragments were divided and placed inside the stupas, but as Buddhism continued to spread, other items began to be used such as holy texts, precious items and the ashes of other holy beings.<br />
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In the Western context, there is no clear distinction between a stupa and a pagoda. In general, however, "stupa" is the term used for a Buddhist structure in India or Southeast Asia while "pagoda" refers to a building in East Asia which can be entered and which may be secular in purpose.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, known colloquially as Chinese hibiscus. Hibiscus is Malaysia's national flower where it's locally known as the Bunga Raya</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">.</span></td></tr>
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Following receiving independence in 1957, the nation needed a national flower to symbolize her identity. After careful consideration in 1960, the ministry selected the hibiscus rosa sinensis. Main reason it upstaged the other flowers was its immediately appealing , bigger-sized red petals. </div>
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In addition reason given was that it blooms all year round and the plant requires little maintenance. Hibiscus is also commonly found in the rural areas where the plant functions as hedge fencing for houses.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Translation- "Open the door to explain". Face to Face to situation.</td></tr>
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In Buddha's enlightenment he realized that one must face reality. Instead of running away from the problem, one must face it.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bixi, or Bi Xi (Wade–Giles: Pi-hsi), is a figure from Chinese mythology. One of the 9 sons of </span><br />
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Stone sculptures of Bixi have been used in Chinese culture for centuries as a decorative plinth for commemorative steles and tablets particularly in the funerary complexes of its later emperors and to commemorate important events, such as an imperial visit or the anniversary of a World War II victory. They are also used at the bases of bridges and archways. Sculptures of Bixi are traditionally rubbed for good luck.<br />
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A stele is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected in the ancient world as a monument.<br />
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Be sure to check out the koi fishes at the corner of the temple but no feeding!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A rather odd having a badminton court in Buddhist temple but some form of outdoor physical exercise is one of the most beneficial mean to develope the monks mental and physical health. No Shaolin Kung Fu here so badminton is the subsitute sport.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear. - Buddha </span><br />
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Dragon pillars are common to be seen in Chinese temples because Dragons themselves are regarded as gods by Chinese but western dragon which often are considered to be a symbol of evil, violence and greed.<br />
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While also a tourist attraction, most visitors are local Chinese or from Singapore, coming to admire the oriental architecture while offering prayers at the altar.<br />
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The Snow Lion, bounding from peak to peak is a celestial animal of Tibet. It is the emblem of Tibet, representing the snowy mountain ranges and glaciers of Tibet and may also symbolize power and strength, cheerful mind , fearlessness and joy, east and the earth element.<br />
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The snow lion is originally a mythological, Buddhist good luck symbol. It has been the official symbol for Tibet since 1909. It is not an animal that exists in real nature, although some people see the resemblance with the Tibetan Mastiff or Apso dogs.<br />
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Visitors find this place will calm the mind and detach away from the hectic city life. A small donation can be made and in return, they will light up an oil candle to be placed on a table inside the prayer hall.<br />
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Buddha's or Buddhist lion (佛獅, Pinyin: fóshī). Referring in a religious context to the lion as protector of Buddha.The lions are usually depicted in pairs.<br />
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Upon entering a way place, we first see the Hall of Heavenly Guardians. In the center of the hall is Maitreya Bodhisattva. To his left and right are the four Heavenly Guardians or Dharma Protectors. Maitreya Bodhisattva, known as the “Happy Buddha” in the west, is represented by the image of the historical monk Bu-Dai, a manifestation of Maitreya Bodhisattv.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Mom and sister recited prayer to Maitreya Bodhisattva. The Laughing Buddha's big belly is a</span><br />
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Nice and calm place at the temple to pray for blessing in health,wellness and meditation as well. :)<br />
Do not constantly lose your temper or else you cannot learn Buddhism. This Bodhisattva also has a huge belly representing great broad-mindedness and equality of mind, teaching us to treat everything and everyone with generosity, patience and serenity.<br />
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Only by emulating such qualities can we learn and practice Buddhism. Therefore, Maitreya Bodhisattva sits facing the door to tell all who enter, “only those who can accomplish this are eligible to learn Buddhism".<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">You make things worse when you flare up at someone who's angry. Whoever doesn't flare up at someone who's angry wins a battle hard to win.- Samyutta Nikaya - The Buddha. ..</span><br />
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Sitting beside Maitreya Bodhisattva are the four Heavenly Guardians or Dharma Protectors. They are symbolic guardians of the practitioners of the Buddhist way. They defend us by reminding us to educate ourselves and to equip oureselves with the proper knowledge, which we should learn. Each guardian portrays a different characteristics.<br />
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The Four Heavenly Kings are four Buddhist gods, each of whom manage one cardinal direction of the world. In Chinese Mythology, they are known better known in Cantonese as "Sì Dà Tiānwáng" (Chinese: 四大天王; literally: "Four Great Heavenly Kings").<br />
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The <b>Western</b> Dharma Protector (holding a dragon that is twining around him ) symbolizes comprehensive vision and knowledge gained through exposure to the world. He represents the need to open our eyes to observe nature and humanity, to refine what we see and learn, and to distinguish good from the bad in good conscience mind.</div>
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The <strong>Northern</strong> Dharma Protector (holding an umbrella) symbolizes comprehensive study and learning. Both teach ways of practice and how to achieve the goals in responsibility fulfillment and self-improvement. As the ancient Chinese have said: "To read ten thousand books and to travel ten-thousand miles." We read to gain more knowledge and travel to observe more effectively. We will then be able to enrich our lives, thus expanding our world views and knowledge.</div>
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The <b>Eastern</b> Dharma Protector (in his hands a guitar/pipa) represent responsibility and safeguards the territory, which means that all of us have moral obligation for ourselves, our family, society and the country as a whole.<br />
To get beautiful music from the pipa (Chinese: 琵琶), the strings on it must not be too tight, nor too loose. As Buddha puts it, “you should hold your mind in calm and focus of your attention should be only at that point–not somewhere else. Not too loose relax which will makes you unfocused.<br />
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The <b>Southern</b> Dharma Protector (holding a sword) symbolizes progress and teaches us to be diligent. You can improve your everyday life and reap lifelong rewards. He holds the sword of wisdom that cuts away all troubles and worries.<br />
Worrying doesn't take away tomorrow's troubles, it takes away today's peace.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">If you have a problem that can be fixed, then there is no use in worrying. If you have a problem that cannot be fixed, then there is no use in worrying.” – Buddhist proverb</span><br />
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The Eighteen Arhats are depicted in Mahayana Buddhism as the original followers of the Buddha who have followed the Eightfold Path and attained the Four Stages of Enlightenment.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Entrance to the Main Hall of Lord Buddha after the first Hall.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Amitabha, Sanskrit word, literally means boundless light and boundless life. He is the Buddha in the Land of Ultimate Bliss (Pure Land), in which all beings enjoy unbounded happiness.</span></td></tr>
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The "a mi tuo" is the transliteration of the Sanskrit word "Amida" which means "boundless" (无量, "wuliang"). "Fo" is the Chinese word for "Buddha".<br />
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The statue is flanked by the statues of Samantabhadra (Sanskrit, "Universal Worthy") is a bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism associated with practice and meditation on the left. He typically sits on a white elephant with six tusks (symbolizing the six perfections).</div>
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On the right is Manjushri, Bodhisattva of Transcendent Wisdom, holding a ruyi scepter and riding on a green lion.</div>
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In Buddhist symbolism, the Noble Eightfold Path is often represented by means of the dharma wheel (dharmachakra), in which its eight spokes represent the eight elements of the path.<br />
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All eight elements of the Path begin with the word "right," : right view, right resolve, right speech, right conduct, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, and right samadhi ('meditative absorption or union').<br />
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The Eightfold Path teaches that by restraining oneself, cultivating discipline, and practicing mindfulness and meditation, house-leavers (monks and nuns) attain nirvana and stop their craving, clinging and karmic accumulations, thereby ending their rebirth and suffering.<br />
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There are great views overlooking Brinchang town from the temple grounds with ample parking outside the temple.The layout of the Temple is based on a Buddha Mantra.<br />
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This Temple Mount is a rectangular compound regarded as a reasonably large compound with the main temple building plus the dormitories for the monks.<br />
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The Cameron Valley or Bharat Tea Estate has two Tea houses. One is located in Kuala Terla between Kampung Raja and Tringkap and the other between Tanah Rata and Ringlet.<br />
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Glad we visited the tea house at Kuala Terla which on the road to/from Simpang Pulai.<br />
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Cameron Valley Tea House is a popular stopover for tourist destination due to the excellent view of the Bharat Tea Plantation. Not only that, more importantly it provide easiest way to access here as it is just located at the trunk main road of Cameron Highlands as oppose to the narrow bending road heading to Boh Sungei Palas Tea which is much more difficult to reach.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">On the way you will pass by Blue Valley, Kampung Raja and Kampung Terla before reaching this tea house to your right. The entrance is further front.You have to be careful of the sharp turns if you are taking this route from Simpang Pulai.</span></td></tr>
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One of two plantations owned by the Bharat Group in Cameron Highlands, Cameron Valley is smaller than Bharat Tea at Tanah Rata, but features a more peaceful environment due to its relatively remote location.<br />
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The tea house has a viewing/dining deck on its rooftop that overlooks the tea hills, while a shop stocked with Bharat products lies downstairs next to the cafe counter. For many visitors arriving at Cameron Highlands from Simpang Pulai, the tea house is a favourite pit stop for toilet break and a quick bite before Brinchang.<br />
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CAMERON ADVENTUROUS is a perfect setting for a challenging ride where the visitors ride the ATV within the untouched reserved tea plantation.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> You can enjoy your tea there, or buy your favorite tea leaves to take home.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Have a big cup for tea. Just tea for two. And two for tea. Just me for you. And you for me.</span></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption"></td><td class="tr-caption"></td></tr>
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Traditionally, the Chinese yum cha or drink tea (飲茶) is practised in the morning or early afternoon, hence the terms chow cha (早茶, 'morning tea') or ha ng cha (下午茶, 'afternoon tea') when appropriate with dim sum.<br />
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However when Brits drink tea they always reach for the biscuit tin so they can munch on a couple of biscuits,dunk them and the cream melts inside. Not forgetting tasty pastries, cakes, scones and sandwiches or bread and jam, while they drink their favourite afternoon drink.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Cameron valley tea house overlook tea Plantation so lovely views of rolling hills covered with tea bushes can be enjoyed while having tea. </span></td></tr>
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Sitting on the terrace of the Cameron Valley Tea House, looking out over the plantations below, you can sipping tea and gazing over the plantation below.</div>
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Tea became popular in Britain for other reasons, too. The workers would have them during their breaks, which soon came to be known as tea-break. Families and friends would assemble in the afternoon to snack between lunch and dinner. Tea soon became in integral component of these gatherings called ‘afternoon tea’.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The views over this plantation are breathtaking. There are no guided tours here, but you can wander around parts of the plantation, and there's a tea house, attractively set overlooking the estate</span></td></tr>
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The original Chinese word ‘Tcha’ went from ‘Tay’ to ‘Tee’ till the British started to spell it as ‘Tea’. Unlike the popular belief, tea was brought from China to India by the British and not introduced in Britain through India.<br />
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At first, green tea was drunk, which soon got replaced by black tea. The British also introduced a new style of tea-drinking by adding milk and sugar. It also goes to the credit of British that tea got transformed into a daily drink from an occasional medicinal drink.<br />
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Tea has many benefits. Studies have found that teas may help with cancer, heart disease, diabetes, encourage weight loss, lower cholesterol and bring about mental alertness.<br />
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The humidity, cool temperatures, and rainfall of the Cameron Highland provide a climate where its signature brand 'Cameron Valley' tea is produced.<br />
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Many Chinese villagers ventured into farming. Some of the farmers use greenhouses to plant their fruits,flowers and vegetables.</div>
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What is Greenhouse? A greenhouse is a framed or inflated structure covered with a transparent or translucent material with walls and roof made mainly of transparent material, such as glass,that permits optimum light transmission for plant production and protected against adverse climatic conditions.<br />
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Plants requiring regulated climatic conditions are grown in order to improve pest control and regulation of temperature, humidity and water distribution. The use of greenhouses has improved the crop yield.<br />
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It was so lovely there! The weather forecast hadn’t been too optimistic with thunderstorms predicted, so I was super glad when the weather held up – Thank goodness! It didn’t rain!<br />
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Marvel the spectacular panorama of hills and slopes as you listen to the gentle song of the wind. You can imagine yourself in the opening of movie "The Sound of Music" when Julie Andrews sang the opening track on that idyllic hillside, you can also feel the what she experience in the presence of the local scenic panoramic view of the mountain and landscape here.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The hills are alive with the tea green leaves rustling in the wind,not with the Sound of Music. It is carpeted with beautiful terraced tea plantation.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Shen Nung named the brew "ch'a", the Chinese character 茶</span>meaning to check or investigate.</td></tr>
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The history of tea dates back to ancient China, almost 5,000 years ago. According to legend, in 2732 B.C. Emperor Shen Nung discovered tea when dried leaves from a wild tree (Camellia Sinensis )blew into his pot of boiling water and infused with the water, creating the first tea infusion which the emperor enjoyed.<br />
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He was immediately interested in the pleasant scent of the resulting brew, and drank some.<br />
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Up to the mid-17th century, all Chinese tea was Green tea. As foreign trade increased, though, the Chinese growers discovered that they could preserve the tea leaves with a special fermentation process. The resulting Black tea kept its flavor and aroma longer than the more delicate Green teas and was better equipped for the export journeys to other countries.<br />
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The tea history here started in 1929, when BOH Plantations Sdn Bhd founder John Archibald Russell saw the potential of tea as an important crop for Malaya then.The name 'Boh' is derived from Bohlia - the origin of tea in the Szechuan province of ancient China. Today, Boh plantation serves up more than 65% of the Malaysian tea market and is the biggest local tea producer .<br />
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The temperature of the Highlands stays on an average of 18° Celsius while the mildly acidic soil is the most suitable soil for growing the Camellia sinensis. There is plenty of sunshine all year round and the moisture is perfect which makes the tea leaves sweet and aromatic.<br />
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Bharat Tea Plantation is the second largest tea producer in Malaysia, producing Cameron Valley Tea which is synonymous with exquisite highland tea. This plantation company originates from India's Uttar Pradesh region and had made its presence in Cameron Highlands since 1933.<br />
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A chill wind blew strong over the flat valley. Wind ruffling my hair</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I love the feeling of fresh air on my face and wind blowing thru my hair. </span></td></tr>
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We spent 2 days and 1 night at new Golden Hill Cameron Apartments. What I'll remember most about Cameron Highland is thrill while staying at a 10-25 degrees Celsius temperature.<br />
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Cameron is a destination that's popular both for its jungle walks and tea plantations. Apart from the cool weather, key attractions in the Cameron Highlands include a butterfly farm, strawberry farms, cactus farms, beautiful flower and flourishing vegetable gardens.<br />
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Not forgetting is the icy cold water from tap. Back home you will be walking rather bare footed within the house but in Cameron do bring a pair of indoor slippers as the floors are tiled, which it gets really cold at night especially if you use the bathroom when the floors are wet.<br />
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One last thing I remember is most of the time Cameron Highland is infested with flies. This make eating a real troublesome as the flies continuously buzz around you while you're eating.<br />
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I guess most farmers were fertilizing their crops with chicken manure, it is excellent as plant fertilizer. Of all animal manures, it has the highest amount of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium but the negative is flies are attract to it. Their presence alone is often annoying to people.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Time "flies" when you're having fun! It's unbelievable how fast time "flies!" :-)</span><br />
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<br />david3816http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186288087499999280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525396367040566607.post-58304717546855502902018-04-02T07:40:00.000-07:002018-05-19T18:55:18.333-07:00转运祥龍 Fortune Dragon Yong Peng<br />
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De Jiao Hui, sound like some kind of Church name in Chinese but in actual fact it means Moral Association, laid greater emphasis on upholding moral values and principles than focus on worship.<br />
Learning with respect, rather than the regard religious beliefs as superstitious.<br />
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Moral Association is the place to teaching moral values, non religious sects.<br />
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The most amazing at Moral Association Che Ann Khor Yong Peng is the Fortune Dragon, it is the World’s Biggest and Longest Dragon Tunnel.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">It took us about two hours to get to the site from Seremban. Getting Excited!! We could see the Fortune Dragon in the distance, the sight of the body of dragon was the magnificent, green dorsal fin and golden scales of a carp. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">“Hurry it up, sis. Ain't got all day.” </span></td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">The first thing you should do after arriving is to buy tickets for Fortune Dragon entrance. Otherwise the temple is free for entry.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tourist Pricing: Is It Right Or Wrong? The argument is almost always the same: “tourists make more money than locals and can afford to pay more".</span></td></tr>
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An adult who produces a MyKad will have to pay a RM25 entrance fee whereas for the fee is only priced at RM10 for a senior citizen holding a MyKad, children 3-12 years old and local Yong Peng resident.<br />
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Differential ticket pricing RM35 for foreigner and RM20 for elderly foreigners and children 3-12 years old. Malaysia is not the only country where price differences such as these are visible. Tourist have to pay more than many of the local people.<br />
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Lucky for us. We didn't realize today is the official birthday celebration for Johor’s ruler, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar, which falls on March 23. Our first lucky gift from the Fortune Dragon I reckon. To commemorate the birthday of the Sultan, a special fare for Malaysian citizen adults, the fee is only priced at RM15.<br />
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I'm probably one of the few visitors who find the time to read their own Rules of Regulations to abide. In my own opinion this sets of Rules and Regulations are placed at the wrong place where the visitors can read. Most of those ticket buyers will just rushed to buy and went past the poster without noticing to proceed to their destination.<br />
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I don't think visitors are stupid enough to bring dogs to a holy place. Many people find the presence of dogs in restaurants or public eateries to be unsanitary or simply unsafe. You just don't know when these dogs decide to take a pee (and maybe a poop as well).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Hmmm...How come the ticket rules have shrunk from the original rules at ticket counter?</span></td></tr>
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So the rules has included in tickets but lets see what's missing. Suddenly we are allowed to spit, littering, fish feeding, climbing, damaging environment-(How?)...Hey, hey,hey so now we can be naughty, may also display public affection - smooching.<br />
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I'm actually just jesting. Don't take it literally.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We're here to steal the Dragon Pearl! </span></td></tr>
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Many pictures of East Asian dragons show a flaming pearl under their chin or in their claws. The pearl is associated with spiritual energy, wisdom, prosperity, power, immortality, thunder, or the moon. Chinese art often depicts a pair of dragons chasing or fighting over the flaming pearl.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dragon Dance. The patterns and tricks that are performed generally involve running into spiralled formations to make the dragon body turn and twist to match the timing of the drum.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> If a Western Dragon goes one on one with a Chinese Dragon, which dragon do you think will win? </span></td></tr>
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Eastern dragons are usually seen as wiser and more intelligent and so might win through trickery. Westerns are bigger and stronger and breathing fire. The dispute was reminiscent of a match between “David and Goliath”. Wit and cunning were virtue, while brute strength was not.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Poorly designed, steps can be too narrow, making them uncomfortable and unsafe to use. Building codes generally suggest that the minimum length of a tread be 10 inches.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Che Ann Khor Moral Lifting Society (永平德教会紫安阁) ground floor. The Eight Immortals were worshiped in the main hall.</span></td></tr>
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My sister looking for souvenirs sold at tourism counter catering. I didn't realize it as I was too busy snapping photos.<br />
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In my opinion the counter should be inside the Fortune Dragon compound instead of the temple ground floor. Surprise by a lack of drive to generate significant income by selling of dragon gift ( T-shirt, toys, etc) and local food goods.<br />
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I hope someday they would add a new addition building of Chinese Dragon museum for tourist to learn more about them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">My mother and sister praying at the main hall </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The hall at 2nd storey has rows and rows of gold plated miniature Buddha statues, stacked on shelves full-height around the walls of the temple.</span></td></tr>
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To get an overview of the fortune dragon, we took the elevator in the main hall to 2nd floor and walked along the balcony.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ji Gong (濟公) For he's a jolly good fellow, for he's a jolly good </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">fellow For he's a jolly good fellow which nobody can deny.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">He can usually be seen smiling in tattered monastic robes, and usually carries a bottle of wine in his right hand, and a fan in his left hand. He wears a hat with the Chinese character Fo (佛), meaning "Buddha". He can also be seen holding his shoes in his right hand. </span><br />
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Owing to his carefree nature, he is rarely ever shown with a serious facial expression. Kinda like Santa, so jolly all the time. He had a penchant for openly eating meat and drinking wine; wears tattered, dirty clothe-like robes from travelling from place to place and unmonk-like stumbling while intoxicated.<br />
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Nevertheless, Daoji (monastic name) was kind-hearted and was always willingly prepared to lend a helping hand to ordinary people. He would often treat the sick and fight against injustice. The monks, bewildered and fed up with his eccentric behaviour, expelled Daoji from the monastery. From then onwards, Daoji roamed the streets and would helped people whenever he could.<br />
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According to legend, while cultivating the Buddha's teaching, Daoji attained supernatural powers. Many who noticed his freakish yet benevolent and compassionate nature began to think maybe he was an incarnate of a bodhisattva, or a reincarnate of an arhat. He was widely recognised by the people as the incarnate of the Taming Dragon Arhat (Chinese: 降龍羅漢; pinyin: Xiánglóng Luóhàn), one of the Eighteen Arhats.<br />
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So now you know why Ji Gong was seen standing on the head of Fortune Dragon.<br />
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At Yong Peng another site, the temple of Tian Pao Kong also proud to have the second highest Ji Gong statue in the world. It is 20.72m high while the highest one at 23.16m is in Taiwan.<br />
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Xiao Hei - 小黑 as Ji Gong (济公)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Black And White Dragon </span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px;">Dragons were once worshipped by ancestors of the Chinese people as their origin. The Han people have always considered the dragon as the symbol of their nationality. Consequently, Chinese people are proud to call themselves as ‘descendants of the dragon’.(</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "open sans" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 18px;">龍的傳人)</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Impressive light show of night Fortune Dragon.</span></td></tr>
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Every evening beginning at dusk, Fortune Dragon is transformed into an incredible, multi-coloured water and light masterpiece. The stage lighting will light up at 7:30pm. A beautiful sight to behold.<br />
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It is very beautiful and almost makes you thought that you are had been went to another place.( China Song dynasty garden)<br />
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In order to be much more impressive and attractive at night, the eyes could be replaced by a set of round simple blue bright glowing Dragon Eye. Alternately we could create smoke coming out from the nasal dragon, like a Dragon's breathing.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">It it is always gratifying to see sketches become reality. </span></td></tr>
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The male Dragon horns are thinner near the base of the head and thicker. and stronger outwardly. Females have nicer mane. They are rounder, and. seen as more balanced than the rigid mane of the males. Its nose is usually. straight, their scales are thinner, and has a thicker tail.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> It's located in the suburbs of Yong Peng town and it's right on the edge of a housing estate. Palm tree estate is right next to it</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">.</span></td></tr>
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The Chinese (Taoists) believe that when you enter the dragon tunnel through its mouth and exit through its tail, this will transform bad luck into good fortune and be able to ward off evil.<br />
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So don't try anything funny and try the other way round.<br />
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Everything about this structure is related to the auspicious number nine, which represents prosperity and luck for the Chinese community.<br />
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The statue has heights ranging from 3.6 to 4.8 meters with 108 steps inside and the length of the dragon is 315ft. Both figures add up to the number nine.<br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>9 (九, JIǓ) - LUCKY. 九 sounds alike 久 (jiǔ), which means “long lasting” and “eternity” in Chinese word. At birthday and wedding celebrations, the number 9 is welcome as it carried a special significance and meaning for longevity. 9 was also traditionally associated with the Chinese emperor.</i></span><br />
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What do you see when you get eaten by a dragon but don't you worry, unlike the Western dragon of Europe that is representative of evil, Chinese dragons are seen as lucky and good. They are mythical creatures that can cause weather changes and summon rain. Since Chinese society was founded on agriculture that thrived during the wet season, Chinese dragons were considered as deities and were worshiped.<br />
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Even today, people regard dragons as a sign of holiness and auspiciousness, which is why temples and gardens are often decorated with dragon carvings and paintings.<br />
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The "Nine Classical Types" of dragons as depicted in Chinese art and literature, are:<br />
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Tianlong, The Celestial Dragon<br />
Shenlong, the Spiritual Dragon<br />
Fucanglong, the Dragon of Hidden Treasures<br />
Dilong, the Underground Dragon<br />
Yinglong, the Winged Dragon<br />
Jiaolong, the Horned Dragon<br />
Panlong, the Coiling Dragon: inhabits the waters<br />
Huanglong, Yellow Dragon, which emerged from the River Luo to show Fuxi the elements of writing<br />
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The presence of dragons within Chinese culture dates back several thousands of years with the discovery of a dragon statue dating back to the fifth millennium BC from the Yangshao culture in Henan.<br />
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However according to Chinese folklore, the dragon is not without temperament proble. Having a bad day once in a while is inevitable. On certain occasions there was severe flooding or heavy winds, the people would light incense( burning incense can be as simple as a form of “food offering”) and sacrifice plates of food to the dragon to appease it. Calm down, stress Dragon.<br />
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In fact, the word for Tornado in Chinese is 龙卷风 (lóng juàn fēng) or “dragon twisting wind.”<br />
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Chinese dragons are wingless, serpentine creatures. Although they do not have wings, they are able to magically fly through clouds. If you look at paintings or carvings of Chinese dragons, you may notice that they are a jumbled-mixture of 9 other animals.<br />
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It has the head of a camel, the horns of a deer, the ears of a cow, a serpentine neck, the belly of a clam, the scales of a carp, an eagle's claws, eyes of a demon and the tiger's paws.<br />
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Huh? What do you think? Are Dragon real? Nobody has ever found a real live dragon, and there are no fossils of them, so it is reasonable to say that they do not exist and never have but why dragon tales are told in many cultures, from the Americas to Europe to India to China?<br />
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Not much fun. There really isn't not much to see besides the wall paintings in the dragon tunnel as well as the statues outside in the park. There's no photography or video allowed in the tunnel as the painting is to be blessed.<br />
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Inside are exquisite paintings, most with English translations explaining the meaning. We thought it would be hot inside but surprisingly this is the most suitable place to escape the scorching sun as it's air conditioning (AC) in tunnel.<br />
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The Eight Immortals are: He Xian Gu (何仙姑; pinyin: Hé Xiān Gū) Cao Gou Jiu (曹國舅; pinyin: Cáo Guó Jiù) Li Tie Guai (李鐵拐; pinyin: Lĭ Tiĕ Guăi) Lan Cai (蓝采和; pinyin: Lán Cǎihé) Lü Dongbin (呂洞賓; pinyin: Lǚ Dòngbīn) Han Xiang Zi (韓湘子; pinyin: Hán Xiāng Zi) Zhang Guo Lao (張果老; pinyin: Zhāng Guǒ Lǎo)<br />
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According to Chinese tradition, filial piety (hsiao) was the primary duty of all Chinese. Being a filial son meant complete obedience to one's parents during their lifetime and as they grow older, taking the best possible care of them.<br />
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Confucian thought, filial piety (Chinese: 孝; pinyin: Xiào) is one of the core virtues to be cultivated and denotes a love and respect for one's parents and ancestors.<br />
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The Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, also translated as The Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety (Chinese: 二十四孝; pinyin: Èrshísì Xiào), is a classic text of Confucian filial piety written by Guo Jujing (郭居敬)[1] during the Yuan dynasty (1260–1368). The text was hugely influential in the mediaeval Far East and was used to teach Confucian moral values.<br />
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The text of The Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars has stood for generations as the prime folk document on what filial piety is all about but I must say some passages which I found obscure and outdated in today's adaptation. I would like to highlight that these exemplars of filial piety should not be dismissed as old-fashioned stories.<br />
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Filial piety was not merely blind loyalty to one's parents as endorsed by society or the majority. You should apply common sense to do the right thing, at the right time, for the right reason. I can only disobey them if their judgement is wrong.<br />
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One of the difficult to accept sample of Twenty-four Filial:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">He Fed Mosquitoes with His Blood</span> (恣蚊饱血; 恣蚊飽血; Zī Wén Báo Xuě)<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Wu Meng<br />
吳猛<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Jin dynasty<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Wu Meng was already known for his filial piety when he was still a little child. He come from a poor family background and could not afford to buy mosquito nets. During summer nights, Wu stripped (naked?) and sat near his parents' beds to allow mosquitoes to suck his blood instead, hopefully the mosquitoes would not bother his parents.<br />
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The below story after you read that will make you laugh till you cry.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">No. 7: He Dressed Up to Amuse His Parents</span> (戏彩娱亲; 戲彩娛親; Xì Cǎi Yú Qīn)<br />
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Laolaizi was a hermit who lived in the Chu state. He was known for being very filial to his parents. Even in middle age, he still dressed up in bright coloured clothes, played with toys, and behaved in a childish manner to amuse his parents and keep them happy.<br />
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Today's parent will shake their heads to say " Son... When will you grow up to be a Man?".<br />
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Primary school boy Long Guotao was seen sweeping the street after school in southwest China's Guizhou as his mother, a sanitation worker, rested on a step nearby.<br />
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Parents have the duty to rear and educate their children who are minors; and children who have come of age have the duty to take care of elderly parents when they grow up.Life comes full circle; and this is why those of us who are lucky enough to enjoy our elderly parents.<br />
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Monkey see, monkey do phrase. An expression describing someone who imitates another person's actions, good or bad,simply by having watched them before. Remember this story?<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">There once was a grandpa who lived with his family. As Grandpa grew older, he began to slobber and spill his food. So the family had him eat alone. When he dropped his bowl and broke it, they scolded him and got him a cheap wooden bowl. Grandpa was so sad and depressed. </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;">Now one day the young grandson was working with wood. "What are you doing son?" Mom and Dad asked. "I'm making a wooden bowl," he said, "for when you two get old and must eat alone." Wide-eyed, temporarily speechless, the surprised Mom and Dad then looked sad, ashamed for their behaviour and realized how they were mistreating Grandpa. So they decided to keep quiet when he spills his food and to let him eat with the family.</span><br />
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Children are remarkably observant. Their eyes ever attentive, their ears ever widely listen, and their minds ever process the messages they absorb. If they see us patiently provide a happy home atmosphere for family members, they will imitate that approach for the rest of their lives.<br />
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So treat your parents well as someday you want your children to do the same.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">“Welcome to Hell” . No, really. Diyu (Chinese: 地獄) is the realm of the dead or "hell" in Chinese mythology. Typically depicted as a subterranean maze with various levels and chambers, to which souls are taken after death to atone for the sins they committed when they were alive.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Uusally there is a Ox-Headed (right) and Horse-Faced (left) Hell Guards stand guard at the Hell's Gate but at Fortune Dragon where the hell are they gone? Taking regular coffee breaks at work? </span></td></tr>
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Red and Green lights shone in the area, the 18 murals represented the 18 levels of hell in the afterlife.<br />
18 levels of hell Journey is a place where our next generation can learn about moral principles and ethics and to apprehend the meaning of karma. It encourages one to be kindhearted, law abiding and charitable as any sinful behavior in one’s current life will result in harsh punishments in hell.<br />
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Karma (Sanskrit, also karman, Pāli: kamma) is a Sanskrit term that literally means "action" or "doing". In the Buddhist tradition, karma refers to action driven by intention (cetanā) which leads to future consequences.<br />
This must be worrying sight for those business person. <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "segoe ui emoji"; font-size: 49px;">😥</span><br />
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The Eighteenth Floor: Mostly unethical business person/soul in here.<br />
Name: Chamber of Saw<br />
Function: Those who exploit the loopholes in the law to cheat and engage in malpractice in business will find themselves being sawed into half.<br />
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One of the questions asked was do we believe in Hell? I know someone had a near-death experience.<br />
She felt whilst unconscious, she was taken to hell tour by one of her deceased relative. She saw all kinds of tormented soul, sinners are being tortured as punishment for their offenses committed (sins) during their earthly life.<br />
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One of the Hell judge abruptly end her tour, stops her from going further by saying HALT! "You're not supposed to be in here". "Get up and leave, for this is not your place".<br />
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That's when she woke up. Well, you'll see, she has witness , HELL IS REAL.<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "segoe ui emoji"; font-size: 49px;">😲</span><br />
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So do more good deeds my friend to earn more merits in order to be saved.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">At Setiawan Tua Pek Kong temple also has a large Long Chinese Dragon tunnel located behind the giant Buddha . Also an exhibit hallway that showcases depictions of the 18 levels of hell.</span></td></tr>
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The Tua Pek Kong dragon tunnel is a flat walkway while the Fortune Dragon Yong Peng has many steps walking up and down with rails due to the fortune dragon is elevated from the ground.<br />
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Phew, what a relief! Finally exit from HELL.<br />
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The dragon tunnel is closed at 6:30pm and visiting is not permitted.<br />
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The 106.9m-long dragon tunnel, dubbed the Prosperity Dragon, is the latest tourist attraction to add to your travel wish list in this small southern Johor town. The status sits on a 4-acre of land which was purchased in 2012. By 2013, the groundbreaking ceremony was launched.<br />
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The construction cost of the dragon replica, which took about a year and a half to be completed, was made possible at a cost of RM8 million.<br />
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Vying for a place in the Malaysian Book of Records as the biggest dragon tunnel in the country and potentially clinching a world record too, the celestial structure sprawls on more than a hectare of the Green Garden of Che Ann Khor Yong Peng Association grounds at Taman Kota Impian here.<br />
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The dragon tunnel is located at Che An Khor Moral Uplifting Association, Green Garden, Lot HS 2677, Jalan Kota Impian 1, Yong Peng.<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Coordinates: 2°1′13.3″N 103°4′52.2″E</span></b><br />
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Nov 12, 2016 - Johor Just Launched World's Biggest and Longest Dragon Tunnel.<br />
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Thailand, a Land of a Thousand Temples. Here there were more dragons, the temples have other kinds of details.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dragon Descendants Museum is situated in Suphanburi City Pillar Shrine area.</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">.</span></td></tr>
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It was established to celebrate 20 years of Thailand – China diplomatic relations in 1996. The designed was to present the history of 5000-year Chinese civilization that is accepted to be one of the world's oldest and most important civilization in the form of a dragon, the well-known holy animal.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dragon coiled Wat Samphran (Thai วัดสามพราน) is a Buddhist temple (wat) in Amphoe Sam Phran, Nakhon Pathom province, around 40 kilometers to the west of Bangkok. </span></td></tr>
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In the Samphran district of Thailand sits one of the country's most spectacular Buddhist temples. The bright pink temple, called Wat Samphran, stands 17-stories high and is wrapped in a scaly green dragon. The design of the structure came to the founder of the temple during a 7-day fasting.<br />
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Somewhat rundown at this juncture .The interior of the hollow dragon sculpture contains a staircase but sadly has deteriorated to a poor condition in places. Although it is a landmark building visible well from the highway, it is quite difficult to find. That is probably the reason why it is not frequented by tourists.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fortune Dragon is built on Feng Shui principles and placing based on feng shui lucky directions, I think the direction also align with the Dragon Pearl at the temple building.</span></td></tr>
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The Four Symbols (Chinese: 四象; pinyin: Sì Xiàng, literally meaning "four symbols") are four mythological creatures in the Chinese constellations. They are the Azure Dragon of the East, the Vermilion Bird of the South, the White Tiger of the West, and the Black Turtle of the North. Each one of them represents a direction and a season, and each has its own individual characteristics and origins.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The four beasts each represent a season. The Azure Dragon of the East represents Spring, the Vermilion Bird of the South represents Summer, the White Tiger of the West represents Autumn, and the Black Turtle of the North represents Winter.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">玄武 Xuánwǔ Black Warrior</span></td></tr>
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The Black Tortoise or Black Turtle is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. Despite its English name, it is usually depicted as a turtle entwined together with a snake. Further, in East Asia, it is not called after either animal but is instead known as the "Black Warrior" under various local pronunciations.<br />
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In ancient China, the tortoise and the serpent were thought to be spiritual creatures symbolizing longevity. The Fujianese custom of building turtle-shaped tombs may have had to do with the desire to place the grave under the influence of the Black Tortoise.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Azure Dragon of the East, the azure, or blue-green dragon was chosen by the earliest Chinese astronomers to represent the planet Jupiter, and positions of the moon against certain stars in the eastern sky.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The white tiger is the celestial guardian of the west compass direction. This direction rules the luck and prosperity of your descendants. As the protector, the tiger is an auspicious symbol in feng shui and ensures that the family's wealth, health, and bloodline continues.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">V</span><span style="font-size: small;">ermilion bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què). It represents the South, Summer, and the Fire element. It looks like a red pheasant, although sometimes it's depicted with multi-colored plumage.You shouldn't be confused with the Chinese Phoenix. mythical sacred firebird that can be found in the mythologies of the Persians, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Chinese.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Behind me is Taming Tiger Lohan (Chinese: 伏虎羅漢; pinyin: Fúhǔ Luóhàn). The price is Rm36,000 while the rest of statue is Rm18,00 each.</span></td></tr>
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Most Chinese Buddhist temples include statues the arhats. The Eighteen Arhats (Chinese: 十八羅漢/十八阿羅漢; pinyin: Shíbā Luóhàn/Shíbā āLuóhàn; Wade-Giles:Lóhàn) are depicted in Mahayana Buddhism as the original followers of the Buddha who have followed the Eightfold Path and attained the Four Stages of Enlightenment. They have reached the state of Nirvana are free of worldly cravings.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">On top of the man made rock mountains can see the overview of Song Dynasty garden.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The The Zigzag Bridge across the artificial lake</span></td></tr>
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The zigzag bridge is a common feature in classical Chinese gardens. According to local folklore (and tourist guides!) zigzag bridges and paths are said to confound evil spirits that can only walk straight lines for whatever reason! As for human all the zigzagging can make you feel lightheaded and dizzy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Lü Shang (Chinese: 呂尚; fl. 11th century BC), commonly known as Jiang Ziya (姜子牙) and Jiang Shang (姜尚), was an ancient Chinese military strategist </span></td></tr>
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Jiang Ziya, the great general and strategist and military mastermind who was key to establishing the Zhou Dynasty, was said to have spent years in his old age fishing. His unconventional methods of fishing by using a straight hook, or no bait, or with his hook dangling above the water.<br />
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The future king walked by everyday and saw this old fisherman fishing with a hookless rod. One day, finally his curiosity compelled him to go to him and have a good chat with the old man.<br />
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The Old Man told him, "I am not fishing for fish, but I am fishing for man." You see, this old man is waiting for the right person to come along. Nowadays, there is a saying that Lord Jiang goes fishing simply implies that " those who wants to get caught, gets caught. "<br />
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After Jiang Ziya became the general, he was known as "Taigong", or "the Grand Duke". The degree to which this qualifies as a myth is open to question, but it is certainly a well-known motif.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Koi Fish symbolizes many of the same characteristics such as courage, the ability to attain high goals and the strength that enables one to overcome life’s difficulties.</span></td></tr>
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Some legends say that Koi fish can climb waterfalls bravely. They also say that if the fish has been caught, it will lay on the cutting board awaighting the knife without a quiver. In Koi symbolism this has been likened to a samurai warrior facing a sword.<br />
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This theme dates back to ancient China where a legend tells of how any Koi that succeeded in climbing the falls on the Yellow River at a point called Dragon Gate would be transformed into a dragon. Based on that legend the Koi became a symbol of worldly aspiration and advancement.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can buy fish food here. Self service, just leave the money in the coin box. A test of integrity/honesty</span> <span style="font-size: small;">whether anyone will just take without paying.</span></td></tr>
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Hold on. Hey as recalled didn't the rules and regulations from beginning mentioned something about do not feed the fish?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Help! Dragon Stomping.</span></td></tr>
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Historically, the dragon was the symbol of the Emperor of China. In the Zhou dynasty, the five-clawed dragon was assigned to the Son of Heaven, the four-clawed dragon to the nobles (zhuhou, seigneur), and the three-clawed dragon to the ministers (dafu). In the Qin dynasty, the five-clawed foot dragon was assigned to represent the Emperor while the four-clawed and three-clawed dragons were assigned to the commoners.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fortune Dragon - A worthwhile visit.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fortune Dragon is not the only one who can stick out his tongue on a hot day!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">So what's your next move? It's over. Ha Ha</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The three wise men. Nope not the Magi. Three wise men are Chinese gods who are FuK LuK Shou. Fu represents good luck and harmony; Lu stands for authority, power and wealth; Shou signifies good health and longevity. Three gods are the popular deities of wealth, Prosperity, and Longevity.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One of the Four Great Heavenly King. May I request you to play, Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven". Opps mistaken for the other Four Heavenly King of : Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok and Leon Lai.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">As the old saying goes, time flies when you are having fun. Say goodbye to the Dragon. Hey sis, why are you wearing Ji Gong clothing?</span></td></tr>
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This scene will catch your eye, while you're looking at shops building or residential homes.<br />
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Be sure to have your stomach refilled before leaving. When in Yong Peng, be sure to try the famous Hockchew mee and fish ball (西刀魚丸) available in restaurants along the main road.<br />
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Yong Peng is a beautiful small town in Johor that is particularly popular for its stalls and joints that offers delectable dishes made of Ikan Parang (Wolf Herrings). The meat of the fish is mashed and made into all sorts of delicacies like fish balls, yong tau foo fillings, or fish cakes.<br />
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Yong Peng is a small town located in the central region of Johor, it's 2.1/4 hours drive from Kuala Lumpur. This town has a population of 50,000. In the early days, it's mainly occupied by Hock Chew (Fuzhou) Chinese. As a consequence, the name of "Little HockChew".<br />
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Chinese immigrants from Chaozhou led by Boo Koh Lak Loo (better known as Ah Loh) named Yong Peng, the town name or Everlasting Peace in Chinese. 永平<br />
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On our way home, the cloud appears to resemble the Dragon chasing the Pearl or Dragon following us home. I get so tired sometimes from lack of sleep that I start hallucinating? Nap Time....zZzZ<br />
<br />david3816http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186288087499999280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525396367040566607.post-25293871561124158932018-03-11T09:14:00.000-07:002018-06-09T05:14:57.171-07:00FGS Dong Zen Temple Jenjarom 2018 CNY Lantern & Floral FestivalIn continuing its tradition of welcoming visitors with complex lanterns during the Chinese New Year, it's time again Fo Guang Shan (FGS) Dong Zen Temple keep visitors guessing what's in store for this year fun events and entertainment?<br />
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You won't be disappointed as they kept improving every year. After missing out last year, we're back again here to celebrate Chinese New Year. It's the Year of the Dog for this Chinese New Year. </div>
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Earlier this year, a hypermarket chain around the country was embroiled in controversy when it emerged that Lunar New Year t-shirts being sold there depicted 10 animals in the Chinese zodiac, but not the dog or hog. We're expecting the same dispute next year.<br />
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Every year I would like to hunt for CNY theme t-shirt but this year it's obviously a disappointing result for me..<br />
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The Chinese regard it as an auspicious animal. If a dog happens to come to a house, it symbolizes the coming of fortune. Hopefully mom will not shoo away the dog.<br />
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No luck here as it's not much a revered animals in Malaysia. Some shopping malls did not depict dogs in its decorations as considered "unclean".<br />
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The FGS Dong Zen Temple CNY Lantern and Flora Festival 2018 held from Feb 14 to March 4.<br />
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We timed our trip to coincide with the last day of the Chinese New Year celebration – the Lantern Festival marked on the 15th day of the first lunar month. It is rarely known, even to many Chinese people, that the Lantern Festival is the real Chinese equivalent to Valentine’s Day.<br />
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Adorable video of dogs celebrating the Year of the Dog for the Chinese New Year. In China, it is still popular to name dogs Wàng Cái (旺财). It means “prosperous wealth” and comes from dogs' barking sounds (旺旺—wàng wàng). At first I misunderstood some of the videos which mentioned (旺旺来), , if mixed with Malay words means money money come. Acutally it meant 'prosperous' or 'lucky' to come. Oh Blimey!<br />
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On the streets and in homes they greet one another by clasping and shaking hands and telling each other"Gong hei fat choy” is the most common Chinese New Year greeting in Cantonese, which is spoken in parts of southern China and Hong Kong. </div>
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1. Good luck in the year ahead! 恭贺新年。Gōnghè xīnnián. A Happy New Year to you.2. 新年快乐. Xīn nián kuài lè. Happy New Year. 3. 和气生财. Héqì shēngcái. Harmony brings wealth. 4. 心想事成. Xīn xiǎng shì chéng. May all your wishes come true. 5. 财源广进. Cáiyuán guǎng jìn. Money and treasures will be plentiful. 6. 岁岁平安. Suì suì píng'ān. Peace all year round.7.升官发财</div>
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Shēngguān fācái.Promoting to a higher position.8. 年年有余 (nián nián yǒu yú): May you have excess every year.9.长命百岁 (cháng mìng bǎi suì): May you live for one hundred years.步步高升 (bù bù gāo shēng): May you rise steadily (at work).10.出入平安 (chū rù píng ān): May you have peace wherever you go.</div>
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The same can be said of compare Chinese to Malay or Indian had embraced their traditional culture, it's common to see traditional 'baju kurung' was commonly worn by Malay women, or Indian women wearing Sari. And yet, Chinese people rarely wear traditional clothing, Qi Pao or 汉服 (Hanfu) as everyday dresses not even on Chinese New Year. </div>
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The Chinese people is losing a large portion of its traditional culture. It may be due to have had extensive exposure to western modes of thought and adopted the English language and Western culture.</div>
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The 2018 one stroke calligraphy on the spring couplets are “A
Family Legacy of Loyalty and Honor”. The most valuable sentiment in the world
is loyalty and honor, one must loyal and honor his supervisors and
subordinates, friendships and leaders. People have comradeship, heaven and
earth have righteousness, society has benevolence, the universe has gratitude.
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Although this year is the Year of Dog but still dogs are not allowed are in the temple. Hopefully no one trying to be a smart aleck.<br />
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This is the 14th lantern festival of the temple, which is also the largest lantern festival during Chinese New Year. Each year, the lantern festival attracts thousands of visitors including dignitaries have visited the temple since the lantern festival was officially launched on Feb 14.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The moment I entered this temple, I see Bian Lian, or Face Changing mascot. Huh? Dog missing again? No, there's plenty of "dogs roaming free". Here you will be loved.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">As I take a selfie with a Samsung phone, I could feel many angry faces staring at me. When you reached early, you don't have unwanted people and objects from your pictures. It's like having the whole place to yourself.</span></td></tr>
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Bian Lian, or Face Changing, as it's known in the western world, in an old dramatic art associated with Chinese opera from the Sichuan Province. It has been a secret for hundreds of years. A movement of the head. A wave of the hand. A different face! The masks are pulled upwards over the head by some form of wire mechanism controlled by the movements of the head, the hands are almost purely misdirection.<br />
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With a twist of the neck and a flip of the wrist, performers can leave the casual observer spellbound.<br />
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Come and light lamps as offerings to the Buddhas.In Buddhism, symbolic offerings are made to the Triple Gem, giving rise to contemplative gratitude and inspiration.<br />
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SINCE BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI attained enlightenment 2,560 years ago and dispelled the darkness of ignorance that obscures the mind's true nature, lamp offerings in Buddhist practices have symbolized his realization. Each lamp offering celebrates the Buddha's enlightenment .<br />
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Hang out too long at the place. When I got back to the hotel, I could still feel the Fo Guang Shan chanting rang in my ears when there is nothing around you that could be hear that sound.<br />
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Do not buy a dog on impulse this Chinese New Year, prospective pet owners are asked to think twice before adopting a dog for the coming Chinese New Year celebration. Puppies will be abandoned when they're not so cute anymore or when the kids grow tired of the animals or the parents grow tired of the maintenance.<br />
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When you choose to get a dog, you must choose to become a responsible dog owner. Cuz dogs have feelings too, just like humans. When we come home after a long day and are excitedly greeted by our dogs, expressed behaviour, such as barking, yelping and tail wagging. One of the (many) great things about dogs is that they don't fake their emotions.<br />
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Hachiko was a dog known for his infinite fidelity and love to his owner, Eizaburo Ueno, a university professor. The Akita dog heart-wrenching acts of extremely loyalty has touched the hearts of people across the nation by faithfully waiting every day for more than nine years in front of Tokyo's Shibuya Station at 3 o'clock for his master to return from work.<br />
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Unaware that he had died from a cerebral hemorrhage and wouldn't be coming back anymore.<br />
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In 1934 the statue of Hachiko was presented and the dog himself took part in the ceremony. Today anyone can visit the National Museum of Nature and Science in Ueno where the stuffed Hachiko is exhibited.<br />
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Loyalty and valuable services that dogs provide to human beings make them worthy of being called man's best friend. So sad, no lantern in the shape of Hachiko found here.<br />
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Dogs' devotion to their human owners , committed dog who refused to leave his master’s grave for a decade has died at the spot where the man is buried.Dog thinks, "Master is in the ground, I'll wait for it to wake up no matter what".<br />
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After the death of Argentinian Miguel Guzman in 2006, his pet dog Captain unexpectedly ran away from home.<br />
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Guzman’s family thought the German shepherd Capitan had run away, but were shocked to find the dog by its owner’s graveside months later when they found the German shepherd sitting by his master’s grave, whining pitifully.<br />
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That is an amazingly unbelievable a, no one is sure how Capitan was able to find the cemetery where his owner was buried? Capitan, a 15-year-old German Shepherd, who lived at the side of his owner’s resting place for 10 years, has died at his owner’s grave in the Municipal Cemetery of Villa Carlos Paz, a city in the Argentinian state of Cordoba.<br />
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Capitan isn’t the only loyal pooch who just can’t let go and won't be the last.I am certain that both of these dogs are enjoying their reunion in heaven with their respective owners. <span style="background-color: white; color: #545454; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">😂</span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Henry Wheeler Shaw (21 April 1818 – 14 October 1885), better known by his pen name Josh Billings, was an American humorist.</span></td></tr>
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The Four Beauties or Four Great Beauties (四大美女) are four Chinese women, renowned for their beauty. These were Xi Shi, Wang Zhaojun, Diaochan, and Yang Guifei.Three of the Four Beauties brought kingdoms to their knees and their lives ended in tragedy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Festive masks are used during celebrations, especially during Chinese New Year. Theatrical masks are worn or even painted on faces in Chinese opera and other theatrical presentations. </span></td></tr>
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With masks, audience is able to interpret character of a role at one glance. That is possible because of strict indication of colors that are used for painting the masks.<br />
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Red symbolizes positive values of the character such as loyalty, commitment,heroism and courage.<br />
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Purple can be used instead of red but can also symbolize respect, sophistication, nobleness and a sense of justice.<br />
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Black is color for characters that have integrity, that are impartial, neutral and unselfish regard for or devotion to the welfare of others. The first person that came into my mind is Justice Bao (real name Bao Zheng. He proved to be a magistrate of justice, fearlessness and righteousness.<br />
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Blue faces are also an indication of neutrality but can also mean wisdom, stubbornness and fierceness.<br />
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Green is reserved for characters that lack self-control, that are violent and impulsive. Hey we have Hulk that Marvel character contender here. Hulk is a character well known for his emotional and impulsive issue with anger and who literally blazes with it and turns green.<br />
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Yellow and white paint signifies brutal characters and characters that are hypocrites, ferocity and evil ambition.<br />
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Fo Guang Shan Malaysia is one of the many branches of Fo Guang Shan (“FGS”) throughout the world. FGS is founded by Ven Master Hsing Yun.<br />
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A swan musical fountain at the entrance of the temple is another highlight not to be missed. Four giant lanterns signify Four with revered Great Bodhisattva resembling each symbolizing different aspects of Buddhist belief and practice, and each with its own individual cult of veneration.<br />
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The most common grouping includes compassionate as:<br />
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1. Avalokitesvara(Sanskrit: the lord who looks upon the world with compassion) Bodhisattva( in Mahayana Buddhism: a person who is able to reach nirvana but delays doing so through compassion for suffering beings). This bodhisattva is variably depicted, described and is portrayed in different cultures as either female or male. Avalokitesvara, the first manifestation of Kuan Yin : Goddess of Compassion (Kwan Yin).<br />
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2. Manjushri the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, normally holds a sword in one hand, to cut off all delusion, and a Prajnaparamita Wisdom text in the other. Manjushri sits cross legged on top of a lion. The lion is standing on lotus flowers.<br />
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3. Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha is one of the four principal boddhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism. Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha took a great vow to guide all living beings from the hell and denied to achieve Buddhahood until all hells are emptied. He is one of the most well-known Bodhisattva in Chinese Mahayana Buddhism. Also known as Di Zhang Wang Pusa in Chinese and commonly translated as Earth Store Bodhisattva.<br />
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4. Samantabhadra (Sanskrit, "Universal Worthy") is a bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism associated with practice and meditation. Together with Gautama Buddha and his fellow bodhisattva Mañjuśrī, he forms the Shakyamuni trinity in Buddhism.He typically sits on a white elephant with six tusks (symbolizing the six perfections which are six distinct dimensions of human character have been cultivated to the level of excellence—generosity, morality, tolerance, energy, meditation, and wisdom)<br />
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Chinese Wishing fountain. May God bless you, with all your heart desires.</div>
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The temple usually gets crowded in the evening, visitors are advised to arrive early so that they could get a glimpse of the glowing giant lanterns in the sunset until late night.<br />
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As dusk falls and turns into night. Ding, ding, ding, ladies and gentlemen, are you ready? It's time for the main event! let's get ready to rumble! Well, I meant.. Selfies and Groupie get your camera phone on, it's a photo shoot time!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Swan musical fountain at the entrance of Dong Zen Temple rotating with brightly coloured lights illuminate the water, you'll see a captivating show of fountains shooting water up high all choreographed to Johann Strauss II - The Blue Danube Waltz.</span></td></tr>
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I'd wished I could waltz around all over the place when hearing the music. Waltz is a smooth dance, traveling around the line of dance. It is characterized primarily by its rise and fall action. Dance partners create a square footwork pattern on the floor, counting '1,2,3'- '1,2,3' as they move together, one going forward, one going backwards, to form the box. Once mastered, other fancy and graceful moves can be added.<br />
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Ah...memories of my dancing years. (⌣̩̩́_⌣̩̩̀)<br />
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Swans form monogamous pair bonds that last for many years, and in some cases these bonds can last for life. Their loyalty to their mates is so storied that the image of two swans swimming with their necks entwined in the shape of a heart has become a nearly universal symbol of love.<br />
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I was a wee bit disappointed as not enough dogs lantern to showboat. Maybe it's because the lack of space due to one of the open spaces location has been converted into permanent tent food outlets for visitors.<br />
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In addition to that many of my favourites dogs missing in action. I reckon young people, that they simply don't know these famous dogs that stole our hearts have had such an impact on us.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Chipmunk loves a good karaoke session but shhhh.. Don't disturb Siddhartha meditating under the Bodhi Tree</span></td></tr>
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One of the most common misconceptions about dogs and their tails is that a wagging tail means a happy dog. This isn't always the case..<br />
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When dogs looked at tails wagging to the left, their heart rate increased and they showed more signs of stress and anxiety. The dogs were more relaxed when they saw tails wagging to the right. Just like us they also have a bad/ruff day. So remember Left signal .. BAD day..go away Right signal.. GOOD day. Let's Go for a Walk.<br />
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<i>It's been a hard day's night, and I've been working like a dog. It's been a hard day's night, I should be sleeping like a log. But when I get home to you I find the things that you do. Will make me feel alright...</i><br />
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It took volunteers several months to assemble the lantern made of thousands of tiny bulbs. We owe a depth of appreciation to the unsung heroes that work tirelessly behind the scenes to make this wonderful event possible.<br />
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A Dog's most defining characteristic is their loyalty. They will never abandon their friends, family or work. Honest and just, they are popular in social circles.The “Brown Earth Dog” is taking centre stage at the annual Chinese New Year lantern festival at Fo Guang Shan (FGS) Dong Zen Temple in Jenjarom here.<br />
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Hence a giant lantern in the shape of dog at a height of 30 feet rotating at 360 degrees is the highlight of the festival.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wouldn't it be nice to have this song after the performance? You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Cryin' all the time You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Cryin' all the ..Elvis has left the building.</span></td></tr>
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The revolving giant dog lantern at Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen temple is now listed on the Malaysia Book of Records as the ‘Biggest Revolving Dog Lantern”.<br />
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In conjunction with the Chinese New Year Festival 2018 Celebrates the Year Of The Dog,<br />
a colossal revolving dog lantern is 12.36 m in height, 11.55 m in length and 11.55 m. The giant dog lantern structure made of recycled material is able to rotate 360 degrees. Assist by a 3 m high base, it appears as if a giant dog is keep watch over the entire temple.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> These dogs have natural talents that are carefully honed with intensive training. Working dogs are trained to help others and they love to work. At the bottom of stage shows how dogs are helpful To human.</span></td></tr>
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Dog lovers worldwide will tell you that every dog breed is talented in their own way. The truth is, however, that some dog breeds are simply more skilled than others when it comes to certain tasks.<br />
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Service dogs include any training to assist someone with a disability, which can be physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or mental. The type of service dog that most people are familiar with is the guide dog, which helps those who are blind get around safely.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Good dog breeds for children include Labs, Mastiffs, Golden Retrievers, and boxers</span></td></tr>
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Some dogs may tolerate children in the home, but these breeds won't only be your child's pet – they'll become their confidant, playmate, and best friend! If you have children, or are planning on having any someday, consider adopting one of these breeds.<br />
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Dogs have an amazing healing power and may improve the physical and mental health of their human companions? Simply petting a dog can decrease levels of stress hormones, regulate breathing, and lower blood pressure.<br />
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A dog also becomes your kid's best friend<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A guard dog - a herding dog for cattle and sheep, a hunting dog for wild boar, and as a guard dog for your home</span></td></tr>
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A well-trained guard dog can help keep its household and property safe from intruders and thieves. But the keyword is “well-trained.” A good guard dog is obedient and easily controlled by its pack leader, not a barking, snarling bundle of energy lunging at every passerby.I'll never get tired watching this movie over and over again.<br />
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This canine might not look like a typical guard dog but his diligent work looking after his owner's bike whenever he goes off to run some errands has seen him become a minor celebrity in China.<br />
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A dog’s nose is superior smellers, its biggest asset in police work. They receive special guidance to help their human handlers sniff out drugs, bombs, guns, or missing persons and suspects that humans can't find.</div>
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Italy's Lusy Imbergerova and Deril amaze crowds at Crufts 2017 with their incredible freestyle heelwork to music routine. A talented dog has shown incredible dance moves as he 'performs CPR' on trainer during a World Championship competition.<br />
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I have seen some cool dog tricks in my day but this one takes the cake!<br />
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A sign or signboard is structure that directs attention to an object, product, place, activity, person, institution, organization, or business. The general rule of thumb is that you should placed the signage where it is visible to as much walk-by and drive-by traffic as possible but not so for the this road sign location signboard stucture is a the end of the junction corner.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I found myself in the same body position after spending a few hours walking with no place for a proper resting place.</span></td></tr>
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Dong Zen Temple sits on an area of 16 acres in Jenjarom which is spread over a huge area. Most people's legs will get tired and ache at some time in their visit, usually from standing or sitting for long periods, but there is no appropriate space designated to rest our feet so that the discomfort soon goes once the legs are rested or moved.<br />
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Hot weather seem to drain away my energy in he afternoon as we still have for a couple of hours to wait till night before the FGS Lantern shows at night. It is just my wishful thinking someday this place may have a place with folding chair with rest arm for tired visitor to nap/recharge or revitalizing for tired body, feet and legs with a Vending Massage Chair.<br />
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MYSTERY OF THE ceramic URINAL bowls</h1>
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In a urinal with wall, the users may stand back to back. Often, one or two of the urinals, typically at one end of a long row, will be mounted lower than the other but in one of men's washroom all of the urinal bowls are extremely low. First time user who needs to use the restroom will be scratching their heads in this situation.<br />
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Are we able to see this Disney character making appearance next year? You have to wait until the next year to find out.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Angry Pumbaa</span></td></tr>
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Memorable moments from the Lion King:<br />
Pumbaa: ARE YOU TALKING TO ME?<br />
Timon: Now they're in for it.<br />
Pumbaa: THEY CALL ME MR. PIG!<br />
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[Charging towards the Hyenas]<br />
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A mechanical failure with the mascot's for this visit. It supposed to be moving the head I think.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We have finally reached the end of our trip. My sister children are all grown up. First time without any of them accompany us for this trip. Say adios, goodbye, sayonara to FGS Dong Zen. I will see you next year and perhaps I won't.</span></div>
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<br />david3816http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186288087499999280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525396367040566607.post-90891539144397200012018-02-11T07:54:00.000-08:002018-02-11T07:54:47.407-08:00 Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi (邱公司)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> The grandest clan temple in the country. </span></td></tr>
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The Khoo Kongsi is a clan association of the Leong San Tong (Dragon Mountain Hall) clan, whose forefathers came from Sin Kang clan village (now known as Xiangcheng) in Hokkien province. The Khoos were among the wealthy Straits Chinese traders of 17th century Malacca and early Penang.<br />
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The idea of a temple was first mooted in 1836 and was completed 8 years later. The Leong San Tong of the Khoo Kongsi on the Cannon Square is the most picturesque clan-temple in Malaysia.<br />
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Ironically, Mom has never visited the famous Khoo Kongsi clanhouse while we lived in the Lebuh Pantai police barracks where my Dad was a police officer many years ago. Located at a distance at only 1.5 km from Khoo Kongsi.<br />
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We had some difficulty finding this place, where is this place located? Compared to other clan house where they can be seen visibly on the streets.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We found it! No, it's a false alarm. This belongs to Yap Clan House.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Is This the One? Wrong Again...This one is Cheah Kongsi. Where Could It Be Khoo Kongsi? How many Clan Temples are there?</span></td></tr>
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Within Penang, five Hokkien clan associations (Goh Tai Seh) are regarded as the pillars of the Penang Hokkien clan associations. They are the Khoo, the Tan, the Lim, the Cheah and the Yeoh, and they each has a clan temple somewhere in George Town.<br />
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A kongsi (clan house) is a building in which Chinese people of the same surname or family clan gather at their ancestral temples to worship their ancestors in age order.<br />
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Illustrating commitments between extended relations, ancestors and the outside community, the kongsi also function as an important means of solidarity. These days the primary functions of kongsis are supportive roles: they provide financial assistance for the educations of members’ children, settle conflicts and offer advance cash loan.<br />
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Hey if we stick together, we can take care of our own. The principle of "ghee" or brotherhood is highly revered within the clan.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Penang clan temples are built by the different clan associations in Penang during the mid 19th to the early 20th centuries.</span></td></tr>
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GPS voice tells you, "You have reached your destination" but after few fruitless attempt we were about to give up. Alas, as though my mother's ancestors spirits were guiding us to the place, it's on your left side dumb dumb.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yeah! we have found it and as if an emptied parking lot reservation for us too right in front of the main gate.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Penang trishaw is an almost extinct means of transport in Penang but thanks for the tourist support for saving it.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"So Near and yet So Far" . We can see the signboard but we still couldn't find the location. </span></td></tr>
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Sounds a bit odd and pedantic but having drive around the block many times before we found it I would suggest that they improve their signage with an arrow or two! I believe many visitor have mentioned this but till this day no action.<br />
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It is common that one often overlooked the main entrance owing to its dull appearance apart from an alley crowning with a black plaque and gold wordings that read 'Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi' which literally means 'Dragon Mountain Hall Khoo Clan House'<br />
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Find it is like looking for a needle in a haystack, well actually what you see here now are just the tip of the iceberg.<br />
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The Khoo Kongsi is a large Chinese clanhouse with elaborate and highly ornamented architecture, a mark of the dominant presence of the Chinese in Penang, Malaysia. The famous Khoo Kongsi is the grandest clan temple in the country located within the compound of Canon Square.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hidden in a maze of alleys and pre-war houses is the breathtakingly beautiful Khoo Kongsi – clanhouse built by the early Khoo clanmen more than 100 years ago. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Three tucked away entrances at Cannon Street, Beach Street and Armenian Street will lead you the magnificent structure built on a beautiful courtyard.</span><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></td></tr>
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Now only a single entrance into and out of Khoo Kongsi, and that is, the main passageway from Cannon Square.Two other entrances are a side one leading to Acheh Street, and a back one to Beach Street.<br />
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All these other entrances are off limit to the public<br />
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In the 19th century, the clan complex resembled a miniature clan village, with its own self-government as well as educational, financial, welfare and social organisations.<br />
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The Khoo Kongsi complex consists of the clan house, Leong San Tong (which literally means “Dragon Mountain Hall”), an administrative building with a meeting hall and offices, an opera stage and 62 units of terrace houses and shop houses.<br />
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There are three entrances to the complex: the main entrance is at Cannon Street: the rear entrance, with a decorative archway, faces Beach Street; and the side entrance leads to Armenian Street. The closely-knit building complex is a reflection of the strong centripetalism and solidarity of the Khoos in the past. It also reflects the defensive instinct of the local Hokkien community to safeguard against the inadequate public security during the British rule in the 19th century.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A plaque on the wall from Ministry of Communication, Information & Culture. </span></td></tr>
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Endangered heritage buildings can be given legal protection by listing or gazetting them, or for the local and Federal Government to enact heritage zones.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Khoo Kongsi information plaque - The piooner Khoos establish a clanhouse to unite and look after the welfare of the clansmen as well as to worship their ancestors. 'All for one and one for all, united we stand divided we fall.'</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">You must be wondering why the name "CANON SQUARE" appear here? It should rightfully remain close at Fort Cornwallis right? Well there is story...</span></td></tr>
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At Cannon Square where Khoo Kongsi is, the large hole supposedly made by a cannonball fired during the Penang Riots by the colonial government to suppress the riots at the territory of the Tua Pek Kong Hoey.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The men are primarily European. A selection of men hold weapons, like guns or sabres. There are two grouping of rifles, placed together to form a tripod. There is a cannon at the centre of the barricade.</span></td></tr>
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Please don't bother trying to find it, as the hole was levelled up and renamed Cannon Street (Tua Cheng Hang).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">My first impression of the photo is the army from American Civil War, the Confederate Army.</span></td></tr>
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Chinese immigrants to Penang brought their traditions with them, including secret societies, which provided mutual aid and protection for the Chinese community.<br />
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Just like the American Civil War, the Penang Riots are always fought between two brothers, in which two white brothers fought to see who would control the colored world, either together or separate. In the Penang Riot of 1867 the alliance of Tua Pek Kong Hoey (Kean Teik Tong) and the Red Flag Gang fought against the alliance of the Ghee Hin Kongsi and the White Flag Gang for ten days in George Town.<br />
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The Tua Pek Kong Hoey, led by Khoo Thean Teik consisted mainly of the Hokkien; the Ghee Hin Kongsi was Cantonese-based; while the Red Flag and the White Flag Gangs comprised of the Malays and the Indians.<br />
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The riots were the result of a tussle for monopoly over lucrative opium and arak farms, smuggling activities and territorial control.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A walk down the lane to the ticket office at the end of the lane on the right</span></td></tr>
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Visitors will need to walk through an alley between two rows of 19th-century terrace houses and pass by the opera stage, before they can see the majestic clan house on the granite square. Before World War II, this complex was actually a “clan village” occupied by the Khoo families.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Here visitors can purchase the entrance ticket (RM10-00). With the entrance ticket is a sticker which one has to wear for the duration of the visit.</span></td></tr>
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I went inside to purchase tickets at ticket window. Asking the ticket counter cashier whether my mom as a senior citizen will she is entitled to concession?<br />
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“No,” she replied quickly. Not even she is a descendant of the Khoo Clan? Really? She need to see my mom Identification Card as required proof of identity.<br />
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I'm feeling a bit greedy and asked how about the family members? Who are they? As I explained.. my sister, my brother-in-law and her daughter. OK, it's free, we get complimentary admission sticker.<br />
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Lessons Learned In Life. "If you don't ask, you don't get." . I've saved Rm50. These is just example of how I've saved by asking for a discount.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">You need to wear this sticker as entrance ticket for the duration of the visit.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">O Great Spirit of our Ancestors, chor kong chor mah, help and guide us, to move obstacles out of our way, to protect us and watch ...</span></td></tr>
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<b>May the ancestors watch over you.</b> Taken from Star Wars, the blessing 'May the Force be with you' comforting their decendants : ‘And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age’<br />
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The veneration of the dead, including one's ancestors, is based on love and respect for the deceased. In some cultures, it is related to beliefs that the dead have a continued existence, and may possess the ability to influence the fortune of the living.<br />
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These clan temples are constructed for the motive of worshipping the patron deities of the clans as well as to venerate ancestors. Within these clan temples are generally ancestral tablets of those who have departed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">C'est magnifique ! </span></td></tr>
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Built some 650 years ago. Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi is supposedly the finest clanhouse outside of China.<br />
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Massive overhead paper lamps bathe the interior in an orange glow and there is an aura of peace and calm around the place.<br />
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Splendid, spectacular, impressive, striking, glorious but these scene is unavailable to the visitor as the Khoo Kongsi opens daytime only from 9am - 5pm. It is usually not open at night unless some special ocassion. Sad isn't it?<br />
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Chinese operas are still staged at the theatre during the seventh lunar month (hungry ghost festival).</div>
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Right opposite Leong San Tong, there is a permanent majestic opera stage which holding opera stage show during 7th Chinese Lunar month.(The Chinese Ghost Month)</div>
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Performances are also held around Chinese New Year and other important holidays. The stage is also available for special events.<br />
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Thinking mmm... Why do they put up the sign "Visitors are strictly not allowed to rolls the granite ball in the lion..?" This is a male stone lion for sure..<br />
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They are generally known in Chinese as 'stone lions' (石狮 shíshī or 石狮子 shí-shīzi). The lions come in pairs, one male and one female. Viewed from the outside, the female is usually on the left and the male on the right. It's difference when comes to the traditional Chinese culture specific the man on the left and woman on the right.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Green stone joss-stick urn in front of the Cheng Soon Keong</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the old days these wooden plaques will be lifted and used during procession ceremonies. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hold your horses! Why the "rock on" hand gesture doing here? I reckon one of descendant must be big fan of rock music.Singing, I love rock and roll. So put another dime ...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> I'm just curious..why are they here? The green stone turbaned watchman holding a gun at the entrance of the Prayer Pavilion."Halt, who goes there?</span> "</td></tr>
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It's a strange place for that sort of statue, but I bet if you walk past it you can't help but smile.These men with their burly and bearded appearance create a formidable presence.<br />
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Maybe there is a little bit of history around here?<br />
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The Sikh community first arrived were political prisoners from Punjab, captured by the British after the second Punjab war of 1848. A small detachment of Sikhs was stationed in Penang as policemen and guards.<br />
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By the 1890s, Sikhs were recruit as police personnel in all Malay states and also British North Borneo and Sarawak.<br />
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Foreign trading houses and Chinese businesses hired Sikhs as ‘jaga’ (watchmen) at their premises, godowns/warehouse and residences until the early 70s, when uniformed security personnel started being employed.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;">Prayer pavilion with a grand staircase is unusual in traditional Fujian architecture. Bet you won't find that anywhere else in the world!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">At the end of the grand stairs handrails there is a monk on each side. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">One depiciting one laughing monk and the other side a crying monk. </span></td></tr>
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Indicating to speak about life and what people are going through in their every day ups and downs, the good times and the bad times. Life is not a bed of roses, all the time, you know.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Floor Plan. On the upper floor of the central hall is the Cheng Soon Keong. On its left is the Hock Teik Soo, and on its right the Ee Kok Tong. The central hall at the lower floor (basement) was used for wedding tea receptions in the early days. To its right is a corridor leading to the kitchen. Now, it is a museum.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Transformation of Khoo Kongsi Clan Temple. A mixture of architectural styles; Southern Fujian architecture fused eastern and western architectural styles and local.</span></td></tr>
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The existing bungalow in which Leong San Tong was first established is an Anglo-Malay bungalow. The clan temple was built around the Malay stilt houses during the colonial era. It has a symmetrical structure with a protruding posted front porch, under which is a traditional grand Malay semi-open staircase that leads to the verandah.<br />
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Khoo Kongsi bought this premise in 1850 and convert it into a clanhouse in 1851. The bungalow remain in existence for 43 years till the clanhouse undergo a major refurbishment based predominantly on the Southern Fujian architecture in 1894.</div>
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Once inside the clan compound, you'll be easily overwhelm with the beauty and impressive view of Leong San Tong house.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The cheerful “walking dragon” at the corner ridge of the Prayer Pavilion. Spectacular ridge decorations. Mesmerize your visitors before they even enter the clan temple.</span></td></tr>
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A close up of the roof reveal the fine detailing of the composition ornament of all elements of the roof - from the end-ridge, roof eave tiles, the colorful roof decorations to the timber-work at the roof joists. All have been finely crafted. A masterpiece of work.</div>
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The famous Khoo Kongsi clan-house is stunning and also worth visiting. So old and so exquisite. You'll be blown away, like you entered another world. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">In Chinese society, operas and puppet plays have long been performed both to amuse gods and people, and to thank the gods for renewing the life forces of the community.</span></td></tr>
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In traditional China, temple fairs always held opera performances, with the stage facing the temple for deities to enjoy.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A mock up Opera House at it's Museum showing pre-recorded videos to visitor audience </span></td></tr>
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Traditional Chinese theatre often called Chinese Opera or Xiqu 戲曲, is a popular form of drama and musical theatre in China with roots going back to the early periods in China.(As early as Yuan Dynasty 1271 -1368 )<br />
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On the wall of Khoo Kongsi temple there are a set of carved granite panels decorating the front wall of the temple. The panels capture the moment from Confucian moral stories on filial piety. Since the stories are renowned among the older generation, each panel sought to create a hint message to the worshiper.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Decorative roof rafter at the entrance to the Khoo Kongsi Clan House</span></td></tr>
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Still standing at the Prayer Pavilion, I look up at the ceiling to admire the roof rafter at the bottom of the roof.<br />
The roof joists are supported by carved golden timber corbels and the round timber rafters has intricate paintings.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Most of the bracket in the shape of animals represent something. This i can't find in their official website?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The swirling dragon on the monolithic stone column is a wonderful piece of sculptural work. The column also features other sculptural motifs, including figures, flowers, birds and marine life.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Richly ornamented pillars which are said to have been crafted by master craftsmen from China</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The hanging paper lanterns with the Chinese characters Khoo's Residence written on them. </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>The Culture of Chinese Doorsill</b></i></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Why So Serious, Mom? Generally, the stone statue of lion is made in pairs. the male resting his paw upon the embroidered ball and the female restraining a playful cub that is on its back.</span></td></tr>
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As you enter, you must step over a high threshold board. This serves a triple function. First, it forces devotees to look downward, as they should when entering the temple. Unknowingly they have just bow their head paying respect to God.<br />
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Second, it keeps out wandering ghosts who tend to shuffle their feet, so if they try to enter, the threshold board will trip them.<br />
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Third, In the past, door threshold was mainly used for protecting the house from rising water and flooding when torrential rain overflowed. Door threshold is particularly common in Southern China, because the average rainfall in this area is more than Northern China.<br />
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I also found that it is considered inauspicious and disrespectful to step on the threshold board. In most temples, the common courtesy when you enter is with the right foot first as well.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cheng Soon Keong, the central hall of Leong San Tong is the largest hall and the most elaborately decorated, enshrines Ong Soon Yah (the Great Duke) and Tua Sai Yah (the Noble) who are the patron saints of the Khoos.</span></td></tr>
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As the story goes that Tua Sai Yah the great Duke and Ong Soon Yah the great Noble were generals in the army during the 4th century Jin Dynasty and they overcome a much larger enemy.<br />
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Psychological warfare were used against the enemy which they were greatly outnumbered. The idea was using their own unique tactics of trapping them in the trees and grasses near the River Fei.<br />
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Owing to the bravery and wit in protecting the people and the territory, General Cheah Aun and Cheah Hean were deified in later year.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Images of the 36 celestial guardians that almost totally cover both panels of the wall. </span> <span style="font-size: small;">18 on each side of the wall. Altar at the main prayer hall with gold wooden carved backdrop panels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">They sit on different animals such as the dragon, the lion and other mythical creatures, and each of them is armed with a unique weapon. They are rich, interesting pictorial representations of folklores and art.</span></div>
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Door stones – Dragon Stone drums (椒图抱鼓石)<br />
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Drums were originally placed outside of the magistrate’s court house. Over time, it became incorporated into the design of stone to provide supports for the timber entrance door. The spiraling pattern on Khoo kongsi Hall of Hock Teik Soo’s door stone drum represents Jiaotu (椒图) in form of bao gu shi (bearing stones).<br />
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One of the Chinese dragon’s nine sons which has a snail-like features and are believed to be good guardians.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Hall of Hock Teik Soo</i></b></span><br />
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This hall is found in the annexe to the left of the central hall. The deity worshipped in this hall is the God of Prosperity. Locally known as Tua Pek Kong. Heng ah Huat ah Ong ah !<br />
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This Tua Pek Kong Wealth God For Prosperity features the figurine of Tua Pek Kong (Chinese: 大伯公, Hokkien: Tuā-peh-kong), literally means "Grand Uncle", who is one of the pantheon of Malaysian Chinese Gods. He is portray sitting on a dragon chair and carrying a Ru Yi, a symbol of authority luck and good fortune, on his left hand and a large Gold Ingot on his right, symbol of wealth and success.<br />
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Yeah. I reckon if he's in today's world he would be seen like wearing gold attire, expensive watch and driving a luxury car.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The trapezium ceiling in the Hock Teik Soo and the Ee Kok Tong halls is actually not the standard issue of the Southern Fujian architecture. The Western influence can also be identified in the louvered windows and balusters at the rear verandah. They all have Western decorations. 'Little Bit Country/little Bit Rock And Roll' the first thing that came to/into my mind.</span></td></tr>
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Hanging on the walls of these temples are the picture of clan members who have sucessfully achieved academic or financial success. These are usually the benefactors of the clan associations<br />
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The Murals in the Cheng Soon Keong. There are seven murals at the rear corridor, three of them huge and four of them small. They have survived the test of time for almost a century, since the completion of Leong San Tong.<br />
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Illustrate Liu Bei, Guan Gong and Zhang Fei’s three visits to the cottage of Zhu Ge Kong Ming to persuade him to be their military adviser to the Kingdom of Shu. Moved by their sincerity, Kong Ming in the end accepted their request.<br />
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The story originated in the Tang Dynasty. During the summer of the fifth year of the reign of the Emperor Wu Zong, the famous poet Bai Ju Yi and eight other old men assemble in Luo Yang. They wrote and recited poems and had the event jot down in a painting named the “Nine Old Men”. The painting promote cheerfulness as a means for good health and longevity.<br />
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You need to involve yourself in a positive living program for the promotion of a healthy mind. ... The mind plays a key role in stimulate good health. ... Music, drawing, painting and creating sculpture provide a means of communication and self-expression--and a way to relieve stress.<br />
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Attaining balance and harmony for emotions have become incorporated into the Chinese culture rooted in Yin–Yang balance.<br />
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The Fisherman, Woodsman, Farmer and Scholar Mural<br />
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The two paintings flanking the “Hundred Sons and Thousand Grandsons” are seemingly a pair. The one on the right attribute a fisherman and a woodsman, while the one on the left features a farmer and a child reading and riding on the back of an ox, thus the entitle the “Fisherman. Woodsman. Farmer and Scholar” (Yu Qiao Geng Du).<br />
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The portrayal reflects the values revered in a traditional agricultural society, in which people are motivate to work hard to be self-sufficient on the one hand, and to ensure adopt good morality and try for an government official career through studying on the other.<br />
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At the bottom of the wall, on the left is the signature of the artist's work of Yeoh Boon Ngah the Hermit. Apparently, Yeoh Boon Ngah was a renowned painter, his talent had won him the appointment for the paintings of the “36 Celestial Guardians” in the Cheng Soon Keong and the “Hundred Sons and Thousand Grandsons,” the “Nine Old Men,” the “Three Visits to the Cottage” and the “Heaven-touching Filial Piety” at the rear corridor.<br />
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Hundred Sons and Thousand Grandsons epitomizes the Chinese wish for big families with plenty of children. A house pack with children is considered a blessing of joy.<br />
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It is also a wish for the Khoo clan to thrive since the number of offspring illustrates the power of the clan.<br />
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In the olden days, family situations usually were different. Families were larger. Facing high infant mortality rates and poorer healthcare, few children were expected to be able to survive to adulthood.<br />
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Drought, famine, conflict and disease also killed off many children. Raising a large families were necessary to ensure that someone would care for them in their old age.<br />
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However, none of these reasons for having a large family are relevant today. Surviving to adulthood and reproducing occurs with greater certainty than ever, thanks to manmade technologies.<br />
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In the old days, an average of 7 to 8 children was the accepted family size. My mom grew up in an even bigger family. My mother has 11 siblings that consists of six brothers and five sisters.<br />
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As parents, might have a moral obligation to provide children with good education, good nutrition, stability and love.<br />
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<b>Remember, parenting is about quality, not necessarily quantity!</b><br />
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As the deity’s private carrier is also called the “The sedan chair”. The grand wooden carved sedan chair is the main event of the entire parade. Five flags representing heavenly armies are placed at the back of the sedan chair.<br />
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The urn is where the spirits of the gods are carried and put on one of the sedan chairs. As soon as the chairs leave the temple, they begin violently swaying from side to side. Nothing else could explain why but the manifestations of the powers of these deities who, through their extraordinary capabilities, had possessed the sedan chairs and their carriers as a sign the divine presence.<br />
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The parade consists of lion and dragon dance troupes and devotees following behind sedan chairs carrying statues of escorting gods and the sacred urn.<br />
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Believers of all ages bend down on their knees in rows, preparing for crawling under the sedan chair to pray for peace and evict demons from people.<br />
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The grand sedan chair we see most commonly is like a mini temple. It is carried by four or more people - depend on its size to present the dignity and solemnity of the deity.<br />
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Once the procession has arrived at the temple has arrived at the host temple, the image of deity or urn and its inherent effigy(ling) is passed into the iner altar (tan) where it stay for the whole duration of celebration until the troupe returns it to the originating temple.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Khoo clan museum</b></i></span><br />
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The upstairs section is the main part of the temple and downstairs is a museum which talks about the history of the Khoo family and the temple.<br />
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Founded by Hokkien immigrant workers who came to Penang to seek greater fortune, the clanhouse was set up promote clan solidarity and to foster Confucian core values such as filial piety and respect for the elders.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Genealogy of the Khoo Clan. Inside, keeping track of the clan’s development as a mark of ancestors appreciation. Secondly, it focus on achievements</span><span style="font-size: small;"> of the clan. Finally, it serves as a database for the educational purpose of the descendants, so that they will be aware of their origin and continue to</span><span style="font-size: small;"> do as their ancestors did.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The pioneer of Sin Kang emigrant was Khoo Se Phai.In early 17th century, many Chinese emigrated from South China to Penang for greener pasture.</span></td></tr>
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In the 17th and 18th centuries, many clansmen migrated to Taiwan, Dutch Batavia (now Jakarta) and Malacca with the repeal of the ban on maritime trade by the Manchu government. Since the rise of British power in the Far East, Siam, Burma (Myanmar), Singapore, Malacca, Kedah and Penang had been their preferred destinations. Among these places, Penang attract the most Khoo immigrants in the 19th century.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The genealogical poem or chart, which was passed down serves as a naming guide to the clansmen. It consists of characters representing the middle name of each generation, from which the generation hierarchy can be identified. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Some scenes from the movie Anna and The King were shot here.</span></td></tr>
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Banned from production in Thailand, the Oscar-winning historical film was mostly filmed in Malaysia, particularly in Penang, Ipoh and Langkawi.Several scenes were also filmed in various locations in Penang, such as the Armenian Street, Penang Town Hall's Grand Ballroom, Khoo Kongsi, and Swettenham Pier.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The level of detail on the building is amazing. One could spend hours studying all the decorations. We really enjoyed the museum with the history of the building in the basement.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Looking Back In Time. </b></i></span><br />
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What was life like before electricity, indoor plumbing and natural gas? Khoo Kongsi has turned back the clock to put together a replica exhibit displaying common household items used before modern conveniences drastically changed life as we know it.<br />
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The kitchen is only a mock-up one, but it does re-create the scene closely.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The good old days. Do you see anything</span><br />
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My mother is an amazing cook, and so I always loved to eat. As sure as night follows day, old age will catch up with everyone. Nowadays its always eating out or take away. No longer prepared elaborate home-cooked meals.<br />
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This old kitchen is no stranger to Mom. Aiya, the not so good old days..it takes a lot of time in food preparation. Without the advances in technology that help us store, preserve, and prepare food, men and women would spend much of their time getting meals ready to eat.<br />
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Regular housework and food preparation required much more manual labor than it does today and is reflected in the tools used to achieve these tasks. Even preparing for a simple meal was a time and energy consuming chore.<br />
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Mom had to know how to prepare unprocessed foods for consumption, as there were not many factory-prepared foods. She raise her own backyard chickens. While it was still alive and then had to kill and pluck the birds and cook. Homemaker need to complete disregard for their actions: no remorse, no capacity for shame, and no guilt. I myself just don't have the courage to kill a chicken.<br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">It takes someone really brave to be a mother, someone strong to raise a child and someone special to love someone more than herself.</span><br />
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Before the indoor plumbing became common, chores that involved the use of water were particularly burdensome. The majority of families got their water from a hydrant, pump, well or stream located some distance from their house.<br />
The mere job of bringing water into the house could be extremely exhausting.<br />
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Back in the old days. ... Life is hard. For instance, we take our water for granted.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">As a kid, mom had to carry in two buckets of water attached to a long pole held across her shoulder.</span></td></tr>
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Homes without running water also lacked the convenient way to dispose of garbage: sinks with drains. This meant that homemakers had to carry stained dishwater, kitchen slop and, worst of all, the contents of chamberpots from their house manually.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> A common old kitchen utensils of the old days.Notably here is the Asian Granite Stone mill grinder.</span></td></tr>
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In the past, people used milling machines stone grinders or pestle and mortar to finely process flour. These days, shops use grinders and mills that use grinding surfaces made of metal. Old-fashioned grinders make a contrast. When you make any kind of bread, it will taste better.<br />
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Hokkien wide range of pastries and "sweets" as well as "desserts" are known in Hokkien as in Malay as kuih, especially those Nyonya kuih made of rice or glutinous rice. Most homemakers have granite milstone grinder turn glutinous rice into batter. Family members took turns grinding the pre-soaked glutinous rice. One person turned the grindstone with a T-shaped wooden handle bar in a clock-wise motion, and another person fed soaked, glutinous rice into a hole in it with a ladle.<br />
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Prior to the twentieth century, cooking was accomplish on a coal or wood burning stove. Unlike an electric induction cooker or a gas cooker, which can be turned on with the flick of a single switch, wood burning stove were exceptionally difficult to use. Ashes from an old fireplace had to be removed. Then, paper and kindling had to be set inside the stove, dampers and flues had to be carefully alter, and a fire lit.<br />
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Since there were no thermostats to regulate the stove's temperature, a woman/man had to keep an eye on the apparatus nearly all the time. Any time the fire less intense, she had to adjust a flue or add more energy.<br />
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Wood-fired food tastes better than food cooked with other sources. Wood fuel is part of what makes food from a wood-burning uniquely delicious. I can vouch for that. Next time try to look char koay teow hawkers still using charcoal to fire up the wok for a better intensity of heat/ wok hei in Cantonese to give the best flavour.<br />
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Well I do try to search for the Siam Road Char Koay Teow” was recently ranked 14th in the top 50 list at the World Street Food Congress 2017 in Manila. Well I was disappointed.... no not because of the taste but for his "dissapearance".<br />
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My niece went to one of those folks there and was informed that the line for the Char Koay Teow would get extremely long especially on weekends and public holidays. The queue would stretch 20m from the stall into the adjacent Anson Road.<br />
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Please stop photograph and write about me, he pleaded the customers. Another celebrity who just can't handle fame. With all the great publicity he's getting, business is booming. Apparently can't cope with demand.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">In hokkien, ciak pui. Eat rice, common courtesy saying before eating. My grandma like sitting on a chair with one leg up. </span></td></tr>
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When eating a meal in China, people are expected to behave in a civilized manner (according to Chinese customs) , pay attention to table manners and practice good dining habits.<br />
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Let older people eat first, or if you hear an elder say "let's eat", you can start to eat. You should not steal a march on the elders.<br />
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Life was better in the past because now we have technology that makes everything more complicated between people and the world. Nobody knows how to communicate in this world anymore because everyone is too busy on their phones. ... And that's include me.<br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Preserve the whole old-time charm of the Khoo Kongsi</span></b></i><br />
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The local have kept alive their dialects, religions celebration, culture and festivals which makes Penang an extensive heritage enclave. A perfect blend of East and West, embracing modern life whilst still retaining its traditions and old world charm.<br />
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Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi is one of the must visit attraction in Penang. Trust Me.<br />
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Don't forget your roots my friend yeah<br />
Don't forget your family yeah<br />
Don't forget your roots my friend<br />
The ones who gave you<br />
The ones who brought you here.<br />
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18 Cannon Square, 10200 Penang, Malaysia.<br />
Tel: +604-261 4609 Fax: +604-262 2591<br />
E-mail : info@khookongsi.com.my<br />
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Daily, including Sundays and Public Holidays: 9 am to 5 pm.<br />
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david3816http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186288087499999280noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525396367040566607.post-9381493769343394312018-01-23T07:23:00.000-08:002018-04-05T06:32:27.612-07:00The Weld Quay Clan Jetties Waterfront Settlement - Chew JettyAlong Weld Quay which stretches coastline of George Town, one can find water villages.Started merely as a wooden passageway and slowly created into a cluster of houses perch above the sea shores by stilts above the never ending shifting tides, this communal site is locked in a time zone by itself, disregarding the urban development that is taking place around it.<br />
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These are the Clan Jetties of George Town.<br />
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Like fingers that jut into the sea, the Clan Jetties line the water front of George Town and here we find a tight-knit community that has existed for over a hundred years, witnessed and contributed to the growth of the Penang port and fought hard to preserve a traditional lifestyle adrift in the urban setting.<br />
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Start your day at the edge of Georgetown with a stroll along Chew Jetty. If you're hungry you can have breakfast at a roadside coffee shop along Pengkalan Weld near the Clan Jetty.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chew Jetty Café (海墘茶室), as the name implies, is located at the entrance of Chew Jetty (姓周桥). A wide selection of food stalls with varieties representative of Penang street food under one roof.</span></td></tr>
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Chew Jetty is worth a visit to gain an appreciation of the history of the early Chinese settlers since it’s within walking distance from Armenian Street. Many of the houses are still inhabited and as you walk through the short jetty, you get to get a glimpse of their lifestyles. Go on a weekday early morning to beat the crowd and avoid the mid-morning to afternoon Sun so that you can maximize your experience.<br />
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The Clan Jetties are now included in the Core Area of the UNESCO World Heritage Site of George Town, and are revered and conserved as a part of George Town’s cultural heritage legacy.<br />
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There were originally seven “clan jetties” at the waterfront but the Ong Jetty was dismantled when the ferry terminal was built.<br />
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The six originals which remain are the Lim, Chew, Tan, Lee, Yeoh and the “mixed clan”<br />
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The jetty with the largest community was Chew Jetty(姓周桥) , near the Armenian Street Ghaut. It contains the most stilt-houses along with the longest walkway and also a temple.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Front of a temple at the entrance to the Chew jetty. Bai Tian Gong- Devotees will pack the jetty area during the celebration of Heavenly God’s birthday during the ninth day of Lunar Chinese New Year.</span><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td></tr>
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The highlight of the procession was a dragon boat float carrying the Jade Emperor’s statue which started at the jetty, passed through the Xuan Mu Temple at Weld Quay, Malay Street Ghaut, Beach Street, Chulia Street Ghaut, Temple of the Goddess of Mercy at Pitt Street, China Street, before it headed back to the jetty.</div>
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The Jade Emperor’s statue was later placed on an ornate wooden structure set up at the entrance of the jetty for the night’s prayers.<br />
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The ceremony is also to pay homage to the Jade Emperor who provided the Hokkiens protection from the attacks of the Japanese army who were out to massacres them.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace;"><i>According to legend</i></span>, the Hokkiens survived persecution in ancient China by hiding in a sugarcane plantation during Chinese New Year for nine days.<br />
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On the ninth day which coincided with the Jade Emperor’s birthday, they emerged from their hideouts to discover their enemies gone. They had been saved by the protective cover of the raw sugarcane stalks.<br />
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From that moment on, the Hokkiens have regarded this date as symbolic to their survival.<br />
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From start to end, the distance was merely 182 meter and there's a parallel path that's shorter at 122 meter. Chew Jetty, an old Chinese waterfront settlement, is the largest and most lively jetty at the end of Gat Lebuh Armenian.<br />
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The Chews originated from the south-eastern coast of China - from Tung Aun District, Xin Lin She Village, Quan Zhou Prefecture of Fujian Provice. They were maritime clan communities in China.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Grandma and Ah Soon" sharing a light moment- mural by Simon Tan at Chew Jetty. This looks a bit like my Mom and Me. </span></td></tr>
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I feel that street art mural should rightfully reflect the life of its surrounding communities. Residents of the Chew Jetty, mostly do not live in fear of their neighbors, and their doors are always open.The people that live in these communities still have strong community spirit. These close knit people look out for each other and will do anything to help another neighborhood, whether they are family members or not. A rarity in this modern day and age. We hardly have time to know ourselves, let alone our neighbors. How Sad That Is.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Chew Jetty is somewhat commercial. Numerous house shops along the path in peddling anything from food, drinks, souveniers and small knick-knacks.</span></td></tr>
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"Big Bowl Ramen" is the main attraction at the 'My Voice Cafe and Studio Big Bowl Ramen' at the Chew Jetty in George Town, Penang. You could practically use it for washing face in basin.<br />
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Ramen is a Japanese dish, consists of Chinese-style wheat noodles served in a meat- or fish-based broth, often flavored with soy sauce or miso, and uses toppings such as sliced pork, dried seaweed, menma, and green onions.<br />
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Sadly, i didn't manage to try this. While walking down the heritage trail I was welcome with extremely pungent odor, it spoiled my appetite for this place.<br />
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Basically it became a trademark of Georgetown. The 'Little Children On A Bicycle' is the most popular of all the mural art.<br />
Tourists are buying T-shirts, magnets and other merchandise with this picture like crazy. I am guilty myself, but I bought just one little memento T- shirt for my wonderful trip to Penang.To witness the actual mural art of 'Little Children on a Bicycle' on the wall of a shophouse on Armenian Street which is just 5 minutes walking distance from here.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Hean Boo Thean Temple, as seen from Chew Jetty. Also known as the Kuan Yin floating temple in George Town, is a relatively newly renovated Chinese temple located at the edge of Yeoh Jetty, in Lebuhraya Merdeka, off Weld Quay.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Initially a wooden floating Chinese temple dedicated to God of Mercy in year 1972, the temple was completely rebuilt with concrete structure in November 2012. I'm adding this place to my travel bucket lists for next trip to Penang.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">At the background there was once a famous mural painting on the side wall of this jetty house. It's a shame it would only last a year before faded. Sad to see all his effort has gone to waste.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">What a beautiful mural art painting it was once.Living near the coast, exterior paint can fade, peel and chip as a result of constant exposure to salt water. </span></td></tr>
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Children in a Boat is a mural painted on the wall of the stilt-house painted by London-trained Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic in conjunction with the 2012 George Town Festival. The mural portray two children, a boy and a girl, playing on a berthed sampan by the shore, with a pet cat.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span><span style="font-size: small;">Posing by the dragon masthead of a dragon rowboat which residents of Chew Jetty had once used to win a dragon boat race in Penang. The Malayan Railway building with clock tower in the background.</span></td></tr>
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The old Malayan Railway still stands to this day as the most imposing colonial building along Weld Quay. Built in the 1900s to allow train passengers from Penang Island to purchase their tickets before boarding one of the cross-strait ferries to Butterworth, where the train station is located. It was often called “the only railway station without a rail” and, as such, operated more as an administrative center. Now the home of Malaysian Customs in Penang, the building is known as Wisma Kastam.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><i>ORIGIN OF DRAGON BOAT</i></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Dragon boat racing is a team-focused sport which promotes discipline, harmony, physical fitness and mental toughness.</i></b></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><i>Penangites it is an honoured sport that inculcates racial harmony and mental toughness</i></b></span><br />
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Dragon boat racing has a sad history of ancient ceremonial and ritualistic traditions, which emerge in southern central China more than 2500 years ago. The legend begin with the story of Qu Yuan, who was a versatile minister in one of the Warring State governments, Chu. A slander campaign against him by jealous government officials had resulted his banishment by Emperor.<br />
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Unable to overcome disappointment in the Chu monarch, he drowned himself into the Miluo river. Many of the common people rushed to the water and tried to recover his body. In commemoration of Qu Yuan, people hold dragon boat races annually on the anniversary of his death according to the legend. They also scattered rice into the water to feed the fish, so that the fish would not eat his body.<br />
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An interesting legend of Zongzi has been passed down through generations from ancient China.<br />
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Durian: You either love it or you hate it . The durian is the only fruit banned from airline cabins, hotels and public transportation. It 'smelling like Hell but tasting like Heaven.'.<br />
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Walking the narrow planks of Chew Jetty extend into the bay. Every step is a risk when venturing down an old jetty without handrail. I have a basic fear for water with low visibility; god knows what lurked underneath. The Jaws Theme Song "duun-dun, dun-dun, ...", the memory of past viewings still lingers.<br />
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I had been quite fear of the ocean. Thalassophobia phobia can include fear of being in large bodies of water, fear of the vast emptiness of the sea, and fear of distance from land.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Silly me, overreacted.</i></span><br />
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What is it about dangerous places that so attracts some travelers? Where's your sense of adventure ?</div>
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The golden rule is to use common sense. Being constantly alert to your surroundings and actively engaging in safe travelling will reduce the risk of an accident. </div>
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<b><i>Prevention is better than cure is a proverb which teaches us it is better to stop something bad from happening than it is to deal with it after it has happened.</i></b><br />
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A group of boys were visiting this Chew Jetty spot. I heard the commotion of elderly woman who scolded one of those boys who try to pull the rope attached to the bow of the boat. </div>
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She was so angry with him that she just lashed out at him... Bouncing waves will pull the bow of the boat and probably also throw the boy overboard. Imagine this scenario like a Tug of War. To win the game, all your team has to do is to prove stronger than the other team by pulling the rope over. </div>
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Foolish boy indeed. Instead of feeling humiliated, ignored and ashamed, he kept laughing. It really pisses me off.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> At the end of the jetty you are able to capture a panoramic view of the port and the activities between the mainland and the island with also magnificent glimpse of Penang bridge as you gaze to the horizon of the Straits of Malacca.</span></td></tr>
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This place definitely is the best place for every photographer to view their sunset and sunrise.<br />
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If you don't know the timezone of Penang sunrise and sunset, try to find it out by clicking this link:<br />
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Before the bridge was built, people depended upon ferry services to cross the Penang Straits.<br />
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A ferry tale..<br />
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Accident can happen suddenly, even when least expected. I remember well an accident case on-board of Penang ferry carrying vehicles many years ago. As I recalled..a ferry attendant awoke a car fare paying passenger who drives the vehicle in the front row. He was sleeping in his car and was asked to get ready as the ferry was about to reach the Ferry terminal soon.<br />
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Unexpectedly the driver who maybe still feeling drowsy was thinking the ferry has docked and in the disembarking process. The unfortunate driver hit the accelerator pedal, plunged into the sea.<br />
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<i><b><span style="font-size: large;">Life is too short. You never know what happen one minute to the next. You never know when you might be seeing someone for the last time. So cherish the time you have with them.</span></b></i><br />
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Many of these cargo boats are no longer in use today because the Chews have become obsolete as stevedores.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chew Jetty is just a few hundred meter away from Penang ferry terminal( Raja Tun Uda Ferry Terminal)</span></td></tr>
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Penang Ferry began its operations in 1920, making it the oldest ferry service in Malaysia. These iconic ferries ply between the Seberang Perai mainland and Penang island, ferrying both passengers and vehicles to and from the island.</div>
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The 15 minute ferry ride allows visitors to enjoy the spectacular view of Penang island and serves as a reliable mode of transportation to and from the island.</div>
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As a child, I enjoy the short ferry ride to and from Butterworth , a fun way to cross the Selatan Strait while enjoying the fresh sea breeze. If you're lucky you might even see dolphins. It has its charm and it's flaws for sure.<br />
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You often need to queue to board the ferry. Neither is it as fast as the bridges but the smell of the salt water, the wind in the hair, the sound of horn blowing and the sight of Penang slowly emerging in the horizon. Make you worthwhile, you're from another era. Best of all, it cost very little to enjoy the classic charm of starting your holiday in Penang.</div>
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The vehicular ferry, a state icon, should not be scrapped even after the additional Penang 2nd Bridge.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>A Brief History of Clan Jetties</b></i></span><br />
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Many of the local Hokkiens, who only know Weld Quay as Sin Hai Kee or New Waterfront Street.<br />
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Weld Quay, or Pengkalan Weld, as it is now known, is a coastal road on the eastern shoreline of the city of George Town.<br />
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It is named after Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld, the Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1880 to 1887. He was instrumental for the land reclamation and port expansion on the waterfront.Prior to the land reclamation, the sea had reached right up to Beach Street.<br />
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During his tenure as the Governor, a large-scale land reclamation project was carried out in George Town in order to extend the city's eastern shoreline and create more land for the Port of Penang.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This photo shows a electric tram running on tracks along old Weld Quay during that time. Once upon a time, a part of Penang’s lively waterfront scene, tongkangs have faded into obscurity.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Weld Quay is the main road running along the Penang Harbour, the busy port where lighters or tongkangs used to dock. In their early heydays, this quay was extremely busy and perpetually chaotic with sampans, tongkangs and small boats that load and unload their cargo. As a proof of Penang's status as a thriving harbour and port.</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Stretching from Swettenham Pier to Pengkalan Weld, bustled endlessly. Bullock carts and handcarts transported goods of all kinds to the wharf while labourers and handlers moved bags and sacks against a backdrop of large ships waiting in the sea roads for their load. </span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">The old Church Street Pier was the embarkation and disembarkation pier for the railway ferry to Prai where one boards the train to Ipoh or Kuala Lumpur, the Penang-Butterworth Ferry Terminal which is entirely different from the railway ferry and the Clan Jetties. Those were the good old days of Weld Quay in 1900’s.</span><br />
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Eventually, a number of piers, as well as warehouses, were built along Weld Quay to expedite harbour trade. In the year 1918 the Chinese ancestor of Chew Jetty heard that jobs were aplenty here in Penang, Consequently, a wave of refugees came from the Fujian province of China.The upsurge in trade with Asian countries increased the demand for port labourers.<br />
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Initially worked as coolies, but as time went by many became self-employed as ferry operators, transporting people and goods between anchored ships and the harbour.<br />
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They landed with nothing more than the clothes on their backs, the cultures of their ancestors and their few meagre possessions they had managed to transport across the sea. The migrants didn’t know where to go in Penang. They have little to no money so they choose to do what they know best- Live near the sea.<br />
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Their ancestor's came from small coastal communities in Fukien province, where they were mostly fisherman and gatherers of oysters.</div>
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As the number of foreign ships that anchored at the harbour increased, so did the number of stilts. Initially wooden planks were placed on the stilts to provide passengers embarking or disembarking without getting wet.</div>
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It is fortunate that they had landed in a site that was once used for wood yard (char hionh), abandoned planks were plentiful. Using the wood they built their homes over the water and families with the same surnames stayed together, hence the name the Weld Quay Clan Jetties.<br />
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Like most pioneer immigrants, they had only intended to remain a few years to amass savings and then to return to China. Troubled by civil war, the Manchu rulers of China lost their grip on power. It also caused widespread poverty that are likely to be affected by famine , eventually the ensuing discussion makes them to change their minds and not to return to China.<br />
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Retained by the abundance of work in the flourishing port, most of them chose to stay back and began to arrange for the immigration of their kinsmen and their family members.<br />
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The hard work, thrift and perseverance of these migrant workers eventually paid off when they able to bring their families over from China and settled.<br />
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As typical of early Chinese immigration and settlement patterns, clansmen tended to band together. They emigrated as bachelors from same hometowns and helped one another to find employment and accommodation in the new environment. They also utilized clan ties for mutual help and protection.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wooden walkways and alleys branched out from the main jetty to become a cluster of homes for the immigrant workers and their families, because they couldn't afford to live on the mainland. Water and electricity weren't installed until 1954. </span></td></tr>
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These are the people who believe that no matter what life throws their way, that they will persist and persevere — eventually attaining their goals and objectives.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Their intention was to work in Malaya for a specific period and then tnui4 Tng3 Snua1, meaning to return to China, to a supposed life of comfortable retirement and eventual demise but civil wars and poverty in China changed their plan.</span></td></tr>
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The British colonists led by Francis Light needed cheap labour to develop Penang, so they imported a large number of Chinese workers. "Heigh-Ho" is a song sung by the seven dwarfs in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs as they come home from (and go to) work.<br />
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Heigh-ho meaning, definition, what is heigh-ho: used to express the fact that you cannot change a situation so you must accept it.<br />
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I think Cantonese also have similar version of "heigh-ho" expression that is "鬼叫你穷啊顶眼上".<br />
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This is not my personal video, is just a link from the web. All credits go to the right owners.<br />
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The operation was a tedious one; tongkangs in those days did not have engines and the crew was expected to row throughout the voyage, even in choppy seas and poor weather conditions.<br />
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We all go through tough times, some worse than others, and it's never easy but don't lose hope.</div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">What's That Smell?</span></i></b><br />
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I grew up in the city riding school bus before dawn and everytime the bus pass by the Weld Quay, I could smell the awful stench coming from coastal breeze. I didn't know what's that until now.<br />
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My question though is, is there a sewer system in the jetties?<br />
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Reason I'm saying this is when we were walking along the wooden planks towards the sea front, you can smells unpleasant strong odor coming under the jetty.<br />
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I hope not those poop being washed into the sea. I later search for information to confirm my suspicions. The Answer Is Nope. Thus, in the early mornings, the smell of raw sewage permeates.<br />
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Sewerage systems are very important for housing areas as they ensure that human waste is disposed of properly and directed to the treatment plant.<br />
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As a historical place interest which encourages tourist to come, witnessing human waste floating on the water surface and the foul smelling dirty water is definitely not something a tourist would want and not good for tourism publicity.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The residents of Clan Jetties do not pay tax for their homes since they do not live on land and no need to pay sewage bills to Indah Water Konsortium. </span></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption"></td></tr>
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When you flush the toilets on the clan jetties, the waste goes straight into the sea to be washed away by low tide. <span style="white-space: pre;"> 'EW THAT'S DISGUSTING' </span><br />
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Littered with garbage – especially obvious during low tide. This waste is not generated solely by the clan jetties; it comes from all over the place, even from the drains at Pengkalan Weld – and it’s getting worse over time,<br />
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Let hope not that at the same time by gaining the recognition as UNESCO heritage site but by not taking care of the raw sewage flooding the sea. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.<br />
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The absence of proper sewage discharge has seriously damaged the beauty and quality of water of the whole area. It became a victim of the pollution that is slowly killing our oceans.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>Does world heritage status do clan jetties more harm than good?</b></i></span><br />
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In 2008 the clan jetties were awarded Unesco world heritage status – though not before two of the clan enclaves were razed to make way for a housing complex.<br />
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The daily intrusion has clearly taken a toll: windows are boarded, “no photo” signs are pervasive, and tenants quickly vanish at the sight of a unfamiliar face. Before becoming famous the resident used to leave their door open unattended.<br />
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This lyric of the song can relate to the resident living there.<br />
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<i><span style="color: blue;">I</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">'m just an average man with an average life</span></i><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>I work from nine to five, hey, hell, I pay the price</i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>All I want is to be left alone in my average home</i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>But why do I always feel like I'm in the twilight zone?</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>And</i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>I always feel like somebody's watching me</i></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><i>And I have no privacy.....</i></span><br />
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The residents will become agitated, depressed, and suspicious of others (paranoid).<br />
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However, others are not united on the area's future: some have watched the commercial transformation of the Chew Jetty with envy, others with horror.<br />
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‘Ah!’; ‘So!’; ‘I see!’ that's price of fame. Residents of the Chew Jetty, living heritage communities, have to endure daily with tourists peeking into their homes, taking pictures, early in the morning and even at night.<br />
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Just imagine, some of these tourists would even venture into the living rooms of the wooden houses built on stilts. You will probarly let out a sudden shriek. 'Arrgh!'<br />
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The gambling-ridden clan jetties of Malaysia's George Town were saved from ruin and the constant threat of eviction as the jetties continued to deteriorate. Unfortunately their new fame left locals overwhelmed by a tide of invasive tourism.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I believe certain resident are annoyed by tourist walking along their houses thus with the no photo sign written on most of their house gates. Maybe that's the price of fame? We should feel sorry for "celebrities" dodging paparazzi who invading a person's privacy. No photo please!!! </span></td></tr>
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“I would like to remind people that we are not monkeys, and this is not a zoo" says Lee Kah Lei, who runs a souvenir stall outside her home on the Chew Jetty.<br />
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Visitors should learn to keep the noise down, not trespass or litter.<br />
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Most of the residents here have to clean up the jetty's main walkway and the surroundings every evening, otherwise the stench from the rubbish may get unbearable.<br />
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There should be proposal to introduce an entrance fee to help limit visitors and create a fund to maintain and renovate the jetties, making them more appealing to occupy. While commercialisation of clan jetty cannot be reversed, residents need to do more to ensure the jetties are maintained and improved for the sake of residents, not just tourists.<br />
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However, other residents felt that their “brand name” as a living heritage community had brought much good to the place, especially business opportunities.commercial interests are on the line, they “override the idealistic notion of preserving the character of a heritage site”.<br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;">Fishermen and porters from southern China’s Fujian province carved out an enclave above the reclaimed seafront. Each extended family – or clan – occupied their own jetty, and the makeshift settlements grew as relatives emigrated and added to the stilt homes interconnected by a wooden walkway.</span><br />
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Majority of the young descendants have moved out from settlements for better job prospects and opportunities who no longer depend on the sea for a living, while their elders continue to enjoy the wooden jetties’ laidback lifestyle. There's a real danger that traditional village life will die out within a generation unless we can build better living condition homes for young people and stop what is fast becoming a mass exodus.<br />
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While reorientation toward tourism can help revitalise communities, without sufficient management plans the visitation can eventually destroy a site.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>Tribute to Chinese Immigrants from the late 1800s to early 1900s.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i></i></b></span>Recenly in Robert Kuok’s memoir, he paid homage to the majority of Chinese immigrants, going as far as saying that they are “the most amazing economic ants on earth”, and that they are hungry, eager and willing to ‘eat bitterness’ — a sign of the cultural strength in the “marrow of their bones”.<br />
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“The decent Chinese have helped to build up Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines, and made these countries what they are today." Many of these often penniless, lower class Chinese arrivals in Penang and Malacca started with nothing, and through hard work, talent, grit, and a bit of luck, managed to rise to the very top.<br />
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I am, once more, impressed by their resilience, endurance, and tough-mindedness. They are not to be deterred. I believe that they have been conditioned by their past experiences in China, that "When the going gets tough, the tough get going." It is a matter of survival of the fittest.david3816http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186288087499999280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525396367040566607.post-12129189483095209542018-01-06T08:06:00.000-08:002018-11-06T03:03:57.009-08:00Kuan Yin Teng (Temple of the Goddess of Mercy)<br />
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It's been awhile since I've been here. Mom used to bring me here when I was a kid. When reminiscing back to my childhood days those many years ago, I wonder why my surroundings always appeared larger then they actually were. Perhaps it's because I was smaller.<br />
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The Kuan Yin Temple, situated on Pitt Street (now Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling) was constructed in the early 1800s by Chinese migrants, on land given by the East India Company.<br />
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The Goddess of Mercy Temple, also known colloquially as Kuan Yin Teng or Kong Hock Keong, is a Taoist temple in the city of George Town in Penang, Malaysia. It was first built in 1728, making it Penang's oldest Taoist temple.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The original name and official name of the shrine is Kong Hock Keong Temple(廣福宮) which literally means 'The Temple for Cantonese and Hokkien', referring to the major ethnics of early Chinese settlers in Penang but as far as the name is concerned by most local folks in Penang, it is known as Kuan Im Teng,(觀音寺) which stands for the pavilion of Kuan Yin.</span></td></tr>
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Ironically, when it first started, the temple built at a cost of $4,000 (Spanish dollars- to be exact 3803.44) was dedicated to chief deity, Ma-Cho-Po (Mazu) or Goddess of the Seafarers, widely worshiped by the Hokkiens. At the time, Penang Island was sparsely populated and the seafaring Hokkiens would choose a temple in honor of the goddess with unblocked sea view, at least in the early years.<br />
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However, following an influx of ethnic Chinese into George Town after the founding of the settlement in 1786, the temple was renovated in 1824, during which the primary deity of the temple transitioned into one dedicated to Guanyin.</div>
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More Chinese deities, including Guan Yu and Tua Pek Kong, were also added into the temple, better reflecting the more diverse Chinese community in George Town by that point.<br />
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As time goes by, decades influx of Chinese immigration since the founding of George Town by Captain Francis Light had resulted in several Chinese dialect groups successful in establishing themselves within the new settlement, including the Hokkienese and the Cantonese.<br />
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The temple also began playing an increasingly important and valuable role in resolving conflicts between these two groups.<br />
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However, the worsening feud situation between the various Chinese dialect groups in George Town, has escalated into the Penang Riots of 1867. Eventually this would lead to the establishment of the Penang Chinese Town Hall in 1881 to take over the temple's more secular function as a tribunal for Penang's Chinese community up until the mid-19th century.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Before and After Kuan Yin Temple Information Board. A sight for sore eyes. Would somebody get rid of that or replace with a new one?</span></td></tr>
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A unique street that unifies diverse cultures and faith, Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling has been referred to as 'Street Of Harmony' in Georgetown, coincidentally due to presence of heritage houses for religious and cultural activities. The three heritage houses are St George's Church, Kuan-Yin-Teng (Goddess Of Mercy Temple ) Chinese Temple and Masjid Kapitan Keling. All these houses of worship are within a half kilometer stretch.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Today, the Goddess of Mercy Temple is dedicated to the Taoist Goddess of Mercy, Guanyin. </span></td></tr>
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The temple is at its busiest during temple day, the first and fifteenth of every lunar month, and on the Goddess of Mercy's feast days, which are on the 19th day of the 2nd, 6th and 9th month of the lunar calendar as many people came to pray for their health and wealth.<br />
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These feast days marking her birthday, anniversary of her initiation and attaining Nirvana. It is common that puppet shows and Chinese operas, sponsored by private benefactors in her honor are staged on the granite paved forecourt.<br />
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Reflect back to the subject of main deity, are they referring to the same person/goddess? I don't know?.. or an incarnation of Goddess Quan Yin herself.When analysing the relationship between Guanyin and Mazu both bore a striking similarity to another. Mazu is also known as Tian Hou, the Queen of Heaven and like Guanyin is worshipped as a beneficent and compassionate goddess who saves devotees from misery and peril, particularly from the dangers of the sea. </div>
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Also like Guanyin, Mazu is regarded as a patron and protector of mothers and children. Mazu's assistants (千里眼 and 順風耳) are usually depicted as fierce looking generals while Guan Yin also has two young assistants. </div>
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Guan Yin (traditional Chinese: 觀音) also spelt Guan Yim, Kuan Yim, Kwan Im, or Kuan Yin, is a short form for Kuan-shi Yin, meaning "The one who hears the prayers (or cries) of the world's suffering."<br />
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In Chinese Buddhism, Guan Yin is synonymous with the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, the pinnacle of mercy, compassion, kindness and love.<br />
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It is said that Guanyin is believed by Buddhists to be neither male nor female for a bodhisattva transcends gender distinctions and may appear on earth in either male or female form to help others.<br />
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Guanyin occupies a prominent place in East Asian Religions, being honored in both Buddhist and Taoist temples. She is often referred to as the Goddess of Mercy. Frequently depicted as a young barefoot maiden with long dark hair and flowing white robes(white is symbol of purity), wearing necklaces of Indian/Chinese royalty.<br />
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In the right hand is a water jar (as the Sacred Vase the water jar also one of the Eight Buddhist Symbols of good Fortune) containing pure water, the divine nectar of life, compassion and wisdom, and in the left, a willow branch is used to heal people's illnesses or bring fulfillment to their requests.<br />
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The branch symbolizes being able to bend (or adapt) but not break in the process.<br />
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She is occasionally flanked by her two acolytes, Long Nü and Shan Tsai, who came to her when she was meditating at Mount Putuo.<br />
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Mazu, 媽祖 also known by several other names and titles, is a Chinese sea goddess. Her other popular titles are Holy Mother Empress of the Heavens above, Heavenly Imperial Concubine, Lady Mazu, Heavenly Princess consort and Heavenly Holy Mother.<br />
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The Chinese goddess Mazu originated with the deification form of a young girl named Lin Mo Niang. A kind-hearted girl who had performed numerous miracles during her short life with a vast knowledge of Chinese medicine, she was known as a healer, curing the sick while teaching people how to prevent illness and injury.<br />
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Her surname is Lin(林) and her name is Mo(默) and is also known as Lin Mo Niang (林默娘). Since the day she was born, she never cried and never creates trouble, thus she was given the name with the meaning "Silent Maiden" - Mo Niang (默娘).<br />
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She was thought to roam the seas, protecting her believers through miraculous interventions. Many of the miracles Mazu performed involved quelling the storms at sea, it's no wonder she's is known as the protector of all seafaring people.<br />
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Mazu is usually portray together with two guardian generals known as Qian Li Yan (千里眼) - "Eyes that see thousand miles" and Shun Feng Er (順风耳) . Originally evil spirits, they were brought to heel by Mazu and enlisted the two fearsome-looking demons as her assistants.<br />
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Her worshiped spread throughout China's coastal regions and with emigration, the overseas Chinese communities further spread to Taiwan, Vietnam, Ryukyu, Japan, and South East Asia; from the Straits of Malacca to Cape Town and the Caribbean islands.<br />
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The newly arrived immigrants who had traveled great distances, crossing the seas built a temple in her honor just like Kuan Yin Teng is Penang, to give thanks for arriving safely.<br />
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It becomes the focal point for Chinese festivities such as the annual feast days for Guanyin and the Jade Emperor's Birthday(拜天公, bài Tiān Gōng, literally "heaven worship") which attracting devotees from all across Southeast Asia.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Granite slabs from the 218-year-old Goddess of Mercy (Kuan Yin) Temple's forecourt.It is hard not to be overcome by a sense of deep nostalgia. The temple is hundreds of years old.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Chinese guardian lions, known as Shishi (Chinese: 石獅; pinyin: shíshī; literally "stone lion") or Imperial guardian lion can often be seen in front of the gates of traditional buildings. </span></td></tr>
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The male lion is on the left with his right paw resting on a ball, and the female on the right with her left paw fondling a cub. As the lion is considered or said to be as king of the jungle or king of the animal world, its image therefore represents power and prestige. The male's right paw is resting on a woven ball that symbolizes the Earth and unity of the Chinese Empire, and the female has a cub beneath her paw, symbolizing nurturing and protecting the inhabitants of the building.<br />
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The stone lions were also used to indicate the ranks of officials by the number of lumps representing the curly hair on the head of the lion. The houses of first grade officials had lions with 13 lumps and the number of lumps decreased by one as the rank of the official went down each grade. Officials below the seventh grade were not allowed to have stone lions in front of their houses.<br />
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It is interesting to note that China had no lions originally. It is believed that when Emperor Zhang of the Eastern Han reigned in AD 87, the King of Parthia presented a lion to him.<br />
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It is one of the unforgettable childhood moments, finding a flock of pigeons in front of the temple courtyard for food where tourists feed them during the day.<br />
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Without them is like if you ordered the Char Kway Teow without cockles. For me, I do not like to eat the cockles themselves but will still request for it to be fried together with the Kway Teow for the taste but will pick them out once I get my plate.<br />
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Same situation here. Even I don't like the pigeons very much but without them the beautiful scenery is just missing something. Is like the Trafalgar Square situation where the site is now remain free of pigeons. Trafalgar Square's world famous pigeons was a classic sight for decades.<br />
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Door stones – Dragon Stone drums (椒图抱鼓石)</div>
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Drums were originally placed outside of the magistrate’s court house. Over time, it became incorporated into the design of stone to provide supports for the timber entrance door. The spiraling pattern on Kong Hock Keong’s stone drum represents Jiaotu (椒图) one of the Chinese dragon’s nine sons which has a snail-like features and are believed to be good guardians.</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">I remember it well when I was small, the crowd continues to grow large, particularly during one of the major festival days, that you can hardly move about inside the temple without being afraid of getting stabbed in the eye accidentally by burning joss sticks. </span><br />
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The smoke emitting from the burning incense offered by devotees only serves to make the eyes of anyone inside the temple cause tears streaming down their faces. Perhaps this can makes the person look a more sincere devotees and deeply in need of help from Guan Yin, therefore can help getting their pray to quickly get their prayers answered.<br />
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I was pleasantly surprised when I stepped inside the main hall, I noticed the main altar hall elaborately had carved amazingly beautiful beam-and bracket roof support but most importantly it's breathable hall not affected by the smoke of lighting joss sticks or burning paper offering.<br />
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The temple underwent extensive renovations last year to give it a much-needed facelift. This was the fourth refurbishment works and the last time was in 1964.</div>
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Devotees of the Goddess of Mercy Temple in Jalan Masjid Kapitan Keling in George Town are advised not to bring lighted joss sticks, candles or joss papers into the temple to keep the premises smoke-free.<br />
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They have to be placed on the outside for health reasons or maybe to protect the lovely interior decoration from smoke black stain, however it takes away from the atmosphere since the refurbishment which used to exist inside the temple<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> This is a good visual example of the effect of cigarette smoke and it's easy to imagine the effect of smoke on lungs,. That is not the case. Decade of heavy smoke billows from burnt offerings and incense resulted this to the big drum placing in main hall shrine.</td></tr>
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Visitors need to be aware when walking pass the pigeons huddling on telephone line. You never know when you will hit by a “bird bomb".<br />
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<span style="text-align: justify;">It has come to my attention that Mazu deity also present in the main altar. I've come to the conclusion that only the name of temple was officially changed but many people assumed the Mazu deity removed right?</span><br />
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An unfortunate incident happens unexpectedly on 29th July 2013. A 35-year-old man who allegedly tried to steal some 200-year-old diamonds from the Goddess of Mercy Temple in here was beaten up by several devotees who heard the glass panel shatter and quickly went to investigate. The police was informed and he was subsequently arrested.<br />
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What kind of people break into a temple to steal things. It's clearly they do not fear God and have no respect. Society has deteriorated to the lowest level.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Steeped in Chinese architecture, the Goddess of Mercy Temple features swallowtail roof (燕尾脊, literally "swallowtail ridge")typical of Chinese temples and has gigantic doors adorned with paintings of Menshen or door gods are divine guardians of doors, Taoist deities. </span></td></tr>
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One of the legend on Door Gods comes from a Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) Wu Cheng-en, the emperor murdered many people on his rise to power. The emperor was unable to sleep peacefully,tormented by the guilt he begin to hear eerie disturbances of spirit outside his palace chamber at night. </div>
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When his two generals Chin and Yu-Chih volunteered to stand guard outside his palace entrance, the strange sounds ceased and the emperor no longer felt disturbed. Worried that his general cannot keep awake every night during their long duration, he came up with a brilliant idea. He instructed picture of them to be hung on the door entrance and the replacement guardian worked as well the actual sentinels.</div>
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The exact origins of the ‘flaming pearl’ are unclear, but it is common in architecture art and ceramics all over Asia. From ancient times, dragons in Asia were associated with nature and particularly the weather. In the oldest depictions, the dragon is holding the sun — a red, flaming ball. As time passed, artists started to show the sun as white rather than red, which is actually more accurate if you’ve ever looked at the sun.<br />
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You often see the dragon holding or chasing after a round object covered in flames. The pearl itself has strong meaning in Asian folklore. Both Taoism and Buddhism use pearls as symbols of wisdom or enlightenment.<br />
The ‘flaming pearl’ itself, however, is mysterious – some may interpret it as representing the sun (dragons were once believed to chase the sun), others interpretation say it is the moon, the North Star or thunder.<br />
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The temple was also built or designed according to Feng Shui principles.There are three wells within this square that makes up the Guan Yin Temple.<br />
The most visible well is located near the big tree in the courtyard beside the Chinese Town Hall was designed for public use.<br />
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Another is in the forecourt that is now the management office of the temple (for the monks) and the third is right under Guan Yin’s main altar. Urban legend has it that the water from the hidden well has medicinal properties.<br />
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In the inner shrine hall, there are other Buddhist and Taoist deities being worshipped such as Guan Yu, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, to name a few. Further inside, Goddess Quan Yin sits in the centre, opening her eighteen hands to bless her devotees with peace and contentment.</div>
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In the yesteryear, China Street would form a straight line from the Kuan Yin Teng Temple, enabling an uninterrupted view of the sea from the temple. During its construction, the sea reaches Beach Street (Currently known as Lebuh Pantai), as the name suggests, it was once a coastal road, stretching along the eastern shoreline of George Town. At present day, the shoreline had been pushed further east due to the land reclamation in the late 19th century; Weld Quay has since become the new eastern coastal road in George Town.<br />
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Between the beach and the temple is China Street(Lebuh China), lined at that time with traditional Chinese shophouses. The street function as a funnel where all the goodness to flow inwards with the tides.<br />
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Where China Street meets the shore, a ghaut led downwards into the sea, allowing for free movement of goods to be easily unloaded from boats into bullock carts and goods being brought overland into the town.<br />
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The layout of China Street was considered as good Feng Shui by the Chinese community, and it certainly has helped to propel their prosperity. In the late 19th century, a massive land reclamation project established a new eastern seaboard at Pengkalan Weld (Weld Quay).<br />
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With the land reclamation, put an end to all that good vibes in the place.<br />
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China Street was extended out. However, the extension, called China Street Ghaut (Gat Lebuh China) was not a straight line from China Street. This change in landscape of China Street resulted the Kuan Yin Teng no longer enjoyed the panoramic sea view.<br />
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Do you believe in miracles?! Yes! 'Hand of God', "Save the day".<br />
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No! We're not talking, of course, about the 'Hand of God', as Maradona dubbed the opening goal himself after punching an aerial ball past England ..<br />
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Many of folklore are folk tales, legends, myths and these stories were told by our late parents, grand parents and beloved uncles and aunts. When I was little, my mom used to tell me the legend of Kuan Yin Teng temple.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Long Long Time Ago. Looking at her early years, which were far from glamorous.The humble beginnings of Kuan Yin Teng's rise to greatness, beautiful, and famous. </span></td></tr>
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The Japanese Occupation of Penang was a period of Japanese military rule over the State of Penang between 17 December 1941 and 3 September 1945 in World War 2.<br />
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Japanese warplanes began the first air raids on Penang Island. Bombs were dropped on the city. During this time, many distressed souls of women and children feeling despair at threat of bombs had found refuge under this temple. The phenomena survivors probably retold the story many times about the bombs were planted to destroy the temple.<br />
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The pilot worked his bomb release mechanism with the intention of destroying but the bomb fell did not hit the target.<br />
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Not an inch of this temple was shaken, which itself feels like the Merciful Goddess Kuan Yin’s divine intervention and the circumstances surrounding it remain a mystery.<br />
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The temple remained unscathed. Indestructible temple defy Japanese aerials bombs under 'God's invisible hand'. Surely enough, whether by chance of otherwise, The Bomb did not explode.<br />
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Is This Story True? Pearl Harbor Pilot Couldn’t Bomb Hawaii Temple. Story of divine miracles protected the temple.<br />
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She learned this story from my grandmother who told her about the a large number of Penangites took shelter in the Kuan Yin temple during the war. On 9 December, Japanese warplanes began the first air raids on Penang Island. Bombs that drop onto this temple during a bombing raid did NOT go off.<br />
A gust of wind simply appeared from nowhere blew it away, in an instant carried them away and landed safely on the temple forecourt. I believed the goddess Quan Yin, who is often pictured with a willow branch, waved away the bombs to avoid civilian casualties.<br />
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It is believed that Kuan Yin frequently appears in the sky or on the waves to save those who call upon her when in danger.<br />
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For those still having doubts, the temple again survived,come through threats, unscathed, time and again. Not only did it survive a bomb dropped by the Japanese invasion of the Second World War,but also other threats over the years, including the fire of 1846, the terrorist grenade attack on the Penang power sub-stations at Pitt Lane and the Chinese Town Hall next door to the temple, and the middle of the night blaze that destroyed the roadside stalls selling oil and joss paper.<br />
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So, till these days, the temple is popular not only to locals but also foreigners. Well, if you are in need of God's mercy, perhaps the time was right to visit and pray to Kuan Yin.<br />
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A video link of YouTube about Goddess of Mercy Temple (Kuan Yin Teng), George Town. Also a documentary on the fall of Penang during World War II, screened over the History Channel.( If you understand Hokkien, in one of the interview of the survivors mentioned about the temple miraculously survived bomb attack dropped by Japanese planes)<br />
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<br />david3816http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186288087499999280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525396367040566607.post-64546619327163184282017-12-28T05:00:00.000-08:002017-12-29T04:54:07.434-08:00The Jubilee Clock Tower in Georgetown, PenangWell, folks, there was a time not long ago that this was the reality. Life before smart phones, not everybody could afford a watch, a clock tower was a convenient way for the town folks to know what time is it.<br />
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The clock towers have different sizes and shapes, some are rather modest while others were built to impress and demonstrate authority. Numerous clock towers are freestanding structures but they can also adjoin or be located on top of another building.<br />
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Many of these clock towers were built during colonial times and to commemorate and mark the special occasion like coronations. Others were paid for by wealthy contributor wanting to leave their mark on their town.The mechanism inside the tower is known as a turret clock. It often marks the hour (and sometimes segments of an hour) by sounding large bells or chimes, sometimes playing simple musical phrases or tunes.<br />
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The clock tower has special meaning to me because of its furnishings, atmosphere and memories. When I was a young kid growing up in the police quarter, I love watching the clock and hearing the chimes of clock tower. It plays the same chimes of London's iconic Big Ben, Clock Tower. It's beautiful but I think the Jubilee Clock Tower has stopped playing the chime for some time now.<br />
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The Queen Victoria Memorial Clock Tower is a testament to Penang’s royal connections.<br />
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The Jubilee Clock Tower, also known as the Queen Victoria Memorial Clock Tower, is the most famous icon clock tower on Penang Island. Located at the western end of King Edward's Place within the heart of George Town's UNESCO World Heritage Site.<br />
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Five, six, seven o'clock, eight o'clock rock.<br />
Nine, ten, eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock rock<br />
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Built in 1897 and was completed in 1902 with the funds from a generous Penang Chinese millionaire benefactor, Cheah Chen Eok. This impressive sight was built to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee. It stands 60ft-high, with each foot representing a year of the Queen's 60-year reign and and the stairs leading up to the main entrance are six steps to denote the number of decades of Queen Victoria's reign with 10 years for every steps.<br />
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Although it is hardly noticeable, if you take a good look from a distance the clock tower is slightly leaning but that is hardly apparent. It was due to tremendous explosion and tremendous shaking of the clock tower suffered from the impact from the Allied or Japanese bombs being dropped around it during World War II. The Clock Tower leans to one side, much like the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Really? Not noticeable to my eye.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Heritage Building within the vicinity of Jubilee Clock Tower.</span><br />
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The Penang state City Hall, Town Hall and State Assembly Building at Jalan Padang Kota Lama are some of the prominent heritage buildings of multi ethnic architectural design.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">City Hall- There was a Chingay Parade and Lion Dance festival on 10th December 2017. The giant flag poles of Chingay measures about 30 feet long at average and the entire item tends to weight over 60 pounds, making the balancing act an impressive feat. </td></tr>
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Unfortunately the real shows only started at 11:00 pm. A real disappointment for visitors and tourists as an opening act before the main event would be more appropriate. Most people would be bored watching someone practicing as the Chingay parade participants takes time to reach when they are parading on certain streets of Penang.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Penang Island City Hall or Dewan Bandaraya Pulau Pinang is a British-built administrative Victorian-style building along Jalan Padang Kota Lama. Completed in 1903, the two-storey building combines Edwardian Baroque and Palladian architectural styles</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">The Penang State Assembly Building, or Dewan Undangan Negeri Pulau Pinang, is a public building dates back to the early 19th century. B</span>uilt in the Anglo-Indian classical style along Light Street.The building once served as Recorder's Courts and Magistrate's Courts, and formed part of the Central Police Station.</td></tr>
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It contains elements of classical Greek and Palladian architectures. For example, the massive white colonnades supporting a large pediment were inspired by ancient Greek temples. In the same manner with many other buildings of that particular period, this building was constructed by convict sent from India for use as labour for the construction of public works.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">The main attraction of Wisma Kastam is its clock tower, which was built for the then Malayan Railway Building. No bell in this tower was there any back then?</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> In the late 60s, the state Customs Office occupied the building which was once as formerly the Malayan Railway Building, there's a imposing clock tower on top of the building and still ticking.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sis what's with the open arm pose? It should be higher. Before KOMTAR ( state government administration office complex and shopping mall), Wisma Kastam was the tallest building on the island. </span><br />
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It was built at the turn of the 20th century following land reclamation that extended the shoreline outward. Back when it was called the Malayan Railway Building, the station is believed to be the only one in the world without a rail. Instead of platforms or trains, it had administrative offices, a ticketing booth and a first-class Railways Restaurant with Bar and Grill.<br />
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Passengers buying train tickets are ushered onto the railway ferry to cross the channel, where they board the train in Butterworth.<br />
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Once upon a time trams and trolleybuses were part of colonial Penang public transport system.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Will Tram making a come back in Penang? I don't think so. Trams are going to obstruct traffic when moves too slow.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Penang's first trolleybus was launched in 1925. Trolleybuses soon superseded the trams and remained popular until the post-war years. They're kind of the bumper car of buses.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The cruise ships dock at Port Swettenham right in the middle of George Town.Right beside The Queen Victoria Memorial Clock Tower is a 48m-high Pinang structure (a metal betel nut sculpture), which looks like two halves of the Pinang fruit.</span></div>
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Oh no! I don't like the idea adding the modern look Pinang Fountain betel nut sculpture to Light Street Roundabout, the picturesque would be spoilt by admitting a fourth.<br />
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History has it that when Portuguese traders discovered Pulau Pinang (which was a small uninhabited island back in the 16th century) they named it “Pulo Pinaom” as there were abundance of Arecanut Palm trees found around the island.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Built at a cost of 35,000 Straits dollars and the gleaming whitewashed tower is topped by a Moorish dome.It has four tiers: the base is octagon-shaped and the following two tiers comprise four distinct sections with elaborate windows, balconies and a working clock on each side.</span></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td></tr>
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If the dome cupola at the top is also included, the height of the tower is actually 97 feet tall. The clock was imported from Europe and has windows made of opal glass, while the belfry above the clock contained five bells which chimed the Westminster quarters. A clock chime melody used by a set of four bells to chime on each quarter-hour. The number of chime sets matches the number of quarter hours that have passed.<br />
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Queen Victoria served as queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1837, and as empress of India from 1877, until her death in 1901.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">At the bottom of the clock tower is the full inscription reads 'This clock tower was presented to Penang by Cheah Chen Eok in commemoration of Her Majesty Queen Victoria's".</span></td></tr>
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Unfortunately, she never visited Penang, nor did she ever live long enough to see the completion of her clock tower. By the time it was completed in 1902, the Queen had died on 22 January 1901 (aged 81)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Queen Victoria ruled for 63 years, from 1837 to 1901 but why does the date inscription is different with actual date? Any clue about what's going on here? </span></td></tr>
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Oh, how I miss you, my old hometown of Penang. Known also as the Pearl Of The Orient. I was truly amazed (and somewhat a bit shocked) in the way that my hometown had changed. ... Maybe I have grown old and more emotional but for me, Penang holds always hold a special place in my heart my childhood memories - and those memories are very different from the Penang I see today. </div>
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There will come a time in adulthood when you make that cherished journey back to the place where you grew up. I feel like a stranger inside of a place I used to know so well. It feels like I’ve stepped inside the memories of another life. Now when I walk through my hometown, where I would feel so safe and at peace but instead I feel lost. I just see memories of another life.</div>
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You’re Saddened By What Isn’t There Anymore. My favourite kopi tiam shop has been upgraded to cater middle and upper class society and tourist. It suddenly becomes very apparent your old house, in your old town, is no longer home.</div>
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Penang has done well. Lonely Planet had rated George Town the fourth best city in the world to visit in 2016. Besides the many beautiful historical buildings; George Town in Penang has some of the best street food in all of Asia—if not the world.</div>
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Packed with sweet and savoury flavor, these dishes will make you crave for more. The island of Penang in Malaysia is world-renowned for its awesome delicious street food; Mee Goreng, Cendol, Char Kuey Teow, Assam Laksa, Popiah and etc.. too numerous to mention in a sentence.</div>
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Penang Assam Laksa has been voted as world’s no.7 most delicious food by CNN travel in a global poll.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh how I miss my home town, missing the smell, missing the food, missing the people, missing everything about this place.</span></div>
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Kek Lok Tong is the preferred option for Ipoh's numerous splendid cave temples due to its spacious parking, airy feel and aesthetically pleasing garden landscape. Chinese pronunciation of Kek Lok Tong (sometimes spelt as Kek Look Tong) means Cavern of Ultimate Bliss(or Great Happiness).<br />
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To be more exact translation of Kek Lok Tong, 极乐洞 (Pinyin = Ji Le Dong) mean that it is a happy cave, 极 = extreme, 乐 = happy, 洞 = cave / hole.<br />
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After some confusing left and right turn or requiring a lot of zig-zagging through residential backstreets, we just going round in circles and found a few other cars doing the same thing. I suspect there are many new housing project which probably may have alter our direction towards our destination.<br />
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The place is a bit odd quite isolated, hidden deep within the residential area on the reverse side of Gunung Rapat. It is not that easy to find, we had trouble locating it. </div>
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A Good Samaritan shows us the way to the temple and even refuses to accept tips from us. He rides his motorcycle to lead us in the right direction and we finally arrived at Kek Lok Tong's car park.<br />
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Unlike the other cave temples around Ipoh, Kek Lok Tong entrance of the cave is wide and high.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Don't believe me, JUST WATCH the <b>Approval Thumbs Up (</b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Facebook Like Icon?) </b></span><span style="font-size: small;">on top of the hill!! </span></td></tr>
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At the foot of the staircase, there is a huge swastika symbol but let me remind you that is NOT the Nazi Symbol! In Buddhism, the swastika is a symbol of good fortune, prosperity, abundance and eternity. It is directly related to Buddha and can be found carved on statues on the soles of his feet and on his heart. It is said that it contains Buddha’s mind.<br />
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The term sauwastika (or sauvastika) is sometimes used to distinguish the left-facing from the right-facing swastika symbol .The swastika symbol (卐) is a cross with four arms of equal length with the ends of each arm bent at right angle in right facing form.<br />
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How the world loved the swastika - until Hitler stole it. The symbol misused by Hitler is the mirror image of the Buddhist swastika left facing form (卍).<br />
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The stairs from the car park are actually on the rear side of the cave. Next to the car park is a statue of Kuan Yin and a pond with turtles.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">It doesn't look much like Merlion statue, which is Singapore mythical icon creature <br />with the head of a lion and the body of a fish. Its more likely this is how it will look like if Merlion Was Old ?</span></td></tr>
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The wishing rock is to make your wishes come true? The higher you aim the greater is your chances? Maybe it's a good idea after all, normally if you make a wish by dropping the coin into the well, the coins would be wasted. Here the money collected can be put to good use.<br />
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sits on a 12 acre site and was used as early as 1920 as a place of worship. In
1960, the cave became part of an iron mining site operated by the late Mr.
Chooi Ah Kee. The mining operation used excavators to enlarge the cave entrance
to allow lorry access through the cave to transport loads laden with iron ore.
Mr. Chooi started clean-up of a small prayer section of the cave, originally
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Hou Gong' was handed over by the son of Mr. Chooi to a non-profit charitable
organization, Kek Look Seah and the name of the cave temple was renamed 'Kek
Look Tong'. The committee of Kek Look Seah took over the development of the
cave by enlarging the cave, as well as reclaiming the swampy area near the rear
entrance using soil and earth from a nearby hillock. The floor of the cave has
been resurfaced and then paved into a flat surface while parts of the rough
cave wall are lined with marble tiling. The impressive stalactites and
stalagmite formations however were left alone untouched.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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The cave complex comprises a central altar featuring a number of Buddhist figures as well as various deities of the Chinese pantheon.Surrounded by stunning stalactites and stalagmite formations, the cave provides a peaceful prayer site for Buddhist devotees and general enjoyment for the public.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Three Pure Ones (Chinese: 三清; pinyin: Sānqīng) are the three highest Taoist deities</span></td></tr>
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Also known as the Three Purities are the Taoist Trinity, the three highest Gods in the Taoist pantheon. They are regarded as pure manifestation of the Tao and the origin of all sentient being. Each of the Three Pure Ones represents both a deity and a heaven. <b><span style="font-size: large;">Yuanshi tianzun</span></b> rules the first heaven, Yu-Qing, which is found in the Jade Mountain. The entrance to this heaven is named the Golden Door. "He is the source of all truth, as the sun is the source of all light". <b><span style="font-size: large;">Lingbao Tianzun</span></b> rules over the heaven of Shang-Qing. <span style="font-size: large;"><b>Daode Tianzu</b>n</span> rules over the heaven of Tai-Qing. The Three Pure Ones are often depicted as thrones elders. </div>
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It’s really cooling, peaceful and serene inside the cave. Feels like light breezes and strong gusts moving out through the cave. This is due to the cold cave air sets and flows out the two entrances of the cave, an open and unrestricted flow of air.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> The cave is divided into three parts: lower main chamber, elevated rear chamber and a garden.</span></td></tr>
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After stumble upon an unusual natural shape of the cave that resembles a the shape of a carp, renovations methods have been carefully planned to figure out how to use the theme.<br />
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1. The front entrance of the cave is compare to the head of the dragon carp, its mouth open to the heavens. Interestingly in the past, this is the front entrance to the cave.<br />
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2. The stairs leading downwards to the rear cave entrance symbolizes the throat of the carp, the cavernous back entrance the belly of the fish.<br />
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3. There are even gill-like limestone formations on both sides of the "head" and a curious evergreen hanging rock formation, covered with moss, at the hind cavern that resembles the gallbladder<br />
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4. Lastly the pronged flight of stairs that descent unto the car park and pond was specifically design to resemble the tail of a carp.<br />
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Ipoh city has a lot to offer with its natural limestone arts. The formation of the stalagmites and the stalactites in the cavern are unique to any limestone hill. Stalactites, the most well known formations, hangs like an icicle from the ceiling, are usually carrot-shaped, and are the consequences of billions of droplets of calcite-bearing water.<br />
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The stalagmites on the other hand are the mirror opposites of Stalactites; they grow up, not down. Stalagmites generally are shorter and thicker because the falling water droplets tend to splash and spread out as the Stalagmites gradually build up from the floor of the cave.<br />
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The formation of these colorful arts by dripping of mineral-rich water from the roof has taken place since 400 million years ago. They take a long time for slow stalactite and stalagmite growth .<br />
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Don't worry folks, this place is secured by many Gods. I have a friend who is a spirit medium. Once she enter the place, like Spiderman my friend 'Spider Sense' is tingling. That may sound like a silly ... and she has the gift to feel the presence,see and hear God's voice. </div>
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As you walk to the back of the cave you will notice these shinning brass statues.The cave temple is also known as “The Cave Temple of Bronze Buddhas”. Today, Kek Look Tong cave temple has 13 Taoist and Buddhist statues cast by expert sculptors in Taiwan.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Samantabhadra, in Mahayana Buddhism, the bodhisattva (“buddha-to-be”) representing kindness or happiness. Usually rides on a six-tusked white elephant.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"Manjushri" Bodhisattva (also spelled Manjusri) is often depicted as riding on a blue lion, or sitting on the skin of a lion. This represents the use of wisdom </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Maitreya Bodhisattva/ Smilling Buddha/The future Buddha got the best seat in the house.<br /> Maitri meaning caring or "loving-kindness". </span></td></tr>
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The statue of Buddha sits overlooking the back entrance and enjoy the view below.<br />
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More surprise await for you at a hidden valley at the back which looks like Shangri-La, a mystical and harmonious valley when you view it for the first time. The First Glimpse Takes Your Breathe Away.<br />
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Take a step back in time to dig deeper into the Twilight Zone and enjoy the most scenic view among other caves in Ipoh complete with two ponds, one of which is a lotus pond and you can walk on a long stretch of footpath or a reflexology path.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The once unspoiled beauty of "Garden of Eden" now in ruined. First by the ugly looking power cable tower on the left while the white factory ahead quarrying has destroyed picturesque surrounding of limestone hill.</span></td></tr>
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Hold your horses! Your first view we have of Adam and Eve in Paradise. Man has Satan disguises himself as a serpent and convinces Eve to eat the fruit of ... Because they have disobeyed God, they are cast out of Paradise. ... Paradise Lost .<br />
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Not exactly that but we have the option to preserve our national beauty heritage site but somehow we choose to ignore it.<br />
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Shangri-La Lake Garden Paradise View Gone. Why are there no effort by the Malaysian Nature Society in the attempt to conserve the natural beauty of the country? Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow. Is like your hair loss part that is gradually becoming wider and one day nearly half of your hair is already gone!</div>
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Nevertheless I am sure there must be some kind of protests or have done petitions but as usual it falls on deaf ears of the relevant authorities.<br />
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A world of surreal beauty awaits, you may heard of talk of lotus flowers on the lakes but they have now gone. When lotus flower season hits in June, the Kek Look Tong Lake area becomes awash with the blooms, which hold particular significance. The lotus flower represents one symbol of fortune in Buddhism. It grows in muddy water, and it is this environment that gives forth the flower’s first and most literal meaning: rising and blooming above the murk to achieve enlightenment.<br />
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The second meaning, which is related to the first is purification. It resembles the purifying of the spirit which is born into murkiness. The third meaning refers to faithfulness. Those who are working to rise above the muddy waters will need to be faithful followers.<br />
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After the lime hill are being cleared, the wild monkeys are forced evictions from their home. Be careful if you bring your children along! Don't bring food along, monkey will try to grab your food. Try not to provoke the monkey and try not to make rapid movements that may frighten the monkey or using flash when taking pictures.<br />
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Open Daily 7am - 7pm.<br />
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Entrance is FREE but there is a donation booth if you would like to leave a contribution towards upkeep. The place is kept reasonably clean and tidy except perhaps their toilets need to be typically cleaned at regular intervals several times a day<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">GPS Location N 04°33.510' </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> E 101°07.758' </span><br />
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We're happy that the communities of the temple has done a good job. It's safe to say the temple is in a good hands, protecting the temple and preserving the cave rock formation for future generations to enjoy.<br />
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<br />david3816http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186288087499999280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525396367040566607.post-52588137499389131752016-06-27T06:39:00.002-07:002017-02-17T05:35:36.056-08:00Tua Pek Kong Temple (品仙祠大伯公和观音堂) Sitiawan, Perak What if i was to tell you there is a different world lies hidden away behind in a remote Kampung Pasir Panjang, Sitiawan? When I say, "Out From Nowhere , there is a massive Tua Pek Kong temple." ..You think I'm just pulling your leg.<br />
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My mom has no idea why I brought her to this trip, Tua Pek Kong temple can be found just about everywhere. So what so special that her son brings her all the way from Seremban?<br />
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Pasir Panjang Laut in Sitiawan, Perak is home to a small fishing village by the seaside. Most of the residents here are Malay. Only few Chinese families live here, but extraordinarily Pasir Panjang has a well-known Chinese temple despite the relatively small number of resident.<br />
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Technically speaking, we did not come directly from Seremban as we stopped over at Ipoh enroute to Sitiawan and stayed overnight at Regalodge Hotel. I wouldn't miss it for the world to savor the delicious food from my mom hometown of Ipoh.<br />
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To reach Sitiawan from Ipoh, you need to take the Lumut highway exiting from Jalan Lahat in Menglembu, OR the end of Jalan Pasir Puteh. You will pass by Pusing, Tronoh, Seri Iskandar, Bota and finally Ayer Tawar.<br />
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Why it's a big deal that it's just one big statue? No what you see is just him, sitting in a middle of a raised platform flanked by smaller statues in front of the huge concrete courtyard. Now that you're zoomed out far enough, what do you see now?<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> List of God and Goddess names starting on the left:</i></span><br />
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Taking centre stage is the gigantic Da Bo Gong (Tua Pek Kong) statue, along with statues of Jiu Tian Xuan Nu, Lung (wang) Nu, Guan Yin Niang Niang, Jin Tong, Wu Guan, Wen Guan, Qian Li Yan, Ma Zu, Shun Feng Er and Hu Ye.<br />
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We stand in awe before the great monuments of statues built to a grand scale which were sculptured by stone craftsmen from Xiamen, China before transported here.<br />
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As with many monumental projects, not everybody was on the same page at first. You start wondering how the whole selection process works. I don’t want to be rude to God but some of the selection of the giant statue are not recognizable to us.<br />
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People see the same situation when visiting the four presidents at Mount Rushmore National Memorial which is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore<br />
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Heck, visitors often asked, "Who are the other two guys?", only George Washington and Abraham Lincoln recognizable.<br />
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Same here, I reckon you will talk amongst yourselves who are some of those Gods? My guess is this selection are based on the previous temple Gods or maybe not.<br />
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During the Han Dynasty, people believed the tiger to be the king of all beasts. According to legend the tiger's tail would turn into white when it reached the age of 500 years. In this way, the white tiger became a kind of mythological creature. It was said that the white tiger would only appear when the emperor ruled with absolute virtue, or if there was peace throughout the world.<br />
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It is sometimes called the <span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">White Tiger of the West (西方白虎, Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ),</span> and is known as Bai Hu in Chinese.<br />
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In another words, Tiger Deity does have different Bosses, but one Boss that he can't be dissociated with will be our beloved Deity - Deity of Earth or so-called Tu Di Gong 土地公 (this is why wherever you go, if there's an altar dedicated to Tiger Deity, take notice a statue of Tu Di Gong being placed at the side or above the Tiger Deity statue)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: start;">(媽祖)</span><span style="font-size: small;"> Mazu, is the Chinese patron goddess who is said to protect seafarers, such as fishermen and sailors.</span></td></tr>
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The worship of <span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Mazu</span> began in the Song dynasty. Mazu is commonly worshiped in the coastal regions of China, especially in Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Tianjin and Hainan. She is also widely worshiped in Taiwan and other places in East/Southeast Asia.<br />
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To this day sailors from places as far-flung as China, Okinawa, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, and even San Francisco pray to Mazu before heading out sailing and give thanks to goddess Mazu, for a safe voyage.<br />
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Mazu is usually depicted together with two guardian generals known as "<span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: yellow; font-size: large;">Thousand-Mile Eye" (千里眼, Qianli Yan)</span> </span>who have very unique and special abilities: one has the eyes which can see things happening thousands miles away. The other one is <span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">"With-the-Wind Ear" (順風耳 Shunfeng Er) </span>has the ears which can hear things happening thousands miles away.<br />
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Though their iconography can vary, both are look oddly demons; "Thousand-Mile Eye" was red with two horns and two yellow sapphire eyes, while "With-the-Wind Ear" is green with one horn and two ruby eyes.<br />
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They are said to have been two demons whom Mazu overcome. Both of them were head over heels in love with her, but she said she would marry the one who can defeated her. She challenged the pair to fight her for the privilege, insisting that they would have to do her bidding forever if she won.<br />
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Using her martial arts practice, Mazu vanquish the suitors and they all became her good friends. To this day, the pair of defeated subordinates are seen by her side in statuary and images.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Journey to the West, which depicts the story about the legendary pilgrimage of the Tang dynasty Buddhist monk Xuanzang, who traveled to the "Western Regions",that is now India in search of sacred Buddhist </span><span style="font-size: small;">scriptures to translate from Sanskrit to Chinese. The bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (Guanyin) provides him with three protectors,Sun Wukong, Zhu Wuneng and Sha Wujing, together with a dragon prince who acts as acts as Xuanzang steed, a white horse.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Each of whom possessed supernatural powers, and years later finally returned successfully after going through numerous trials and tribulations.</span></div>
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(Go West) Life is peaceful there<br />
(Go West) In the open air<br />
(Go West) Where the skies are blue<br />
(Go West) This is what we're gonna do<br />
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Instead of using the plastic water scoop, why can't we have the traditional bamboo water ladle instead which will looks more elegant like the Japanese do? Why people throwing coins in the so called holy water? Do you think this is a wishing well also? </div>
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In China, Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva is represented in female form and is known as Kuan Yin. Presumably because of Kuan Yin's great compassion, a quality which is traditionally considered feminine, most of the bodhisattva's figurine in China since the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618 - 907) have appeared as female body. On the contrary, In India, the bodhisattva is generally represented as a male figure. His manifestations or transformation bodies are countless. Bodhisattva transforms himself into forms that suit the nature that help those in need. </div>
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In her hands, Kuan Yin may hold a willow branch, a vase with water or occasionally, a lotus flower.The water ( the dew of compassion) has the quality of removing suffering, purifying the defilements of our body, speech and mind, and lengthening life.</div>
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I've seen some of the visitors get holy water in their own containers but I reckon it's not for religious purpose but fetch holy water to clean car plates, ... to dip your mobile phone into the water hoping that the lucky number will strike first prize! </div>
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To some extent, this is another case in which the blessing of 'holy water' is engage in those superstitious practices (strike lottery), or misuse holy water for self interest. </div>
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Ping Sien Si Temple started off more than a century ago as a humble place of worship for the Tua Pek Kong deity beside the shore. Many devotees will says, I've heard through the grapevine that countless miraculous predictions through Tua Pek Kong's medium. After gaining immense popularity many devotees came to worship, they have raised to help fund enhancement projects to initiate and complete the latest expansion and enhancement of temple.<br />
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The temple moved from its original location further inland; relocating to create a truly iconic temple landmark that help bring tourism income to this once-sleepy town .<br />
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The birthday of Fu De Zheng Shen, which falls on the 29th day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. The Tua Pek Kong Temple within Ping Sien Si Temple celebrates the occasion every year by holding a dinner for no less than 2000 devotees.<br />
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Interestingly enough, it is one that would certainly have puzzled as to how the Tua Pek Kong deity came to be worshiped together with Kuan Yin (the Goddess of Mercy). The story behind it is fascinating. As the story goes, a leap year occurs every four years.<br />
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TheTua Pek Kong Temple customary, invited Buddhist Chant Monks to chant the Heart Sutra<br />
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On one such occasion, the sixth month of lunar calendar in 1993; after one night's profound meditation later he stumble upon a Kuan Yin statue that was washed ashore. It seemed to exude an aura encouraging the monk to pick it up. Listening to his inner voice, "Take up, Take up."<br />
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The Temple Attendant received incredible news about the statue and built a small temple by the seaside in her honor.<br />
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One night, visions are transmitted through Tua Pek Kong medium, he presented the instruction to the management of the temple. God has a big plan for them, a bigger and better site to accommodate worshippers, so that the devotees could pay their respects to Tua Pek Kong and Kuan Yin.<br />
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You can say it's similar to God gave Noah specific instructions as to build the ark.<br />
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He also gave a caution that the Kuan Yin statue could be stolen soon. True To His Word, the statue was stolen a month later, but it was incredibly returned to the temple two months later.<br />
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The stolen statue of Goddess Kuan Yin held in her honor had stood proudly in the new temple.<br />
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Nevertheless barely two weeks later, it was once again removed from temple. Again?<br />
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Tua Pek Kong medium presented another vision that the statue would be returned.<br />
True again, the information was spot-on and the once again the statue back into it's rightful place when returned shortly by a female devotee.<br />
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Well after all the commotion of Lost and Found statue of Goddess Kuan Yin, it finally settle down<br />
that Kuan Yin would remain in Ping Sien Si Temple or by the new temple Tua Pek Kong to bless the believers.<br />
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据说闰年大伯公庙都有请法师开坛念经,在1993年农历六月间法师开坛念经,晚上法师坐禅发现有一尊观音泥菩萨金身落难在海边,观音菩萨还讬咐法师把它拾起来,然后庙祝就建一间小庙在海边供奉拜。 有一晚,大伯公显灵示意要理事们建一间大庙给善信膜拜,还示意这尊观音菩萨神像将会被人偷去。果真,一个多月后就被人偷去了,偷去两个多月后又送回来。在庙建好后,理事们就请观音菩萨金身进庙,序两个星期内又再次被请来做法的法师抱走,大伯公又再示意在四天内神像必定会送回来。果真,有个女善信抱着那尊观音菩萨佛像回来。这是一宗千真万确的事,冥冥中已注定了观音金身将留在此为善信们救苦救难。 值得一提的是大部分神像都面向大海,当你身在其中于神像并立齐齐面向大海时,就会感觉到特别的壮观与宏伟,内心深处不期而然的产生一种浩瀚的心情。<br />
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Many dialects differences, geographical barrier, communication hindrance and the like in the past, had given rise to the different names of the temples, with the same host deity.<br />
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There is no surprise that Lord Tua Pek Kong also has 'many' birthdays, with more or less the same reasons.<br />
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<b><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">TIPs</span></b>- If you do happen to visit Tua Pek Kong then please visit during cooler mornings or in the later evenings. Bring along umbrellas and stay well hydrated by drinking lots of water.<br />
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When you arrived early in the morning, you can have the whole temple (almost) all to yourself. Get there early to ensure no one is blocking your view, or find a position that allows for a better vantage point. After 9am, you can see many tour buses that brings tourists to the temple.<br />
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Avoid afternoon heat as the heat is very hot. Sitiawan is one of the driest places after Kuala Klawang Town (Jelebu), Malacca City (Malacca) and Lubok Merbau (Perak) in Malaysia with average annual rainfall just a bit below 2,000 mm (79 in).<br />
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Expect no mercy from the sun, this temple and grounds being right by the shores. There was very little shade, and it was sweltering. ... Very hot, not enough shade to cool down with.<br />
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After sundown, for a very different perspective on the beautiful humongous statues lighted by neon lights. Do drop by in the evening if you wish to catch the beautiful sun set over its horizon and enjoy the magnificent sunset.<br />
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Isn't this an awesome view? The temple is located at a very serene place of worship, which is overlooking the sea. Upon arriving you will see many giant statues of God and Goddess in front of the entrance.<br />
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Maybe they gets the inspiration from the Seven stone Moai statues which stand in the barren landscape of Easter Island and also facing the sea.<br />
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I am in awe of this magnificent view. You feel humble with the presence of the giant statue image. Just like David and Goliath. Standing next to it, you are dwarfed. You feel the effect of the statue and are humbled in its presence.<br />
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It probably comes as no surprise that this place is so grand and popular. A large part of the reason due to many due to punters and worshipers love to come here to seek their next lucky number or pray for fortune, hopefully their lucky the numbers requested from Tua Pek Kong will granted them the winning lucky numbers.<br />
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In olden time, Chinese Folks pray to Earth God for God's providence—for rain, and thus their abundance of crops, grains, healthy livestock but in the modern era, Earth God prayers focus on prosperity, wealth ,safety and happiness.<br />
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Contrary to popular belief is many of them managed to strike it rich and donate some amount of their earnings to the temple and began rebuilding the temple on a grand scale. Interestingly, whenever there is a deity celebration my friend would ask my mom to speak to the spirit medium to ask in Hokkien language for lucky number and most of time Tua Pek Kong will reply, "Pray for safety is already sufficient". After much persuasion, finally deity will scribble lucky numbers on a piece of paper which looks more like modern arts. You have to guess the clues given, if you guess the right number, you win.<br />
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A man went to the Toto 4D outlet where he bets his usual favourite numbers. It seems the 4D betting outlet cashier has keyed his numbers wrongly but the punter refuse to accept the slip when he checked the number is incorrect.<br />
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Face with no choice, three of the outlet tellers agreed to share the betting slip. So what happens next? The accidentally chose the wrong number betting slip ended up winning the jackpot prize in Toto Jackpot.<br />
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The man was never ever seen buying from the outlet again. Obviously as the Chinese would like to say, "hit the wall" for refusing the winning number bet slip.<br />
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4D punters have a special dictionary to look up specific numbers attached to these events. It is amazing that there are people, particularly housewives, who memories all the numbers, usually from the more popular Tua Pek Kong version<br />
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"The dictionaries were likely a Malaysian creation adapted from an earlier dictionary of 36 names that originated from mid-Qing dynasty (1644-1911) in China.<br />
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On the cement courtyard, there are 24 smaller statues of various Chinese demigods who are said to have mystical powers. (These are actually known in Cantonese as 'yee sup sei hau' or 24 examples of filial piety.)<br />
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There are two possible pathways in the temple. To the left is the small door greets visitors on one side of the temple and the other is the main entrance to the temple on the right side.<br />
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If you have arrived here you must be wondering, not quite sure that we had arrived at the right place. Is this a temple or fort? The whole temple is surrounded by a huge wall (Ramparts) that looks like an ancient Chinese fortress.<br />
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Within the front wall which resemble the Great Wall of china, there is more two storeys high.Most people will miss out this part as who would have thought on the front wall there is a Tua Pek Kong version of Great wall of China right on their doorstep?<br />
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Oh shit! I miss that part too... Now where is the entrance? My guess is through the watch tower.<br />
Like little child, once inside the playground you forget to look around.<br />
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You can climb up and walk along the walkway. There are many statues lined up along the ramparts to reenacts soldiers on guard duty, posted in the tower to keep watch for anyone approaching the wall.<br />
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One particular legend, according to Chinese mythology, the Dragon's Gate is located at the top of a waterfall cascading from a legendary mountain.<br />
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An ancient tale tells of a huge school of golden koi swimming upstream the Yellow River in China. Gaining strength by fighting against the current, the school glimmered as they swam together through the river. When they reached a waterfall at the end of the river, many carps swim upstream against the river’s strong current, but few are capable or brave enough for the final leap over the waterfall.<br />
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Majority of the carp turned back, letting the flow of the river carry them away. The remaining koi<br />
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After a hundred years of jumping, one koi fish finally breaks the deadlock and reached the top of the waterfall. The koi strength, determination and perseverance caught the attention of the gods, turned it into a golden dragon, the image of power and strength.<br />
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A Chinese dragon’s large, conspicuous scales indicate its origin from a carp. The Chinese dragon long been an auspicious symbol and associated with great and benevolent, magical power.<br />
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The fairy tale of the Cowherd and the Weaving Girl is one of the four most famous folktales of ancient China. It is a classic forbidden love story between a fairy and a human being and have been retold from generation to generation since the Han Dynasty.(206 BC-AD 220)</div>
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The Qixi Festival is abut folklore related to the fairy tale. I can tell it comes naturally, on the seventh day of every seventh month of the lunar calendar has become Chinese version of Valentine's Day.</div>
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The tale of the Cowherd and the Weaving Girl is a love story between the Cowherd, a a mere human being, and the Weaving Girl, a fairy. This is not your typical Romeo and Juliet love story but between an immortal falls in love with a mortal.</div>
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They fall in love with each other, get married but eventually be forced to separate by Jade Emperor and across the sky creating the Milky Way which separated husband from wife. All hope was not lost as magpies, moved by their love and devotion, formed a bridge across the Milky Way to reunite the family.</div>
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Out of compassion for them Jade Emperor bend the rules a little, on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month each year, allowing the Cowherd and the Weaving Girl to meet each other once a year.</div>
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Traditionally, people would look up at the sky and find a bright star in the constellation Aquila as well as the star Vega, which are identified as Niulang and Zhinu.</div>
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If there is anyone to blame, it is the perpetrator..Yue Lao aka The Chinese version of the cupid? Cupid to the western is Cute Baby of some sort of angel that shoots love arrows, while Yue Lao is the god who unites persons in marriage in a Chinese legend. Somehow his magical cord may stretch or tangle, he screwed up on a job. </div>
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Triangle Flag can be treated in equally the same way as Command Flag or you may also consider it as prayer flag. In Ancient China, the primary method of coordinating units were to use flags, drums and gongs. Beating drums was a signal to advance, whereas ringing gongs was an order to retreat. The use of flags instructed units on the battlefield to move in specific directions.</div>
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The meaning of the different colors that Chinese use for their dragons, and what they mean.One of the basic principles of Feng Shui is the principle of five elements, which are Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal and Water. This represent by five colors of and here is the color correspondence of each of the five feng shui elements:</div>
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Mind you, not the usual other Four Heavenly Kings of Cantopop. Namely Jacky Cheung , Leon Lai , Aaron Kwok and Andy Lau. The real Four Heavenly Kings are Mo Li Ching (Dhrtarastra), Mo Li Hai (Virupaksa), Mo Li Hung (Virudhaka) and Mo Li Shou (Vaisravana).<br />
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The temple occupies a vast piece of land separated into different segments; the main temple of course, where prayers are carried out, the food stalls and retail outlets selling everything from souvenirs, paintings to confectioneries, the main ground where the highlight of this temple, humongous God structures are built facing the sea and even have a place where kids having fun at the indoor play area; where the young ones can even zorb( is the sport of rolling down a hill inside a giant inflatable ball) or waddle in a pool!<br />
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Not forgetting a separate section named Monkey Garden with a mangrove walk, which is partly along an elevated boardwalk, giving an insight into surrounding by mangrove trees.<br />
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花果山 (Huāguǒ Shān) Flower and Fruit Mountain, it is where the legendary Sun Wukong, the Monkey Kong hang out with his fellow monkeys.The blame always seems to lie with Google Translate but not this time or maybe should be called "Taman mudskippers" as no one caught sight of any monkeys.<br />
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I only know the meaning of first coin, Chinese idiom 馬到成功(Mǎ Dào Chéng Gōng), which literately means attaining success upon arriving on a horse or is often used to mean gain immediate success or win an instant victory.</div>
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A related story can be traced back to the Qin Dynasty (221–206 B.C.). It was said that the stone was of divine origins and had dropped down to the human world when the goddess Nu Wa mended the sky. He believed the stone would help build a solid foundation for his reign.The emperor immediately ordered that a road be built for a trip to the stone. As soon as the road was ready, the emperor set off toward the mountain.After he returned from his trip, he was amazed to find that his empire had become more powerful and the whole country more peaceful. </div>
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The emperor was so happy that he asked court officials to write poems and songs in celebration of his sacred journey. One adviser wrote: “Thousands of horses on the royal road; victory was attained when Shihuang worshiped the stone” to describe the success of the emperor’s trip. </div>
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Great writers from the Yuan Dynasty developed the expression “instant victory upon arrival on a horse” based on the story about the Qin emperor worshipping the stone. Later, people used the idiom to refer to an instant victory or quick success.</div>
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Fuk Luk Sau are always placed in a row in a specific order. To the left is always Fuk, with all the blessings and good luck energy. Luk is always in the center, with the promise of success and financial stability. Sau is to the right, smiling and offering the gifts of longevity and peaceful life.</div>
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Kshitigarbha (Sanskrit, "Womb of the Earth") is known as Ti-ts'sang or Dicang in China and Jizo in Japan. He is venerated as the savior of beings in hell and as a guide to deceased children. Kshitigarbha has vowed not to rest until he has emptied hell of all beings. He is also the protector of living children, expectant mothers, firemen and travelers.</div>
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Unlike other bodhisattvas who are portrayed as royalty, Kshitigarbha is dressed as a simple monk with shaved head. Often he holds a wish-fulfilling jewel in one hand and a staff with six rings in the other. The six rings indicate that the Bodhisattva protects all beings in the Six Realms. Often his feet are visible, representing his ceaseless travels to all who need him.</div>
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Maitreya's name is derived from the Sanskrit 'maitri' meaning 'universal loving-kindness'. Infinitely compassionate and all-knowing, Buddhas teach by their words and example in order to guide us along the path to our own spiritual maturity.<br />
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The Long Chinese Dragon located behind the giant Buddha is actually an exhibit hallway that showcases depictions of the 18 levels of hell.The entrance to the hell tour is through the Dragon's mouth and the walking through the dragon.<br />
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18 levels of hell Journey is a place where our next generation can learn about moral principles and ethics, and to apprehend the meaning of karma. It encourages one to be kindhearted, law abiding and charitable as any sinful behavior in one’s current life will result in harsh punishments in hell.<br />
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Even seeing those pictures now, as an adult, is fairly scary, so imagine what it was like for a little kid. Our parents love to always tell kids that if you are bad, the police will catch you using it as scaring techniques. It may be true if you put this in another way, in Chinese mythology. The guardians of the Underworld, Ox-head and Horse-face aka Hell cop have the duty escort the newly dead to the Underworld; who are also often shown as the Guards of Hell's Gate.<br />
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Eighteen types of Hell for each type of punishment after conducts preliminary trials and each prisoner is judged according to his deeds in his past life will then go through the ‘Wheel of Reincarnation’ – Samsara. Depending on the prisoner’s past life, they would be reborn either as a human or an animal. Some would be reborn into a life of ease and comfort while others into sorrow and suffering.<br />
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One of the questions asked was do we believe in Hell? I know someone had a near-death experience.<br />
She felt whilst unconscious, she was taken to hell tour by one of her deceased relative. She saw all kinds of tormented soul, sinners are being tortured as punishment for their offenses committed (sins) during their earthly life.<br />
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One of the Hell judge abruptly end her tour, stops her from going further by saying HALT! "You're not supposed to be in here". "Get up and leave, for this is not your place".<br />
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That's when she woke up. Well, you'll see, she has witness , HELL IS REAL.<br />
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So do more good deeds my friend to earn more merits in order to be saved.<br />
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Hey isn't that the Five Fingers Mountain? Wouldn't it be nice if Sun Wukong standing there instead of Yue-Lao? </div>
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Did you notice the red string of fate on the statue fingers? ( 姻缘红線; pinyin: Yīnyuán hóngxiàn), also referred to as the red string of marriage.</div>
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Okay listen up little boys, don't you dare pull a real stunt like that! Props are not intended to imitate.<br />
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Manneken Pis is a landmark small bronze sculpture (61 cm) in Brussels, depicting a naked little boy urinating into a fountain's basin. Here is a twin Chinese version of statue of two little boys happily pissing in the pond.<br />
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Lots of Carp Fish. Known to most Westerners as Koi Fish, it is one of the most auspicious creatures in Chinese and Japanese culture.<br />
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Koi excrete waste into the water in the form of ammonia, primarily through their gills. Also adding to the problem are organic compounds from fish feces, plant matter, and soil that may flow into the pond.<br />
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Jiang Ziya, the great general and strategist and military mastermind who was key to establishing the Zhou Dynasty, was said to have spent years in his old age fishing. His unconventional methods of fishing by using a straight hook, or no bait, or with his hook dangling above the water.</div>
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The future king walked by everyday and saw this old fisherman fishing with a hookless rod. One day, finally his curiosity compelled him to go to him and have a good chat with the old man.</div>
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The Old Man told him, "I am not fishing for fish, but I am fishing for man." You see, this old man is waiting for the right person to come along. Nowadays, there is a saying that Lord Jiang goes fishing simply implies that " those who wants to get caught, gets caught. "</div>
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Fu De Zheng Shen (福德正神) is the Earth Deity worshipped by Chinese folks. In China and Taiwan, he is addressed as Tu Di Gong (土地公) or Tu Di Shen (土地神). In South East Asia, he is often called Da Bo Gong (大伯公) - The Great Grand Uncle.<br />
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The name Tua Pek Kong (or Da Bo Gong in Mandarin) translates as Great Grand Uncle. As with many other Taoist deities, Tua Pek Kong is an immortalized historical individual. The person in question is Hock Teik (Fu De in Mandarin) who lived way back in the Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC - 256 BC). At age 35, he was appointed to be a Mandarin, an official in charged of the Imperial Treasury. In his position, he would often seek help for his fellow countrymen from the emperor whenever calamity falls on them.<br />
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Hock Teik passed away in 1236 BC and was immortalized by the Jade Emperor as Thor Ti Kong (土地公, Pinyin: Tǔ Dì Gōng). He was said to be sent back to earth to be the protector of the people, hence the proliferation of Tua Pek Kong temples, particularly among the Hokkien.<br />
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There is no universal acceptable explanation for the origin of Tua Pek Kong.<br />
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Penang has its own localized version of Tua Pek Kong in the person named Zhang Li (张理; Zhāng Lǐ), a Hakka on the mid-18th century. He was travelling towards Sumatra when his ship was blown to Penang instead. He settled within the existing community of Chinese on the island. After his death, he was deified as an "honourary Tua Pek Kong". The Tanjong Tokong Tua Pek Kong Temple honors him.<br />
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Are you hungry? A huge open air food court available here with serving Foo chow specialties such as red wine chicken mee sua (红酒面线).<br />
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1<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Floor plan - lets you visualize where you are and helps you get where you want to go next.<br />
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2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Direction sign lets you know you're going in the right path but can't it be written a multi language as simple as "Tua Pek Kong Temple"?<br />
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4<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>– Toilet cleanliness. Public toilets needs to typically cleaned at regular intervals several times a day.<br />
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5<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>– Temple story history. Chinese text engraved on stone or tablets engraved to explain to visitors.<br />
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6<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>– The legend of the Gods. Not everybody knows how the story goes about the Gods here.<br />
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7<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>– A spokesman for the the temple would be welcome.<br />
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8<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>– QR codes are just about everywhere you go these days. When a QR Code is scanned you will get detailed analytics about the temple and Gods.<br />
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9<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Suggestion box not the traditional type where collecting dust but using an anonymous online suggestion box that gives you information you can act on today.<br />
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Let's talk about Sitiawan Cheong Cia Gong Pian.<br />
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We asked for directions to Cheong Cia Gong Pian and a man who regularly visited Sitiawan told us it's best to have it on the spot. So that you are able to taste the crunchiness.<br />
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True to his word, we bought two pieces from Tua Pek kong food court and the Gong Pian outer crust is super hard. So, like the man said, it's best to have it there and then :)<br />
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According to legend, Kampung Sungai Gajah Mati (literally: "Dead Elephant River Village") was the place where two large elephants drowned.<br />
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One of them, overladen with tin ore got stuck in the muddy bank during low tide of the Dinding River. Efforts to save the elephant were without success and finally, everyone gave up hope and left. Nevertheless, the second elephant refused to budge and hung on to its friend, resulting in them drowning together when the tide rises.<br />
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<b>The Alternative Story: </b>The other elephant also had got stuck in mud while making a brave attempt to free his friend. Elephant rarely drown unless in a difficult situation such as above. You'll be surprised that elephant can swim long distances without any problems by using their trunk as a snorkel, so they have no trouble breathing.<br />
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Eventually that's how the folks told the same story as to where Sitiawan got its sad tale ties to the small town.<br />
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At the KFC junction in Sitiawan, turned left towards Kg. Koh, a place which tourist used to go to for seafood meals. Past Kg. Koh, looked out for Jalan Pasir Panjang on the right, which was well sign-posted. Eventually you'll come across a direction sign to Kuan Yin temple which reassured you that you're on the right track.<br />
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I finally have make a trip to the temple and see what it's like and it is great and i wasn't disappointed<br />
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Many times I heard good things about this place from my friend, Mr Toh. Simply the best temple in Malaysia so far but unfortunately not many people have been to here due to its desolated location which can prove to be a tough find.<br />
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You <b>MUST Visit</b> at Least Once in your lifetime and I’ll probably come back again to see the changes as more attraction will be added here. I hope someday they will add a symbol or statue of the two elephant friendship at the front of temple to promote the interesting story behind this town, Setia kawan .. Opps gets it wrong (again), it's Sitiawan rather. Actually I prefer the alternate spelling: Setiawan which is more closer to the meaning why the town named after.</div>
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On the 3rd day of Chinese New Year, we went to visit the best place to experience the excitement of Chinese New Year; none other than Fo Guang Shan (FGS) Dong Zen Temple (东禅寺) at Jenjarom, Banting.<br />
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We spent one night at Hotel Garden, Banting after feasted our eyes on thousands of colorful lights at the annual event. Ji Yen happily snapped a zillion photo shoots of selfie or groupie (group selfie) photos with her smartphone till her battery runs out. No worries, she can be rest assured, she are ready to continue go shooting anytime.<br />
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I am prepared with Portable Charger Power Bank External Battery to ensure we do not run out of battery life while on-the-go. It would be handy if the temple also provide Mobile Phone Charger Vending Machine someday.<br />
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I have been planning for this Beggar chicken's trip for a few weeks at the famous Restaurant Bukit Jugra, Banting but when I finally calling about the reservation, the owner informed me that the restaurant will be closed for a week during Chinese New Year.<br />
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Oh, No! That's odd, most Chinese restaurants are choosing to remain open during Chinese New Year and ready for more customers. Restaurants enjoy brisk business over long New Year holidays.<br />
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Aargh! Why Closed? Don't You Want More Money?<br />
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<span style="font-family: "bradley hand itc"; font-size: 16pt;"><b>This reminds me of my sister favorite storytelling, and share with us while on the road trip here. She tells the story of Fisherman and the Businessman.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "harrington";"><span style="font-size: 21px;">One fine day , a</span></span><span style="font-family: "harrington"; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: yellow;"> fisherman was lying in the warm afternoon sun on a beautiful beach, with his pole propped up and his line cast out into the water. An </span></span><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "harrington";"><span style="font-size: 21px;"> enthusiastic</span></span><span style="color: yellow; font-family: "harrington"; font-size: 16pt;"> businessman walked by.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "harrington"; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: yellow;">The businessman replied that he would catch more fish, you will earn more than twice as much with much greater haul of fish.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "harrington"; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: yellow;">Somewhat irritated, the businessman explained that he could then reinvest the even greater surplus and buy more boats and hire staff, becoming a small business and catching ever more fish.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "harrington"; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="color: yellow;">Simplicity invites us to pursue the things we value most, remove the blindfold of distractions that keep us from living and enjoying life to the fullest.</span></span><br />
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Well, good for you. Perhaps the restaurant owner learned the story from somewhere.<br />
The moral of the story is that when we stop chasing the world’s definition of happiness, we begin to recognize the decision to experience happiness has been right in front of us all along. Friends and family can bring joy into your life that money could not buy.<br />
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My initial plan is dashed. We've got to go with Plan B to fall back. An alternative plan is to visit Tanjung Sepat for a one day trip.<br />
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Tanjung Sepat is quiet fishing village that turned into a tourist spot in Kuala Langat, Selangor and located about 1/2 hour away from where we stay overnight. Conveniently located nearby Sepang Gold Coast, it offers day trippers a choice of good, affordable and fresh seafood plus evening view of the beach is fabulous. At the end of days can present the best opportunities for shooting at the beach especially in the evening when you can see the stunning shot of great sunsets and sunrises in the morning.<br />
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What I found amazing is that when one realizes that the fire station is unmanned, with volunteers fire and rescue personnel are ready to go into action if needed. That's a splendid way. Way to go, man. I find such self-reliance admirable.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">When it comes to Tanjung Sepat, Seafood and Bak Kut Teh </span><span style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> are the synonyms. They are</span></span><span style="font-size: small;"> absolutely delicious and a must-try if visiting this predominantly Chinese fishing village.</span></div>
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Let's not forgetting to try the famous Ah Hock Bak Kut Teh which operates at 8am to 12.30pm. We didn't have the chance to try as we usually arrived here way past noon.<br />
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Bak kut teh is a soup based dish consisting of different cuts of pork meat simmered in a herb based broth for hours. In Tanjung Sepat, Ah Hock Bak Kut Teh reinvented Bak Kut Teh featuring not only pork, but fish, crab as well as prawn.<br />
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While most of the wooden houses have been rebuilt, part of which still remains many old houses that has stood the test of time, having been a part of history even before Malaya’s independence.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The Tanghao tradition is kept pretty much alive in the old houses in the rural areas.Most of the older homes had a signboard in bold characters hanging above the entrance with Han surname or so I thought</span><span style="font-size: small;">. Two big golden characters hung above the main door .</span></div>
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So young people like me or from the younger Chinese generation often have seemingly will not know what is Tang Hao. On our last trip, I was confused by two letter Chinese Character hung at the household main. It’s easy to mistakenly assume that the entrance as the surname of the family (ancestor) residing in that particular house.</div>
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According to the Chinese tradition, each family would have their family hall mark reflecting the place where their progenitor originated. The name – tanghao - could be translated as the - mark of the ancestral hall. </div>
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Alas, be it here or there, tang hao - literally hall mark, one hardly could find this tradition being practiced in the homes in the new housing estates and apartment blocks. Younger generation no longer supports the traditional culture of 'tang hao' , it is no longer fashionable to display such archaic plaque.<br />
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Most of the residents in Tanjung Sepat practice Taoism, that explain why the religious fishermen built many Taoist temples in the small village. </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">One of the many temples in Tanjung Sepat. I’m not sure how many temples are there. I have lost count but I think it is at least four or five Taoist temples.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Mom prayed for rain as El Niño looms, have mercy upon us? Give us rain but</span><span style="font-size: small;"> spare us, 雷公 Lei Gong (God of Thunder) from your scary thunder and lightning. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;">Okay, I put the ideas into make up my own little story. </span></div>
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A group of old folks used to spend time near this beach while visitors admiring the scenic view at seafood restaurants by the seaside.Their makeshift camps or hangout spot, however, had been emptied. The Tanjung Sepat Old Folks Club,had been disbanded or merely shifted somewhere else?</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To our disappointment, the Boss informed that the house specialty, Fried crab with "mee hoon" or rice vermicelli </span><span style="font-size: large;">Sold out! Oh Chien, Fried Oyster Omelette Sold Out! What else? Now I have nothing to eat boohoo...</span></div>
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Flashback to 2013, just three short years ago...The Tanjung Sepat jetty collapsed when Tanjung Sepat state assemblyman Ir Mohd Haslin Hassan and the village head were inspecting the jetty after receiving complaints from residents in the area. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">"This new 306m long pier will replace the old one. Tanjung Sepat jetty was and still a major attraction especially among the tourists,” said Azmin adding that the total cost for building the new jetty will be funded fully by the state government..</span></td></tr>
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Whether or not the 拍拖(Cantonese paak3 to1) or courting still can have the same feeling as the way it used to, it remains to be seen? I can imagine..Happy couple holding hands looking in the sunset. (in the past). </div>
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Nowadays, they often use their mobiles to take pictures of themselves and posts it on a social media like Twitter and Facebook. Don't waste all your time on social networks, put the cell phone down and spend more time talking and courtship. If a gadget is absorbing most of your paak to time … throw it away! Don't blame it on Cupid or Lovers Jetty if you fail!</div>
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On your way to Lover's Bridge,you'll come across a notably very famous local products shop called Qingren Qiao Local Products Shop.A first-time visitor will stop and wondering what do we have here? Is it a museum or souvenirs shop or local shop, selling mainly local produce? </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A young Mr. Simon Yam (任達華), was among the many famous VIP visited the Qingren Qiao Local Products Shop </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Why tie the creepy severed hand prop around the vase? Mystery water creature is staged! We might still feel afraid in our last trip but the prop give away the answer to those new visitors haven't seen before.</span></td></tr>
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Anyway, another interesting part of this shop is the things of yesteryear it exhibit surrounding the building. It's really pleasure to take picture with these old stuff as some fun props and paraphernalia.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">In today's world, all you need is a flick of switch to start the flame. My mother will say: " You don't know how lucky you are living in the modern age".</span></td></tr>
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Its a nice place to tell the kids about yesteryear- the old fashioned kitchen. "A long time ago in a galaxy kitchen far, far away...". Nah, that's a bit exaggerated.</div>
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There is no such thing as gas stove in those days. Before my mom can start cooking, she need to start a fire at traditional wood cooking stove. It is not as simple to use as it seems .</div>
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To begin with you can't just go out and buy fire wood at grocery store as you can go and cut your own firewood. It's free in a nearby forest. One of my aunt is given the task to bring home the firewood. There are times the dry woods are found on high cliff. It was much easier going up a cliff than going down. Sometimes she has to sit on the gunny sack to slide down the cliff slowly.</div>
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To bring it home, she used a carrying pole to transport the bundle of wooden twigs on both end of the pole, just like the picture above.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;">My sister and I shared a rocking horse when we were younger, but I'm sad to say parents nowadays not found of buying.</span></td></tr>
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You're never too old to be riding a rocking horse, here we have carefully constructed rocking horse to provide years of pleasure to both Young and Old.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">An image of a fish head with a human lower half .“A mermaid” at the shore of Tanjung Sepat , this was more than 60 years ago? No, but the actual story is from a Cairo newspaper on Saturday 7 April 1973 , claims it was caught in the Red Sea off Yemen.</span></td></tr>
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How Bizzare? A “mermaid” with a fish’s head and the hips and legs of a fully-developed woman. Clearly, therefore, the hoax had indeed originated in or around Yemen during the early 1970s.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Hey, ain't this just a salted fish? A mermaid that consists of a baby doll glued to a piece of salted fish.</span></td></tr>
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It is never a good idea to go to Tanjung Sepat during big holidays or school holidays could result in long queues at tourist attractions and packed eateries.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 18pt;">Hey earthling san! I can't find my way. My GPS broke down. </span><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "harrington"; font-size: large;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">Nice to meet you, Mr.Earthling . </span></span><span style="font-family: "harrington"; font-size: large; line-height: 17px;">I can't find my way. My GPS </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "wingdings 3"; font-size: 18pt; line-height: 107%;"> Its just aHead dude! </span><span style="font-family: "wingdings 3"; font-size: 24pt; line-height: 107%;">Have a fun trip.</span><span style="font-family: "wingdings 3";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Chinese New Year begins on 8 February and ends January 17, 2017. Start the Monkey Year with these foods to bring you bundles of joy, happiness and luck and most importantly, good health!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Centipede Hill or Then Sze Khoon Temple/蜈蚣山天师宫 is just within walking distance from my place. It's a shame to be so close to the place and not drop by for the temple.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">During this period the temple stays open late at night (until 10pm or, some days, midnight).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After the Chinese New Year , it will resume normal operating hours from 7am t o 7pm daily.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For one, it looks near but devotees and visitors have to climb 264 steps to reach the temple.</span><br />
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Mum pay her respect to the Na Tuk Gong (拿督公) or Datuk Kong, all refer to the same deity who are local guardian spirits worshiped in Malaysia, Singapore and parts of Indonesia. Before the arrival of Islam, Malay culture practiced the worship of Datuk Keramat or Datuk Kong.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Its the first full moon of the Chinese New Year 2016 which appear bright n round. What better way to enjoy the Chap Goh Meh!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">you saw me standing alone </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oops, wrong song. Possible the best and most appropriate Chinese song ever about the moon is 'The Moon Represents My Heart'. <span style="text-align: center;">Rock star Bon Jovi last year released a music video singing that Chinese classic love song. </span><span style="text-align: center;">'Chap Goh Mei' itself means the 15th night of Chinese New Year in Hokkien which also marks the end of the Chinese New Year celebration. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This could happen at any time and we can see the colorful LED decor lighting effects brighten up the place on the dark nights.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">How did it became to known also as Wu Gong Hill? In 1998, a reporter from a Chinese daily came to pray to the Then Sze deity and spotted a white centipede. He struck first price after buying numbers from a gambling outlet. He was so pleased that he wrote stories about this. Since then whenever people see a centipede they will associate good luck with it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Is it real or only in my head? We have to accept the fact that he's just a fictional but somehow my head tells me Monkey King is a legend but my heart tells me he's real.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please stop referring to me as Monkey King. I want to know as Sun Wu Kong the Great Sage Equal of Heaven or the Handsome Monkey.</span></div>
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The bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (Guanyin) helps Xuanzang find three powerful supernatural beings to be his bodyguard - Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing - to aid and protect him on his journey. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now, class, please stand up. Let me teach a very simple movement of Tai Chi. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">First, you separate your legs to make a 60 degree angle. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">What is Tai Chi? The Chinese say:"Where there is Tai Chi, there is peace and harmony between the positive and the negative." This is also one important spirits of Chinese philosophy: Martial art is not designed for fighting to win, but for maintaining harmony both physically and mentally within our bodies, as well as for developing a healthy and peaceful mind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mothers are so much like trees. Both are in a perennial state of giving. Trees give life-sustaining things such as oxygen, fruit and shelter; while providing beauty and harmony. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well, I've got this particular one dough sculpture while visiting Genting Highland from way back 12 years ago. Dough sculpture artisan from Shanghai, China can knead rice flour dough into a figurine resembling you or various other interesting personalities in 20 minutes.</span></div>
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Welcome to the Year of the Fire Monkey, contrary to popular belief, the change of zodiac sign will set out on February 4, 2016 in China Standard Time or we call it LI CHUN立春. <br />
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It is the first day of the 24 solar terms and the first day of spring.<br />
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Many people have mistaken about it, they thought the first day of the Lunar New Year is the new year day农历初一.<br />
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Li Chun is not the day where Chinese people celebrates Chinese New Year. The Chinese celebrates our New Year based on the cycles of the Chinese Lunar Calendar. And the 1st day the Lunar calendar is known as 大年初一 (Da Nian Chu Yi) falls on 8th February 2016.<br />
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If a child was born on February 4, 2016, the child that born that time forward is a monkey zodiac child instead of goat although February 8 2016 is the start of the Lunar calendar. I also got confused, all the time I thought my cousin and I shared the same Chinese animal Zodiac as my cousin, born in the same year as I was in the year of Horse. He's turned out rather as he is a Goat zodiac.<br />
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At the Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Temple here which is generally quiet and calm but the tranquil atmosphere make a dramatic change to colorful and lively festival when Chinese New Year comes around again. It created an almost party-like atmosphere, if I may say so.<br />
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When it comes to the monkey, I can't image a celebration for the Year of the Monkey without him... the One and Only Sun Wukong, The Monkey King in the Chinese literary classic “Journey to the West."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;">As you step into the temple front gate, the cute monkey mascot for FGS is Sun Wukong in the center stage will greet you. When you walked down the aisle, 11 others animals on the left and right sides just can't wait for their turn to be the central figure.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Lantern Festival begins at night. It turned the FGS Dong Zen temple into an eye-popping images and it truly takes you into another world.</span></td></tr>
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A total of 72 monkey-shaped lanterns adorn the temple grounds to usher in the Year of the Monkey, inspired by Sun Wukong ability can transform into 72 different animals and things.The night was come to live when all the light turn on and objects seems to be moving a bit to make it alive.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The statues of the 18 Arhat gaze upon you with expressions ranging from smiles to anger as you step into the temple grounds.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Selfie sticks seem to be everywhere these days. Believe it or not when invented in the 1980s by Hiroshi Ueda, it was not a commercial success. Maybe too ahead of its time before the arrival of smart phones. Now widely a success but can considered to be a public nuisance, it has been banned from stadiums, concerts and museums.</span></td></tr>
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If Sun Wukong The Monkey King is around FGS Dong Zen Temple he will scratching his head feeling dumbfounded, I thought I was the only one with magical staff that could grow or shrink but... many of these visitors also have one. Yup our selfie stick can shrink to mere inches in length so they're very pocket-friendly. Hey! Wukong - Eat Your Heart Out.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Just one of those rare group happy moments. All of my sister daughters are grown-up and working elsewhere. </span></td></tr>
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When the day turns into night, visitors arrived in great numbers. I reckon that during hot afternoon, the weather gets so warm therefore visitors prefer during cooler nighttime when the temple transformed into a glittering wonderland of red lanterns, digital lights and illuminated gardens, like a fairy land.<br />
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Themed “Be Smart and Agile”, the festival also highlighted about 5,000 orchids of a several varieties that were all in full bloom would be showcased.<br />
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A selfie is a self-portrait photograph, typically taken with a digital camera or smartphone but with a group shot of nothing much more than their own selves what do we call? Perhaps, all selfie sticks should instead be called groupie sticks.<br />
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My niece's camera had about a zillion photos shoots till her cell phone has run out of battery but don't worry I brought along a portable power pack to recharge.<br />
It would be handy if the temple also provide Mobile Phone Charger Vending Machine someday.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Rock n roll monkey! Well, it's one for the money, / Two for the show, / Three to get ready, / Now go, monkey, go.</span><br />
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I thought this year Festival will be a smaller scale due to the global economic slowdown with less lantern exhibiting on the front portion of the main building complex. I got it wrong, all the good stuff are hidden from view at the back.<br />
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Yo! Fight demon! What's there to be afraid.<br />
At the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit, Sun Wukong declared himself as,"<br />
I am Sun Wu Kong the Great Sage Equal of Heaven and the Handsome Monkey "<br />
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People born in a year of the Monkey. Personality have traits like mischievousness, curiosity, and cleverness make them very naughty but don't take my remarks literally.</div>
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To prove his trail, he marked the pillars with a phrase declaring himself "the great sage equal to heaven" (and in other versions, urinated on the pillar he signed on). (Ha Ha Ha Ha) You lost the bet , Sun Wukong ," said Buddha. The five “pillars” he had jumped to before were actually the five fingers of the Buddha’s hand.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">At the below there are rows of glass cases which depict the stories of Sun Wukong. When he hatches from the stone, he crawls and bows in the four directions as beams of light burst forth from his eyes just like big spotlight that even reaches heaven.</span></td></tr>
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If you remember he is the main character in the novel Journey to the West written by Wu Cheng'en. In the novel, he is a monkey born from a mystical stone from the sky.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Sun Wukong, or Monkey King, was born from a magic stone that sat boulder atop of the Mountain of Flower and Fruit, that had been receiving the powers of the of the heavens and the earth since the beginning of time and has thereby gained miraculous powers.</span></td></tr>
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Lived on the Huāguǒ-shān mountain (literally meaning,"mountain of flowers and fruit") and acquires supernatural powers through Taoist practices.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Wukong eventually obtained an “as-you-will golden-banded staff” known as the Rú Yì Bàng, which he could shrink to the size of a needle and keep inside his ear, or even as small as a grain of rice. The staff could also be expanded to be as high as Heaven.The monkey king also forced the dragon king to offer him other magical "gifts" including his beautiful golden armour. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Such a Naughty Monkey. "All Hell Breaks Loose" when Sun Wukong he realized they made a monkey out of him when he learns how low his job is as the Keeper of the Heavenly Horses. The Army of Heaven's 100,000 cannot match the prowess and wisdom of the monkey king. </td></tr>
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After he wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Kingdom. He was severely punished by Buddha by sealed within a rock prison under the Five Finger Mountain. Here Wukong remained imprisoned for five centuries until he offered to serve Xuanzang, the Tang Priest, who was destined to make the journey to the West to retrieve the Buddhist scriptures for Tang.<br />
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To redeem himself, he is given a reprieve and assigned to accompanies and protect monk Xuanzang on a quest to obtain the holy Buddhist scriptures from India.<br />
Wu Kong was very receptive of this idea and his teacher rename him by that title Sun Wukong."Sun" is a common Chinese surname, and "Wukong" is a Buddhist given.<br />
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Together with other pilgrims - Pigsy, Monk Sha and dragon horse , they overcome 81 calamities and confrontations in the form of supernatural phenomena and monsters before reaching their goal and returning to China with Buddhist texts for translation into Chinese from India.<br />
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I guess due to he was born from a huge rock and his character was so interesting, born irrepressibly naughty but turn out to be loyal, trustworthy and dependable on pilgrimage to the West.<br />
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Inevitably he's the best candidate to represent icon of FGS CNY Lantern and Floral Festival .I know that Wu Cheng'en wrote Journey to the West, there is a slight possibility that Sun Wukong is real.<br />
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About one million devotees from all walks of life are expected to offer prayers at the Fo Guang Shan (FGS) Dong Zen Temple in Jenjarom, Banting and for others regardless of race and religion they are there just having fun taking pictures of the wonderful scene.<br />
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A visit to the FGS Buddhist temple for the New Year has become a tradition for many locals and that several activities have been lined up for the throughout the festival.<br />
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One of the program was Costume Parade which started at 9.30 pm on the day we visited, on 10th February 2016.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-size: small;">Daily Program for CNY 2016 celebration programs at FGS Dong Zen temple</span></td></tr>
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Do not stray from your tour group, even if your have your own group. You can easily get lost an crowded area of 16 acres, especially children. Keep an eye on your kids on their whereabouts and other family members. Make sure never ever let them out of your sight while busy taking selfie.<br />
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When you aim your camera flash in the dark, please consider other visitors' eyes. Selfie stick can create potential risks of injury or get in other people's way, Please selfie responsibly.<br />
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Put all your litter in rubbish bins, or take it away with you. Kindly remind of no cigarette smoking as we already enough exposed to incense smoke in indoor environments.<br />
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When in busy, crowded areas where signs are harder to see, carry your bag in front of you and close to your body, keep purses away from the door. Crowded places such as busy attractions are the perfect places for pickpockets to carry out their business. Not all visitors come to the temple are good person, some of them have ulterior motive.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Would be nice if these icons were actually 3 wise monkeys? A representation of a command to “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil." One covering his ears, who hears no evil; and One covering his mouth, who speaks no evil and lastly one covering his eyes who see no evil.</span></td></tr>
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Miss out on the photo shoot of imitating 3 wise monkey. Why didn't they create this for the festival? Maybe can create a Life size Standing Cardboard Cutout you can put your face through just for photo shoot. It would be fun.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A monkey riding a horse symbolizes getting promoted quickly but my interpretation of the lantern is regarding Sun Wukong invited to become "Keeper of the Heavenly Horse" that is nothing more than just a glorified stable boy.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Officially is from 10am to 10pm daily but I'm not so sure about the closing time as scores of people still attended the festival even as I left at 11pm.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">That's All Folks. Don't chicken out next year. I meant next year is Rooster time to be king of animals zodiac. See You Again.</span></td></tr>
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Everyone was reluctant to leave. It has been more fun than a barrel of monkeys!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A grand and vibrant arch welcoming and bid adieu to visitors to Kampung Baru Sungai Jarom's which is also known as Kampung Bahagia or Happy Village. Many villagers were quite happy until visitors and tourists bring traffic congestion to the village perhaps?</span><br />
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The Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen Temple’s Lantern and Floral Festival is open from 10am to 10pm daily until February 22 and admission is free.david3816http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186288087499999280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525396367040566607.post-34185570531399896232015-11-20T20:50:00.000-08:002018-05-31T05:11:47.109-07:00Cameron Highland 2015 - Lavender Garden<span style="color: yellow; font-size: large;"><i>Getting There - Lavender Garden</i></span><br />
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Opened in 2013, Lavender Garden which was Cameron Highland's newest attraction is located just before Tringkap town and has since grown to become a prominent tourist attraction here.<br />
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It is 6km south of Brinchang town, one of the three major towns in Cameron. If you are coming in from the direction of Tapah interchange, you will have to pass through several town namely Ringlet, Tanah Rata, Brinchang and Triangkap.<br />
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Alternatively, if coming in from the northern parts of the state through Simpang Pulai will be a lot faster where you will reach Kampung Raja first, then to Kuala Terla before approaching Lavender Garden which is along the main road.<br />
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Cameron Lavender Garden<br />
Tringkap,<br />
Cameron Highlands,<br />
39100 Pahang, Malaysia.<br />
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Office: +605 - 4961 208<br />
Email: mail@cameronlavender.com<br />
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Operation Hours - Mon to Thurs 9am - 6pm, Fri to Sun 9am - 7pm<br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-size: large;"><i><b>GPS Coordinate: 4.526774, 101.4262</b>26</i></span><br />
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My family and I had an enjoyable time of 3 day 2 night stay at Cameron. We stopped by Cameron Lavender on our way back after a short vacation.<br />
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I think it is a nice place to spend some time with family enjoying the beautiful garden filled with lavender and other flowers. The layout of the garden was quite organized with different sections dedicated to specific themes. You start at the entrance and walk up an increasingly steep slope to a lookout point where you could get a great view of the surrounding scenery.<br />
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It was crowded when we were there since it was during a short school holiday break. We were having trouble walking through the crowded garden narrow walkways. I guess our experience would have been more positive if it had not been very crowded. </div>
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It is a floral themed park with cemented terraced hill slopes where ascending row upon row of flowers are grown, offering a glorious scenery of vibrant colors for visitors to admire and <br />
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The lavender itself isn’t as plentiful as one might expect with artificial lavender scent permeating the air at the entrance but live lavender plants can be seen planted in a large plot at the centre of this park.<br />
There are also many types of flowers grown here, there are other types of plants here like roses, peonies, yellow daisies and camellias.<br />
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The most notable sight you will notice as you reach the Cameron Lavender Garden is the purple horizon of lavender flowers. It is very well designed and an amazing sight which is different from other flower nurseries.<br />
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If you want to see the view of rows and rows of Purple lavender fields like nothing you have ever seen before, it is located at lavender-producing areas of Provence and southern France.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lavandula (common name lavender) is a genus of 39 known species of flowering plants, which belong to the mint family</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></td></tr>
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Originally, the name lavender only meant the color of this flower. The color of the flower is still the standard for lavender but there are many other shades of lavender, range in hue from pinkish purple through violet to blueish-indigo. They can also range from light and pale to medium and greyish shades.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The main star attraction here is a "field" of purple lavender flowers.The flowers are blooming at their fullest and it is absolutely mesmerizing.</span></td></tr>
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The flower and the oil of lavender are much used in perfumery, and to a lesser extent in medicine.</div>
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Lavender is used for restlessness, insomnia, nervousness, and depression. By inhalation, lavender is used as aromatherapy for insomnia, pain, and agitation related to dementia.</div>
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Visitors can also buy souvenirs at Cameron Lavender’s gift shops. Wide selection of lavender related products available, from toys to scented candles, to soaps, and even candies.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Cameron Lavender Teddy Bears who drive car. Did you know that the Teddy Bear was named after President Theodore, the 26th President of the United States?</span></td></tr>
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An apiary and a small gift shop selling lavender products are among the other offerings while potted lavender plants are sold for RM15 each. There is a gift shop selling in house lavender products and a cafe offering good strawberry milk shake, and Lavender ice cream for RM5.50<br />
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I want that decorative windmill. Why can't they sell the miniature windmills at their souvenir shop? I LOVE WINDMILLS!!!! For some reasons ... Love watching them spin freely in the wind! ... How can you not get excited to see this going on?<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Although a little early, "Merry Christmas!". Couldn't get near to the the Seven Dwarfs as it was raining heavily.Hang on! Where's Snow White? </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nice little waterwheel spinning is like Life has up's and down's, twists and turns.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> Just like a simple wisdom of 'Forrest Gump' :</span><span style="font-size: small;"> My Momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: yellow;">Daisy, Daisy give me your answer do.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow;">I'm half crazy all for the love of you.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Oh no! Not another kid.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Forever young, I wanna be forever young. Do you really want to live forever?</span><br />
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Also known as grenadilla, passion fruit is a tropical fruit about the size of an egg with a brittle outer shell that contains crunchy seeds surrounded.It's like life with the one you love, with its bitter and its sweet, the sour and the savory, can never be 50:50. Life is never neatly divided.<br />
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Mosquito Repellent Plant - Pokok Halau Nyamuk (Citrosa Geranium). Does the Mosquito Plant "Citrosa" actually work?<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><i><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;">Overall is nice place to visit with </span></span></i><span style="color: yellow; font-size: large;"><i> bright colourful flowers. </i></span><i><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;">Apart from some picture taking, nothing much to shout about this flower farm.</span></span></i></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Entrance fees a bit expensive</span><span style="font-size: large;"> but if you truly adore shooting captivating floral photography, you would have liked the many different varieties of flowers grown there.</span></span></i><span style="color: yellow; font-size: large;"><i>If you're driving on the way back home, stopping by for a quick look would be great but if you're planning to stay here for long, you might get </i></span><span style="color: yellow; font-size: large;"><i>discomfort in crowded places.</i></span></span><br />
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Green View Garden is a strawberry farm and flower nursery off Kampung Raja, located close to the end of the Simpang Pulai highway before the township begins. There are some other tourist attractions on the same site as well, namely the Strawberry Moment Dessert Cafe, Avant Chocolate shop and House of Lavender.<br />
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An ideal location for visitor either heading out from Cameron, or else heading back to Cameron. Green View Garden is very easy to spot with its huge bright green signboard, big banner and ample parking space in front so you don't have to worry about finding a place to park.<br />
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When you step out of your vehicle, the chill air rushed up to greet you. You will get your first taste of cooler weather and temperatures. The cold breeze sent shivers down your spine and chilled you to the bone.<br />
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Stepping into the premises you'll aware of a wide range of local product made from their homegrown strawberries for sale. I'll do some sightseeing first, I can buy souvenirs or gifts later on.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Step out of the cafeteria you'll see a pavement. To the left will lead you to the Green View Garden and to the right is the </span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="text-align: center;">potted strawberry plants farm and h</span><span style="text-align: center;">ydroponic farm. </span></span></div>
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We took a stroll in the garden. Green View Garden was a sight to behold. Its a great place to start outdoors photography session, Beautiful garden landscape can produce some of the most beautiful work a shutterbug can ever produce. You'll be taking a lot of photos and be amazed at the results.<br />
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There were strawberries, lavender, gerbera and many kinds of flowers grown here. Unlike another nearby attraction, this place do not charge an entrance fee. Besides plants, there were live animals reside here, namely ducks, fish, rabbits and birds.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">We know it's not Christmas yet, but wouldn't it be nice to have bright, colorful, sparkly ornaments on the tree and as many lights around this place.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">How nice people living at Cameron can grow beautiful flowers and plants due to the cold climate? My sister thinking this is a wonderful place for retirement. Slow pace of life. </span></td></tr>
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There are no high-rise buildings in Cameron Highlands, and it's natural mountains have been retained except you can see more and more resorts popping up in the area. More city folks are coming here on the weekends. Now Cameron folks has a new fear: traffic jams.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">My mom thought why are there so many colorful loo in the garden? Nah I make it up but those olden days it was common for people to have an outside loo which look like that.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Do Your Children Know These Hopscotch traditional Game? Also called Aeroplane Jumping(Chinese Translation)</span></td></tr>
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Those horrible smell came from the rabbit cage. No matter how often you clean their cage, within a couple of hours it stinks again. The rabbit urine has a strong ammonia pungent smell became unbearable for visitors.<br />
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For those with a knack for sweet snacks, this is absolute heaven. The outlet sells a wide range of strawberry influenced like cakes, salad, waffle and ice cream that can satisfy any degree of cravings. A good stopover before leaving Cameron Highlands to snap up some edible souvenirs.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Popsicle molds ice strawberry in disposable bag. It reminds me of my childhood where old-fashioned ice candy served in different traditional flavors. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">When you use hydroponic techniques to grow your lettuce, you can expect faster and better production than you'd get growing in soil. The salad mix was more crunchy and sweet. </span></td></tr>
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Hydroponic plantation is the art of growing plants without soil, the nutrients are added directly to the water. It ensures that the plants get oxygen, nutrients and appropriate light for optimum growth and a better yield.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Overall a good place to visit. Wish to spend more time there but it's already 2.00pm. Need to check in Cameron Pasar Malam Apartment, Brinchang first. My sister stomach is growling and certainly would enjoy a steamboat in the cold weather!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i> 11, Taman Matahari Cerah, Kampung Raja, 39010, </i></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i> Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia.</i></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Factory GPS Location Code: 4.579943, 101.379882</i></span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>URL: www.greenviewgarden.com</i></span><br />
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Email: greenviewgarden@gmail.com</i></span><br />
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Tel: +6 05 - 4981 982</i></span><br />
<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Fax: +6 05 - 4981 987</i></span><br />
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There once was a man from Cameron Highland who has a soft spot for all things vintage, metallic and one-of-a-kind. Having accumulated much different artifacts, objects and old photographs junk over years of domestic travel; See Kok Shan collaborated with Kok Lim Strawberry Farm to start a museum preserve the cultural heritage of the past. </div>
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They share resources to help each other. See has a place to display his collections to the public at the basement of Kok Lim Strawberry. As for the farm it will reap the benefits of additional tourists from museum. </div>
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The museum started out as a gallery of photographs donated by some locals, then See started adding more and more things to it. He dedicated certain sections of the museum to familiar Malaysian scenes such as the iconic kopitiam, a barbershop, and a traditional Malaysian kitchen.</div>
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While most museums and galleries forbid touching the artwork but this one is a museum slash gallery slash interactive centre.</div>
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The split-level galleria occupies a passageway that stretches for more than 80 meters. </div>
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It is filled with artifacts that serve as a reminder of what life was like for Malaysian living in the 50s to 90s especially those from the local Chinese community.</div>
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The displays are mainly on the things used in their live like the olden days. The exhibits are appropriately showcased in eight galleries covering an area of approximately 14,000 square feet. </div>
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After opening in 2007, the Brinchang museum drew local and overseas visitors, it has earned rave reviews and mentions in local and national publications.</div>
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Now, take a step inside as you could go back in time to days of your forefathers. Look around, take your time and enjoy.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: small;"><b>There is no such object shown as a time tunnel but at that 2nd stairway would this make you feel awesome if this </b></span></i><i style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b> creates optical illusions which look like one?</b></span></i></td></tr>
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Location<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>UT/MR/F-255, Jalan Sungei Burung, 39100, Brinchang, Cameron Highlands, Pahang, West Malaysia</div>
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GPS COORDINATES: (N4°29.829' E101°23.715')</div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red;">ADMISSION FEE</span></i></b>: Entrance fees are RM 5 for adult and RM 3 for kids. Each pass will entitled you for a 20% discounted for any drinks. A visit to Penang Time Tunnel, you had to fork out five times more.</div>
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If you are into antique stuffs and a sentimental old fool like I am,this place is definitely worth a visit. The collection is very rich, so many items from the past, we wouldn't have expected the time tunnel to be so vast. </div>
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Time Tunnel is a local museum dedicated to preserving the historical memory and cultural heritage of Cameron Highlands. First of all the name of the place maybe confusing to some tourist, this shouldn't be call a museum at all. It's more appropriate to be called a Gallery than a Museum.</div>
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What other names you can think of? You might say, Blast From The Past, Step Into The Past, Back Into The Past, Cameron Museum of Yesteryear...</div>
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Hey! Check this out. There are no restrictions to photography at this place but there is a drawback. Taking great indoor photos without flash can seem impossible. You should stop relying on your phone, and buy a nice camera to capture some of the low light picture moment. </div>
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Resembling a humble old eatery (’kopi tiam’) but are not perfect copies of, the original image.</div>
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What I remembered how a general setup of a traditional hailam kopitiam look like..</div>
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<i>The decor of kopitiam were kept fairly basic with all the physical hallmarks of a traditional Malaysian coffee shop, tiles on the floor and running halfway up the walls, marble-topped tables and curve-backed wooden coloured chairs, ceiling fans, a cashier's counter and a large glass display cabinet with an assortment of heavily-creamed cakes. The delicious cakes flavor still lingers in my mind ..Yummy Yummy.</i></div>
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Back to the colonial days,there was an exodus of southern Chinese to Singapore in search of a better future. The early immigrants were mainly from Canton, and included large numbers of Teochew and Hokkien.</div>
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These Chinese settlers quickly occupied the more lucrative trades and economic niches, as jobs in those days were filled mainly on referral by friends or by fellow immigrants from the same province. Those from other ethnic groups or provinces were shunned.</div>
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Most of them ended up working with the British colonial households as cooks or maintenance staff. These Hainanese domestic workers became adept at western cooking and lifestyle. They learnt to make English breads and brew coffee or tea in the preferred English way. Oh my Old Chap, do it just the way I want to be.</div>
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When the British left after Malaysia has gained independence, these jobless families had accumulated some savings, decided to seize the opportunity. These Hainanese entrepreneurs started to open up their own coffee shops which have evolved into the franchised kopitiam of today.</div>
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Back in those days, they sold coffee and tea, cakes, breads, and half-boiled eggs.That's All? The kopitiam customers were mainly average and low income worker such as coolies (dock labourers).</div>
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The old kopitiam baked its own cakes, made its own kaya, even roasted its own coffee beans on the premises. Today, many shop owners procure their food and coffee from suppliers in order to find cheaper supplies or a more cost-effective way. Eventually the taste of original Hainanese style coffee with authentic flavors are missing except for a few family run business kopitiam.</div>
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Perhaps the most vital appliance of all was the Rediffusion radio. This box continuously stream of news in several dialects, folk tale reading, and music, it was the cable TV of its time and attracted the working man in droves. </div>
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The kopitiam “concept” took off. The word kopi is a Malay/Hokkien term for coffee and tiam is the Hokkien/Hakka term for shop (店) but it left me to wonder why not in Hainanese word?</div>
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The deep-fried Curry Puffs were traditionally made by the Hainanese, who cooked for the British when they were in Malaysia. The puff pastry component of the snack came from the British influence and the filling might have been influenced by the Indian Samosa, which had minced mutton, potatoes and onions. </div>
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Situated near the barbershop, the cafe occupies an area of about 90 square feet. Its walls are to recreate the aura and the atmosphere of the past: they are tastefully decorated with adverts for Milo, Horlicks, Ovaltine, Gold Dollar tea, Ajinomoto, KISCO, F&N Orange Crush, Coca-Cola, 7 Up, Fanta, RC Cola, Sinalco, Pepsi-Cola, Green Spot and Kickapoo.</div>
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A charcoal fire was used to toast slices of bread imparting a smoky flavour to it, before slathering on a thin layer of melted butter and a fat coating of kaya spread. Kaya is the Peranakan version of a Western jam, made from eggs, freshly pressed coconut cream, pandan (screw pine leafs), sugar and lots of patience.</div>
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When I was just a kid, dad used to bring me to kopitiam. At the back there are peoples playing mahjong, including a few pakcik.</div>
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Mom said she feel like she is travelling back in time, back to her early years.</div>
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“These are things we all love and grew up with. Parents would come in with their families and, somehow, the conversation will always be about the things we have here. The grandparents would also tell their grandchildren stories about what their parents used to be like. </div>
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Walking along the pathway brings back so much memories. All the things you or your parents grew up with was there for you to look at it again.</div>
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The list is endless. It includes old notes, coins, postage stamps, books, clocks, analog phones, feeding bottles, transistor radios,etc.</div>
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One day, your children may ask you, what was you childhood like? Just let them know that you'll take them to a field trip back in time to your childhood. Well, isn't that cool!</div>
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In the days before manufacturing ice cream become an industry, the old ways of selling ice cream to customers in the form of Ice Cream Cone (is a edible cone that ice cream is served in), Homemade Ice Candy wrapper(if you been to Green View Garden they sold this in the form of strawberry Popsicle Mold Ice Candy Disposable Bags) and Ice Ball(It’s basically crushed ice shaped in a ball and covered with flavoured syrup which is served up in a little plastic- you slowly rotate and suck on syrup).</div>
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It feels very creepy inside passageway. It give me a ghostly feeling.... Do make sure few persons go in along as it will be scary if go in alone. It is a bit dark. Cause this is thriller, thriller night, oowwuh... Nah, nonsense.</div>
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The late 60s to the 80s was the time Malaysians began to be influenced by pop culture from outside the country. Elvis Presley onto the 60s Tribute Bands including The Beatles of course and onto ... 70s Tributes include the to ABBA, Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie ... 80s: emergence of dance music and new wave (example: Human League, wham!)</div>
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Songs from the past can stir powerful emotions and transport us back in time. ... You can feel everything as if you were actually there. The soft background music and songs played here usually popular hits of yesteryear to provide a nice atmosphere.</div>
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It is especially interesting to see the evolution of music players through the years. How much Malaysians can remember about the good old days of music devices, from vinyl records to cassette players to CD players to portable cassette players(Walkman) to video MP3 players, and is still in use today.</div>
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Many of the items found in the museum are now relics of a bygone era. Most people would call it junk, except for See, and many visitors to the museum. These items are precious reminder of our past. Children of yesteryear is much happier I'll say, things were much simpler and happier, than the sadness of today.<br />
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There are too many traditional games to talk about. I can only remember a few of them. Other games worth mentioning are board games - Monopoly, Snakes and Ladders, Ludo, Scrabble, Checkers Board Game, Mastermind and many more.</div>
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Some of the stuffs, I ever saw when I was small and bring out the memories when see it again. Feeling of nostalgia for the past and old experiences. I got some flashbacks of my early childhood days.</div>
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Families were much bigger in the olden days, although poor children would have no toys to play, they had little need for expensive toys when enjoy each other's company. Longing for those good old days ... Yeah, just sitting back trying to recapture some. I have fond memories from childhood, riding my racer pedal cart.</div>
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No time for family. You are not alone. Even while sitting together but absorbed in there smart cell phones, busy texting or gaming.</div>
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Some items have persevered until today, some in completely different forms, while others only exist as distant memories. Some may not have been invented in Malaysia, but we embraced them into our culture and history as well.</div>
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All parents want to teach their children good money habits from an early age. As a child, I had a savings account opened in my name and every month mom will bring the money box to the bank. </div>
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The bank officer will open the removable plastic seal to remove coins from the bottom of money box and he will placed inside a Electronic Automatic Coin Counter Machine where the collected money is counted and recorded. I loved and amazed with the coin sorter when electronically count my money as well as sort the different types of coins I put in.</div>
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Marlboro cigarettes ads "Come to where the flavor is. Come to Marlboro country. " I remember the advertising tag lines for Philip Morris' Marlboro cigarettes well. In the past, tobacco companies exploited the lack of regulation to control tobacco promotion.<br />
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Major cigarette companies would advertise their brand in popular TV shows, newspaper, magazines, cinemas, and sporting events were still allowed to be sponsored by tobacco companies.We can watch the live sport broadcast such as boxing and football for free, courtesy of tobacco companies.<br />
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My grandparents were heavy smokers, they were always just huffing and puffing away. I wonder if parents who smoke tend to have kids more likely to be a smoker in the future?<br />
In the past, there was a general lack of awareness about the harmful effects of smoking.<br />
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For those who worked in rubber plantation, it was customary to chase off mosquitoes with tobacco smoke. My friend used to help his parents at the estate during the weekends in the past, now he couldn't quit smoking.<br />
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Rickshaws were invented in Japan about 1869, after the lifting of a ban on wheeled vehicles from the Tokugawa period (1603-1868), and at the beginning of a rapid period of technical advancement in Japan. Yosuke and two other men, Suzuki Tokujiro, and Takayama Kosuke, invented the rickshaw, having been "inspired by the horse carriages that had been introduced to the streets of Tokyo a few years earlier". </div>
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Rickshaws spread rapidly throughout Asia in the late 19th century, arriving in places such as India, Singapore, British Malaya, Siam (Thailand) and French Indochina (Vietnam) from the 1880s through to the turn of the century.</div>
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1- Hand-pulled rickshaw of the bygone era, once a common form of transport in Penang. </div>
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The trishaw evolved from the rickshaw. The rickshaw was invented in Japan in 1869 and was first used with regularity starting in 1929 in Singapore. Six years later they outnumbered pulled rickshaws.</div>
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Rickshaws were taken over by the trishaw after the world war 2. Trishaws were faster, stronger, able to carry heavier loads and for once, people could for the first time get somewhere faster than someone could walk them there. </div>
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In 1936, the new rickshaw that resembles an old fashioned buggy mounted on a tricycle, was introduced to Penang, a more powerful version of the lighter cousins, the rickshaws.</div>
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The Chinese term for the the pedal rickshaw is sanlunche (三轮车). The local Hokkien Chinese call it lang-chhia(人车), may be a simpler word for human power tricycle vehicle(人力三轮车). </div>
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It is no longer the choice for public transport. Beca is just like its predecessor, its popularity dwindling as cars, buses and other forms of transportation became widely available. </div>
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I spent my childhood in Penang and I love the trishaw ride but I found trishaw may sometimes caused traffic congestion during peak hours. Normal days ride is becoming unbearable as we have to breathe in the smoke emitted by vehicles and be roasting under the scorching hot sun. </div>
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The government should help modernise them according to the present needs of customers today but right now it's a game of “survival of the fittest". It's odd seeing the trishaw here were regarded as a dying breed but other nation cities like New York has gained popularity.</div>
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A long time ago, mobile foot peddlers went around the village and sell food .The baskets contain the goods they peddle. I may be a kid but I remember particularly well a vendor selling wan tan mee who will use bamboo clapper to attract customers. May not look and feel hygienic but the food will definitely make you cannot forget ...my best ever wan tan mee I have ever experienced.</div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: large;"><b>PIC 1</b></span>- Old school peddler trade, men balancing two baskets of ware on their shoulder collect and recycle anything that has resale value. Do you have any bottles? ... collected every salvageable rag and scrap of paper. These days, you'll find trucks driven by scrap dealers who collect old newspapers, magazines, empty bottles,etc such as the amplified tape- recorded messages played. </div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;">PIC 2</span>-</span> I miss the old man selling freshly toasted bread on tricycle with the cart in front. Traditional Indian bread seller this way can no longer seen except perhaps Penang. Nowadays bread peddlers has upgraded to riding motorcycles. One thing never changed is the sound of Bicycle Bike Retro Metal Air Horn.</div>
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This is an all too familiar scene of" Roti man" that making his rounds in your neighbourhood, driving in a modified motorcycle fitted with a container that holds various kinds of bread and a number of different snacks. The roti-man has been the primary source of bread for many Malaysian households for a number of years now.</div>
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Hands down the best biscuits I've ever tasted! ..but that was a different era. When I opened the tin, wow the biscuits aroma were awesome! Only those who tasted back in the good old days will understand.</div>
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A traditional bird fortune-telling originates from the traditional Chinese bird fortune-telling which predicts one’s fortune from a card randomly picked by a bird. When the fortune-teller opens the door of the cage, the bird comes out and picks up one or several papers randomly, on which the client’s fortune is written.</div>
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Those who grew up here in the '50s will remember local delicacy from time past, the classic sweets called Ting-Ting Tang ( 叮叮糖). The candy seller 'breaking' the molten malt with chisel and hammer into shards. It got its name through the sound is produced when the malt is struck with hammer. 'Ting, ting, ting' was the sound heard from afar.</div>
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My sister standing on the podium trying to "reenact" the scenario whereby on that day, 31st August 1957 Prime Minister, Allahyaraham Tuanku Abdul Rahman in the middle of the field raising his hand to proclaim the nation's independence at the stadium. .... and the day the joyful, triumphant shouts of “Merdeka, Merdeka, Merdeka!</div>
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On Easter Sunday, March 26, he and Mrs. Helen Ling, his white American-born wife attended the morning services at All Souls' Church. At around 3pm that day Jim Thompson, already well known as the "Thai Silk King", walked out of Moonlight Cottage where he was holidaying with friends in Malaysia's Cameron Highlands and that was the last time he was seen.</div>
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This section is recreating the barbershop scene. This barbershop is as close as you'll get to the traditional “guys' barbershop” experience, its interior furnished with vintage chairs and an array of barber tools such as mirrors, scissors, hair clips, colorants, combs, hair sprays, straight razors, shaving creams, tonic bottles, curlers, hair dryers, clippers, hair cream and blade sharpeners.</div>
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The showpiece at this outfit is the barber’s chair. It is more than 50 years old. There may have still few Indian barber shop that maintain the old school barber shop. You can see a barber's pole outside the shop, it is a type of sign used by barbers to signify the place or shop where they perform their craft.</div>
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Barbers used them to cut hair close and fast. While they were widely used in the distant past, the advent and reduction in cost of electric hair clippers has led to their largely replacing manual clippers.</div>
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Their livelihoods are sustained by its harvests through hunting, fishing, collecting wild edible plants and farming. In the Cameron Highlands, most of the Orang Asli come from the Temiah tribe. These people live mostly in villages and settlement areas stretching from the foothills of Tapah all the way up to Brinchang town and then down to Kuala Terla. Some of you may have seen Orang Asli people selling roots and honey at the roadside to earn extra cash income.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is the section where most visitors feels the exhibit is disorganised, it seemed to be haphazardly grouped together.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>I believe items in here need to reorganised as items on displayed are quite cluttered. For those of us from the era, will be nostalgic but for the little ones (our children and children's children), they just see old items on displayed and no educational value. If items were to be better organised with proper sequence of flow, I believe it can be rather informative for our children.</i></span></div>
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Located along the ledge of the unit’s second level is the kitchen section. It's moments like this that make you wish you could freeze frame time to a stand still.</div>
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Here you will find an oddball mix of kitchenware of kerosene stoves, frying pans, woks, porcelain bowls, chili pounders, plates, spoons, firewood, meat safes, charcoal stoves, food grinders, ladles, vacuum flasks and tiffin carriers. Many of our modern gadgets would seem alien compared to the below and most of the items here are now no longer in use.</div>
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Its a nice place to tell the kids about yesteryear- the old fashioned kitchen. "A long time ago in a galaxy kitchen far, far away...". Nah, that's a bit exaggerated.</div>
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To begin with you can't just go out and buy fire wood at grocery store as you can go and cut your own firewood. It's free in a nearby forest. One of my aunt is given the task to bring home the firewood. There are times the dry woods are found on high cliff. It was much easier going up a cliff than going down. Sometimes she has to sit on the gunny sack to slide down the cliff slowly.</div>
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Tinder is a material that is easily ignited. We prefer to think of it as a combustible material that will ignite with a minimum of heat flux, even a spark. First put a little paper or tinder (easily combustible material used to ignite firen the tunnel,eg dry grass, paper, cotton balls).</div>
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Good old-fashioned technologies you learned is by adding oxygen will often cause a fire to burn hotter and faster. The wood furnace space is quite cramped after adding the dry wood and not much gap left to blow in the air. It was very common in villages, to use a metal/wooden hollow tube to blow air to kindle the fire, keep blowing extra oxygen into a fire until a flame is created.</div>
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You do remember in the movie of Cast Away, it took him a lot of work and caused him a lot of pain to figure out how to make fire so that he could cook crab. Once Tom Hanks finally makes a fire,and when he finally does, he'll start singing and yelling in excitement and relief that he finally made fire.</div>
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Maybe wood has a certain delicious smoke flavor that gives off savoury aroma that makes the food taste better. It's like why when firewood were used to roast the Kenny Rogers' chicken which makes it tastier compared to KFC. ( It's my personal opinion.)</div>
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Explore the way our grandparents and parents lived and wonder at the way things were done only a few decades ago. One cannot help but be a bit sceptical of the authentic scene of olden days kitchen.</div>
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My mother loves to watch old black and white movies of P. Ramlee which always makes her feel nostalgic for the times when things were less complicated. It's film are like a bit like stepping into a time warp which takes a light-hearted look at the country in the 1950s and 60s .</div>
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The TIME TUNNEL was visited by Miss Hong Kong (Ms Edelweiss Cheung), 1st and 2nd runners-up (Ms Skye Chan and Ms Sia Ma) during their tour of Malaysia in August 2008. The trio spent more than an hour at the museum.</div>
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1 - A good presentation is very important to catch the attention of the audience immediately. When you displaying the object haphazardly, it may confuse and irritate visitors. It should be well-organised like it should be in museum. It may bring wrong impression for foreign tourist, what a mess they say. On the contrary, local Malaysian or Singaporean, this messy display is definitely not an issue.</div>
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In the old kampong days, the villagers does not have drinking water facility or piped water, it's customary for them to keep a big pottery jar as water container for washing ones feet before entering the house. A basin filled with water is placed on the wooden or concrete platform at the entrance. A water scope with a long handle floating inside is used for scooping water from the large basin. Those days the dipper or called "gayung" is made from coconut shell.</div>
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2 - Do not assume that visitors either local or foreigner understand; assume that they did not understand of the object exhibited. The least can do is must have wording explanation or information available. A museum label or caption is a label describing an object exhibited in a museum, or one introducing a room or area, or the whole museum. Without that description, it doesn't ring any bell for a foreigner.</div>
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Many visitors made comments about lack of exhibit labels, visitor Quotes:</div>
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<span style="color: yellow;"><span style="color: red;">This is place a really good collection of stuff from the 1960s onward. However, the items are not properly protected or archived. Unfortunately, more often than not, the items are also not categorized according to themes or chronology</span>. </span></div>
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3- Although video display would be a nice feature to have them but it would be costly. Perhaps a better alternative would be a simply provide a link or title of the article where you read about it.</div>
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Advanced digital technology used by some museums is the use of bar codes on their museum labels. Now our technology has advanced more than traditional UPC bar codes. QR codes have been on a meteoric rise in the last couple of years. QR code (abbreviated from Quick Response Code) is able to display a website URL to take somebody to further information.</div>
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The code consists of black modules (square dots) arranged in a square grid on a white background, which can be read using smart phones and dedicated QR reading device.</div>
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4- Sound effect, any artificial reproduction of sound or sounds intended to accompany action and supply realism as setting and place. At the TT museum old 70s pop English songs is being played at the background to add to the atmosphere. How about adding sound effect in a coffee shop?</div>
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5- A tour guide in the museum can be helpful by giving factual information and great story telling skill to tourists who often eager and curious. Maybe hiring part time Orang Asli who able to converse fluently in English for visitors to learn more about their culture.</div>
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8- Built a portal website which are intended as a marketing and communication media which will increase the number of visitors to the museum. It will also alert the visitors of the museum's collection and special promotions. </div>
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10 - It was so dusty down in the basement! Hey! What did you expect? Basement needs additional ventilation, such as fans or a dehumidifier. Achoo! Excuse me! Let us do the housekeeping to get the museum cleaned and organised!</div>
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11- Wherever we go in a museum, the “Don’t touch” signs are there. From our childhood we are taught to keep our hands to ourselves. It's nice you may feel the object here but many inconsiderate visitors allowed their children to sit on some of the artifact and this will contribute to their quicker decline. </div>
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14 - Crucially, curators also need to know how to call on external sources of expertise. If possible could seek the advice and assistance in technical aspects of museum management? Get photography club to use for inspiration, hits and tips and ideas for future shoots. Museum can relay back this information for visitors trying to get the best angle shot.</div>
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Whatever shortcomings you may think this place maybe lacking, we need to understand this is not an official museum administered by the local government but a private collector who was kind and generous enough to share with the public his collection. </div>
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Don't let the "few" terrible comments make you skip this place. It is true that few parts were not in proper order but the whole experience is simply breathtaking. This place is an individually run museum, and all the items were pretty well kept in their original condition.</div>
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Ever since I saw the TV advert for BOH Tea many years ago, I yearn to see the beautiful scenery shown.<br />
BOH Tea Plantation is a must-visit place when you are in Cameron Highlands Scenic, tranquil & cool fresh air! It's an icon...and a beautiful one. If You Haven't Seen It, You Ain't Been To Cameron.<br />
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Most tea estates are mostly owned by Boh, the larger group established since 1929 by colonial owners; and Bharat, a slightly more recent local company that only began full-scale operations in the 1950s.<br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: large;"><i>Getting There. (GPS coordinates: N4.51579 E101.41634)</i></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can find the entrance to the plantation if you coming from Simpang Pulai before the big Equatorial Hotel on the right side heading south to Brinchang . The signboard is placed perpendicular to the road and quite easy to miss especially when you're driving fast</td></tr>
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Likewise, if you're coming from Brinchang town, the plantation is located about 5km North or 2km away from Kea Farm Market.Short drive off the main road after a large signboard that clearly indicates the way to Sungai Palas Tea Center.</div>
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The BOH Tea Centre is open daily except Monday from 9.00 am - 4.30 pm. Admission to the factory visit is free and information tours are conducted approximately every 30 minutes.<br />
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The journey itself is an adventure as you manoeuvre the narrow and winding road till the visitiors parking of Sungai Palas BOH Tea Centre. The total journey from the Brinchang Main Road to the Tea Centre parking area is approximately 3.5KM.<br />
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Perhaps there is no plans to upgrade the road as to help you remembering them the concept of "shock and awesome" applied here. First the width of the roads are really narrow and winding that it could barely fit two cars side by side then while you're heartbeat is faster than normal... treat you to amazing scenic views over the area.<br />
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Not a place for beginner drivers. You could have easily plunged into the ravine if you had been a novice driver.<br />
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After leading to a small, pretty treacherous with narrow winding roads, we stop at the main gate. We were reward with the first sight of magnificent panorama view of vast tea fields stretched across the valley and slopes on the way.<br />
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Did anyone notice the old spelling of Sungai Palas was "Sungei Palas"?<br />
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Private cars were not allowed to drive up to the doorstep but tour vans and hired cars were able to do so.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ample parking spaces are available. Basic toilet facility is available here.</td></tr>
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Visitors can park their car and walk up to the Tea Centre which is only 200 meters. You can choose to either walk up the tea planter's bush walk or paved road.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Your choice, either walking up on a smooth tar road to walk but nothing much to see.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> or walking on the trails to the top for a magnificent view!</td></tr>
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My itchy fingers was about to pluck the leaves but stopped when I see the sign. Sigh...</div>
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Boh Tea Center also a favourite spots for pre-wedding outdoor photography. As we arrived we found a couple having a pre wedding photo session.</div>
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Harvesting: Tea bushes are harvested approximately every three weeks. The leaves are packed into sacks and sent to the factory for processing.</div>
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Only the most tender leaves are picked every morning at Sungai Palas BOH’s tea plantation. Green tea leaves are hand plucked when the new growth or flush appears. Tea used to be plucked by hand as the workers move laboriously through the long rows of low tea bushes.</div>
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Innovation and research within the Company has led to a mechanisation and upgrading of its operations. Labour-saving device or method is one that saves a lot of effort and time-saving method.</div>
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In the highland gardens, the most common plucking method used is the two-man hand-held machine which is assisted by winches. These machines can harvest up to 300 kgs of green leaf per man per day, 10 times more than traditional hand plucking. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the steepest slopes where access is limited, shears are used and can bring in about 120kgs per man per day.</td></tr>
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In the lowland garden at Bukit Cheeding where the land is flatter and more accessible, BOH uses specially-designed vehicular harvesters which pluck 9000 kgs of green leaf a day! </div>
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Finally, the tea has to be sorted. The youngest leaves - newly opened leaves - make the first grade tea. The second youngest make second grade tea and the third oldest make the third grade tea. The older the leaf, the stronger the flavour. The newest shoots make the finest tea.</div>
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Hand-plucked teas are rich in their green-leaf biochemical precursors and have higher contents of made-tea quality constituents than machine-plucked teas but lower yields. The traditional method fresh tea leaves are plucked by hand to ensure the highest quality. </div>
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Although machine plucker can harvest more but it certainly not as discriminating in choosing and plucking, 'just the right leaves' as a skilled tea plucker. A skill plucker can only harvest about 20 kg of tea a day. </div>
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One of these days, tea pluckers are ageing. They are getting older, and the younger generation does not want to pluck tea. Someday tea plantation will no longer employed tea pickers and replaced by plucking machines. And if that day comes, tea pickers will be something in the past.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A tea plucker will pluck the tea bushes taking two leaves and a bud using both hands, <br />
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As I made my way up, I could see the famous Boh Tea Center with its unique structure with a far end 20ft overhanging platform balcony. It was intended to made protruding over the hilltop. This may feel a little precarious but the purpose is to give visitors a more commanding view overlooking the plantation.This balcony is a favourite spot for visitors as they immerse themselves in the beauty of the surroundings while savouring one of BOH's many types of tea.<br />
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My first impressions of the Boh Tea Center structure is....Oh, my God! I think I've found Noah's Ark, stranded on the mountain.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Halfway up the hill I take a breather and you can find a good spot like this for an amazing photo shoot. </span><span style="font-size: small;">Their beauty simply took my breath away.</span></td></tr>
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The RM3mil teahouse, with its stylish and contemporary architecture, seats 120 patrons and is commonly listed as a must-see on the itineraries of tourists visiting the highlands.The Boh Tea Centre Sungai Palas is a glass building supported by steels with solid roofs. The entire building can get natural sunlight through the panel glass walls and windows and a huge open space balcony stick out from the edge of a hill. It is an unique structure, one could hardly find that is quite like it in Malaysia.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;">View from half way up the mountain.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> A steady stream of visitors had been making their way up the mountain. Take your time.<br />
Paths can be slippery and muddy – especially after rain.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watch your step.Some of the hand rails and walking tracks need to be repaired. Although a short climb<br />
on the steps but for safety reason ladies, no high heels please. </td></tr>
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Looking back again on our way up.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">What a view...Boh Tea is the largest producer of tea in Malaysia</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Narrow ray of sunshine slive their way between the tree branches, so endearment.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When we waiting for it to open at 9am, the tea cafe was already bustling with hungry locals and tourists</td></tr>
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It's hard being a Malaysian and eating just cakes and pie for breakfast. We supplement our breakfast with Nasi Lemak which is one of the typical choices for most Malaysians.<br />
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Tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world next to water. We're a tea-drinking nation, not that we don't like coffee but this comes from the legacy left behind by British colonialism habit of having afternoon tea. It's also common to hear customers in mamak restaurants shouting, "Mamak Teh Tarik Satu!” And the reply from the restaurant staff will be, “Yes, boss!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We are having breakfast there, the taste is just acceptable, but quite expensive for me and local tourists but<br />
what the heck... it's not everyday I come here. Great setting for breakfast tho.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the tour group has left, other tourists rushed in to get the best spot to view the plantation </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't know whether my Mom pulling my leg, "I finally know where BOH tea comes from".<br />
Maybe it's time for new BOH tv commercial perhaps?</td></tr>
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What does BOH stand for? The abbreviation BOH stands for 'Best Of Highlands'? Someone is making up a rumor about this or the actual name ‘Boh’ is derived from Bohlia - the origin of tea in the Szechuan province of ancient China. Anyone can verify this please?<br />
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The history of tea is long and complex, spreading across multiple cultures over the span of thousands of years. Tea likely originated in southwest China during the Shang dynasty as a medicinal drink.The British introduced tea production, as well as tea consumption, to India, in order to compete with the Chinese monopoly on tea.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ummph! What is it mean? It means gets a kick out drinking Boh tea, enjoy very much and say "Ummph".<br />
Same like Cowboys say, Yeehaw or Yee-haw when expressing joy.</td></tr>
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You can purchase BOH tea full range products here. I'm not sure about the price though, as compared with other places but you can be sure due to tea's freshness will help make the tea taste better.<br />
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Basically there are 3 types and they are the Black Tea, Green Tea and Oolong Tea. BOH teas are available in 3 different forms (tea packets, tea bags, tea dust).<br />
At the BOH plantation, the teas are called: BOH Palas Supreme (this is the newest shoots and the finest quality tea), BOH Cameronian Gold (this is first grade tea), BOH Tea (second grade) and BOH Tiger Tea (third grade).<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tea for two? One for you, one for me. No Ma'am, We don't serve Chinese tea here, only BOH tea.</td></tr>
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The company produces four million kg of tea annually, translating to about 5.5 million cups of tea per day. And about 70% of all tea produced in Malaysia comes from the Boh gardens. Besides being the leading brand in Malaysia, Boh also exports to Brunei, Singapore, Japan, the United Arab Emirates and the US.<br />
Most of the best quality tea produced in Malaysia is sent abroad and most of the tea remaining in the country is a poor quality one used to make the delicious Teh Tarik (tea with condensed sweet milk).<br />
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So which grade of tea we were served? It doesn't matter anyway. Cause I really enjoy sipping a cup of freshly brewed cup of BOH tea.<br />
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What is in tea?<br />
The three primary components of brewed tea (also called the "liquor") are:<br />
1. Essential Oils - these provide tea's delicious aromas and flavors.<br />
2. Polyphenols - these provide the "briskness" or astringency in the mouth and are the components that also carry most of the health benefits of tea.<br />
3. Caffeine - found naturally in coffee, chocolate, tea and Yerba Mate, caffeine provides tea's natural energy boost.<br />
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Benefits of Tea:<br />
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Recent research has indicated that drinking tea as part of a healthy diet and life style can help maintain a healthy body including a healthy heart.<br />
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The value of tea may be due, in part, to its antioxidants. Like fruit and vegetables, tea is rich in antioxidants. (In tea these are known as flavonoids). Antioxidants in the diet may help the body in its management of free radicals – highly reactive substances capable of causing damage to body cells.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You learn a little bit of history from the boards hanging on the wall and even a have a video room where you can learn the process of making tea in Boh Plantations</td></tr>
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BOH Plantations was founded in 1929 by J.A. Russel, a British businessman during the British colonial era in Malaya. He was optimistic of the tea plantation business due to huge demands despite of the world-wide Great Depression at that time. As a result of the potential, he applied for and was granted a concession of land for his first tea garden in Habu, Cameron Highlands.<br />
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Today, BOH Plantations owns four tea gardens, based primarily in Cameron Highlands with three large plantations across Ringlet and Brinchang. The main estate sits at Habu in Ringlet next to its immediate neighbour Fairlie Garden, while Sungai Palas is a sister plantation about 20km away in Brinchang. The forth is at Bukit Cheeding in Selangor.<br />
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To ensure the freshness of its tea products, BOH Plantations also set up a packaging factory near its main garden. BOH tea products are distributed both in domestic and international markets.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Boh tea board of directors, Caroline Russell, a Malaysian, is the CEO. Her step-father, <br />
Tristan Russell, remains in the company as chairman</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A small museum, one of a kind is an ancient rolling machine which pounding leaves into bits</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Sg Palas Tea Centre is open everyday except Monday Closed, from 9:00am to 4:30pm. Factory tours are provided approximately every 30 minutes.</td></tr>
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Visit the adjacent tea factory to observe how the tea manufacturing process really is.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All teas undergo five basic processing steps in the tea manufacturing process are been briefed and <br />
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While the whole process is rather intricate, it is can best be summarised in a five-step process:<br />
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Withering: The leaves are put in troughs or bins with warm dry air running through them for about 12 to 20 hours. This removes the moisture content from the leaves.<br />
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Rolling: This crushes the leaf cells while proccessing leaves into smaller particles. It also exposes the cells to oxygen.<br />
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Fermentation: Also known as oxidation, this is the critical stage that determines the flavour, aroma and colour of the tea. Therefore, timing, humidity and temperature have to be carefully controlled. After fermentation, the tea leaves turn copper in colour, and the characteristic aroma of tea develops.<br />
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Drying: A blast of hot air is passed through the leaves to stop the fermentation process. This is when the leaves emerge in their familiar, crisp, black, curled form.<br />
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Sorting: The off-grades, fibres and stalks are removed by running the tea through several machines. A vibroscreen is used to sort and grade the tea leaves according to size.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The actual tea factory is still left intact in its old condition and still operating.</td></tr>
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Tea tasting: The taster examines each sample of dry tea leaves for colour, texture, amount of twist and evenness of grade. The infused leaves are examined for colour, uniformity and brightness. Next, he tastes the tea for taste, flavour and aroma.</div>
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Packaging: The tea leaves are packaged and ready for the market.</div>
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Due to time constraints we decided to leave the Boh Tea Center as there are limited time for our visit.<br />
I leave with a heavy heart but I hope that someday I can come back to this wonderful place soon.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We walk down using the paved road to avoid the crowds begin streaming in the afternoon using<br />
the planter's bush walk.<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> Nothing to see except some violet wild flowers.</span></td></tr>
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The Good Side.<br />
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1. An unspoiled haven for those who appreciate nature, fresh air, peace, calm and quietness. Just two weeks after I came back to Seremban, I read in the papers that age-old Mossy Forest in Gunung Brinchang, famed for its exotic flora and lush mossy carpets, has been closed for a lengthy period due to excessive littering. Local tourists apparently are major culprits in littering .<br />
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2. Boh Tea Plantation has a clean environment. You won't see rubbish strewn all over the place. To keep the premises and surrounding area clean, I hope the cafeteria will avoid having plastic bags, water bottles, takeaway coffee cups and straws. Say No to Plastic Bags, Say No food to Tapau/Takeaway.<br />
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3. Well maintained & clean toilet with various features "will be a plus for tourism". Their toilet is truly one of the best public toilets in all of Cameron.<br />
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4. Sungai Palas Boh Tea is a photographer's haven, you will always wish you had taken more shots.<br />
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The downside.<br />
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1. It’s not elderly people nor wheelchair friendly. The walk up using the planter's bush walk is a bit tough for the elderly. No problem for those going in tour van as will carry them up to the doorstep.<br />
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2. There is no setting up a customer service counter to answer your questions. If there's a problem, you want it taken care of as quickly, seamlessly, and painlessly ...we don't who to turn to for Help.<br />
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3. Lack of safety. Visitors need to exercise caution while walking up the using bush walk, some of the hand rails and walking tracks need to be repaired.<br />
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4. The pathway to the Sungai Palas Garden is just along the hillside, it's kinda steep, narrow road and dangerous slope. In other words, such accidents are like a time bomb ticking in some operation ...it was bound to happen.<br />
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It is not fair for the whole burden on Boh plantation. Danger lurking below the narrow edges of the winding road to the most popular tourist destinations in CH. Bad publicity which would be bad for Malaysia tourism if anything should happen.<br />
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In fact, it's long overdue that the Federal and state governments, the Ministry of Finance, the Works Ministry and other government agencies should put emphasis on widening and building better roads and public amenities to cater to the number of tourists, both local and foreign.<br />
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Government PWD should ensure the road is safe to travel as supposed to serve both the locals as well as the tourists visiting the Sungai Palas tea centre.<br />
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Before this visit, I didn't have a single clue on the world of tea ... I had never really thought about it like do you know like all tea is made from the same plant. Oh yes, make no mistake about it, all tea, whether it's black, oolong, green, white, or pu-erh, comes from the Camellia sinensis plant.<br />
The same plant is used to produce different types of tea; each undergo a different oxidation process and blend that result in their unique flavours, aroma and colour.<br />
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In Cameron Highlands, black tea is the most popular variety of tea produced, followed by Oolong and green tea. The dark tint of tea is the result of its chemical compunds, chiefly being tannin leached into the water by heating.<br />
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It's time for a coffee break! ... Oh I meant tea break. "Shaken not stirred", Nah.<br />
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Mamak! Teh Tarik Satu!!!! Kurang manis wokay.<br />
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david3816http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186288087499999280noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525396367040566607.post-27270137255990873332015-08-31T05:43:00.002-07:002016-10-30T05:56:22.329-07:00Water Features IdeasIn landscape architecture and garden design, a water feature is any indoor or outdoor décor that incorporates water. All components must be present in order to be considered an ecosystem since all components interact to keep the pond naturally balanced, thereby minimizing maintenance.<br />
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Beginning in ancient times, fountain designers relied on gravity, channeling water from a higher source in a closed system to provide water pressure with the exception of the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon. (Described by Strabo as supplied by an Archimedean screw)<br />
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Archimedes' Screw has been used to lift water to higher levels since ancient times. Archimedes (287-212 B.C.) is the traditional inventor of this device, which was originally used for irrigation in the Nile delta and for removing water from the hold of a large ship.<br />
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In the past, the power source was sometimes a steam engine, but until the early 20th century, it is almost always powered by electricity. We are looking for future green energy pond water fountain is powered by solar panel. There are many advantages of using Solar energy, for small ponds and water features where cost effective, cable-free, convenient and environmentally friendly.<br />
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There's a catch, of course with using a solar powered pond pump. If you have Koi fish you would not use a pond that only operates during daylight. The persistent functioning of the pond filtration system and pump are important. The pond has special needs because the Koi fish need extremely clean water help them survive.<br />
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You would rather use a solar pump for fountains without fish. They are great in the ecological sense and virtually cost nothing to run.<br />
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Modern water features are typically self reliance, meaning that they do not require water to be plumbed in; rather water is recycled clean and safe from either a pond or a hidden underground reservoir, also known as a sump pit.<br />
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Water features often offer additional benefits to homeowners, such as increased curb appeal, home value, reduced noise pollution (due to the sound of water overpowering outside noise), and improved air quality.<br />
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A showcased water fountain could be the perfect centerpiece for your garden. There are many themes to choose for your garden fountain. The set may be as basic and simple or a complicated extravaganza project, it all depend on the depth of your wallet.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Great ideas water features for garden fountains, from simple bubbling jars to classic urns, cupids and how about using famous icon building in Malaysia? Isn't that cool!</span></td></tr>
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It would be much more better if there's red flashing lights on the top of buildings of Petronas Twin Towers and with Led lighting system so that some windows will light up at night.</div>
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Feng Shui is a term composed of two Chinese words: feng (wind) and shui (water).Successful businesses and happy people dwell in places where either by accident or design, Feng Shui principles have conspired to nurture them.The element of “WATER” plays a major part in the discipline of Feng Shui practice. It is also a good idea to construct a small pool or fish pond in the vicinity of office building.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Office building blend seamlessly into the forest as if nature had been the architect dictating . The landscape feature looks like a door leading into another world that gives a relaxing and calming atmosphere like a Zen-like environment. Additional water fountains bring the feelings of peace, serenity, and calm to even the most hectic working environment.</span></div>
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As we all know, in order to have a healthy pond, filled with happy fish, our pond water must contain plenty of oxygen. Aeration is the process of adding of oxygen into the water. One of the simple way is fountain or multi-waterfall by adding a water feature to your garden pond. It will provide needed oxygen while while adding a sense of beauty and prestige to any landscape.</div>
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When water tumbles vigorously over rocky streams and waterfalls, it comes into greater contact with air. Harmful gasses are released and oxygen is incorporated into the water. In deeper water ponds oxygen production is thus limited only to the surface region of the pond. Such production cannot meet the oxygen demands of the deeper layers of the pond. To further provide additional oxygen and circulation to a pond, subsurface aeration is essentially wherein air is pumped from an on-shore air compressor.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The indoor water feature, provides you with soothing sounds of nature. There's nothing like the sound of the garden waterfall provides continuous motion, the relaxing sounds of running water. It will magnetize outdoor creatures to your water sanctuary, creating good energy (sheng chi) for all.</span></div>
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The advantage of twin fountains it's for safety over reliance on a single fountain . After all, if one pumps fails, well, you can be sure that the oxygen was adequate and safe till you get the one repaired.</div>
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You must place water fountain or water feature in your wealth corners- south east, south west and north. As long as the water seems to flow into your office building is auspicious but if it flows out of your house then its a catastrophe. It is imperative to have water facing the front door and water flowing in. In other words, more money comes in, rather than flows out.</div>
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The fish symbol which sound like the yu 馀, it has long been associated with abundance and wealth in feng shui. Fish also keep the water flowing and it is this flow that directs the qi to bring fortune. Koi are the most spectacular ornamental pond fish to add to a garden pond.Generally, Koi fish symbolism came from the Chinese legend of the Dragon Gate where the Koi has triumphantly swam up a waterfall and transformed to a dragon afterward. This is why Koi has become a favorite icon as it stands for a lot of things.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;">With the combination of eight red and one black fish, the fish symbolize prosperity, energy and good fortune. The number eight is the major prosperity number for feng shui practices. The one black goldfish is most important since its purpose is to absorb any negative energy that enters your home. If the black fish dies without any known cause, such as under-oxygenated water, overfeeding or lack of food, it is believed that the fish died from absorbing bad luck that was meant for you.</span></td></tr>
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It is important that you keep water clean, clear of debris and circulating. Murky, stagnant water creates negative energy. This can lead to financial losses.With any pond, if you want it crystal clear and to be able to see the fish all the time then you need invest a good filtration system. </div>
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Larger ponds require larger size and capacity pumps and large filter units to efficiently handle the greater volumes of water. Therefore, external (out-of-pond) filtration systems are normally used for larger ponds.</div>
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This filter system works both mechanically and biologically. Water is drawn from the pond into the filter through 4-inch diameter pipe, water then passes through filter brushes several chamber to remove solids before the water enters the biological filtration unit.</div>
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By mechanical filtration, the passing of the pond-water through a series of filters brushes and later biological filtration media (the foam pads and the bio-balls) which physically block the solids from returning to the pond. Biological filtration is the conversion of the toxins ammonia and nitrite (from animal waste and decaying organic matter) into relatively harmless nitrates. Friendly bacteria called nitrifiers form a colony on the filtration media and process the toxic compounds, converting them to nitrates, which are used by pond plants as food.</div>
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Maintenance on the filters is not difficult. About every six months, Pond Cleaning Contractor will take separation filer units apart and rinse the foam pads with water to clean out the collected "gunk". These pads are reusable. <span style="text-align: center;">A large Multi Chamber filter systems gives greater filtration and better pond water quality. Cleverly hidden and covered with wooden cover planks thereby keeping the filters system invisible from view.</span></div>
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The shape of the pond should be given some thought. A round pond is basically ugly, or unattractive and unnatural in appearance. On the other hand, an irregularly shaped, like a puzzle piece, while perhaps more natural, can interfere with good water-flow patterns within the pond, resulting in ponds become stagnant which result algal blooms occur. It's important to realize that current flow easily and circularly throughout the pond. </div>
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The bottom contour of your pond is extremely important. The bottom and sides need to slope to one or more centrally located bottom drain. In this way, the pond is virtually self cleaning because all the sediment and debris that falls to the bottom will naturally be swept to this location for easy filtration.</div>
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In the near future, water fountain has become much more sophisticated. Not content with just dancing fountain show but will have Holographic video that had much better resolution than Hologram of Princess Leia in the first Episode of Star Wars.<br />
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It's been a while since we last went back to my parents' hometown of Ipoh, Perak.<br />
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While we in the mood of Chinese New Year, I took the opportunity of celebrating CNY and to visit relatives in Ipoh for a family reunion. So off we go, on a road trip with my mother, sister and brother-in-law.<br />
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On the very next day marks the end of a celebration, Chap Goh Meh (Hokkien for the “15th night”) signifies the last day of the CNY.<br />
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Upon reaching the outskirts of Ipoh city centre, at approximately 5km we are greeted by a magnificent views of limestone hills. It's like a twin city of Guilin, referring to the Chinese region famed for its spectacular hills.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> People are fascinated by the various shapes of the numerous limestone hills in Ipoh. Here I can see the mountain resembled "Sleeping Buddha". You don't have to take my word for it. Just my imagination. Like in the movie Life of Pi , from a long distance we see an island appears like the Buddha sleeping.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Oh My Gosh! What is happening here? It resembles a war zone with hills that look like they had been bombed in the vicinity of the Tambun toll plaza. Quarrying and mining had left a scarred on Ipoh 400-million-year-old beautiful hills and caves .One of Ipoh’s last natural heritage which have stood for millions of years but have fallen prey to man’s greed and folly?</span></div>
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A hard to miss landmark is this huge letter sign of Ipoh. Modelled after the 'HOLLYWOOD' sign in the United States on a hill, as though welcoming you back to Ipoh.The older generation would still have some recollection of seeing a famous giant Benz logo atop a huge limestone outcrop when approaching Ipoh from the south. In 2009, the Ipoh City Council built two giant signs spelling the city's name at entry points on the PLUS expressway to recreate an equally memorable landmark like the old Mercedes logo.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Mercedes-Benz logo was believed to have disintegrated in the early 1990s. Ipoh was left without a grand icon after the Mercedes logo was brought down.</td></tr>
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Many people do not know there are actually two of giant lettering of Ipoh giant signs. Two giant signs spelling the city's name at entry points on the PLUS expressway, one of that can be seen from the northbound lane, just 1km after the Gopeng exit. The other one if you are driving from north to south using the PLUS Highway past the Jelapang Toll Plaza. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Hooray for Hollywood". We can do the same thing do the same thing "Hooray for Ipoh" well known for great foods and...pretty girls too. One of Hollywood Movie star also comes from here, our very own Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh. See, I told you Ipoh is famous for many pretty girls. </td></tr>
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For those who may not know, ever wonder where the name of Ipoh comes from? Ipoh get it's name from Tree (Antiaris toxicarial), also known as pokok upas or pokok epu, which grew abundantly along Kinta River in the olden days. The sap of this plant is poisonous and was used by aborigine tribes or 'Orang Asli' to coat the tip of the darts of their blowpipes for hunting purposes.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can still see one of the few Ipoh tree, this 34-year-old Ipoh tree standing majestically in front of the iconic Ipoh Railway Station.</td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><br /></span></td><td class="tr-caption"><br /></td></tr>
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Another name of where Ipoh takes its name is also known as "Paloh"(Chinese: 霸箩) among local Chinese, referring to the gigantic mining pump used for early tin ore extraction. This is the city that that tin mining built. From a mere settlement surrounded by thick jungles and limestone hills in the Kinta Valley, it catapulted became the main commercial town during the boom of the tin mining industries.In its heyday, 75% of the world's supply of tin comes from Malaya where the mines are open cast and excavated by monitor pumps.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the olden days of mining, the palong allowed water and sluice which contained mud, sand and tin ore to flow over it, and miners would separate tin ore on the palong, which was basically a big wooden sluice box.</td></tr>
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After crossing the bridge, we're now an officially in Old Town. The new look bridge was built in the style of traditional Colonial Era architectural.</div>
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We drove by Jalan Sultan Iskandar(Hugh Low Street), one of Ipoh's main streets, go right through to the Hugh Low Bridge (Jambatan Sultan Iskandar) over the Kinta river. This more than 100 years old bridge was demolished on 15 August 2009 and replaced with a new bridge costing RM10 million.After ten months of construction, the new bridge opened to traffic on 2 July, 2010. </div>
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There are two ways to find where exactly is the Old Town of Ipoh. A good rule of thumb should be the precincts along the riverbank of Kinta River, although things really are not set in stone. The other way is to use the three bridges that cut across the Kinta River as the marker that separate the "Old" and the "New" parts of the city. The bridges are located on either Jalan Leong Boon Swee - Jalan Datoh - Jalan Sultan Yusuf, Jalan Sultan Iskandar Shah and Jalan Sultan Idris Shah. </div>
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When an army marches across a bridge, the soldiers often "break step". In theory, a number of people marching in step can set up vibrations that will cause a bridge to collapse.I don't think they follow that rules as this is not a suspension bridge.</div>
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The reason of why suspension bridge had collapsed under the feet of marching troops is during feet landing at the same time will cause the bridge to sway one way and then when the other foot comes down comes down the weight is transferred so the pressure causes the bridge to sway the other way eventually causing a disaster. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Remembering happy times in the past. This place holds special memories for me as a young boy.</td></tr>
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IPOH’S Japanese Garden, set up by the Perak Turf Club in the early 1960s. It was once a beautiful beautiful and colourful garden on Jalan Raja Dihilir. What a pity to see such a once majestic and well loved garden has turn to rack and ruin. Now a depressing shade of grey and brown. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ayam Garam Aun Kheng Lim (Ipoh) 宴琼林盐焗鸡. "Aun Kheng Lim salted herbal chicken" or "Yim Kok Kai".<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>75, Laluan Tasek Perdana, Medan Tasek Perdana, Ipoh.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ipoh Railway Station bear the resemblance of Indian Palace, no wonder the local people call it Taj Mahal of Ipoh!</td></tr>
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The Ipoh Railway Station was designed by the Government Architect, A. B. Hubback, with classical elements harnessed to the British "Raj" style, surmounted by Moorish domes and turrets. Hubback was also the architect for the ornate Kuala Lumpy Railway Station, completed in 1911, after working on the final stages of the Sultan Abdul Samad Building designed by R. A. J. Bidwell.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There used to a house here in the middle of the picture. My grandparent home is no longer standing,<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In Buntong, the underground water sources near rock formations have been found to be the best for growing bean sprouts.</td></tr>
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My grandparent house was just within walking distance of the famous bean sprout farms. It’s the best in the world. The taugeh from elsewhere cannot come close to Ipoh bean sprouts. Bean Sprouts Chicken (Chinese : 芽菜雞) - also known as nga choy kai is a must have food, whenever you visit Ipoh. Smooth Chicken goes well with Crunchy Chubby Bean Sprouts. Growing bean sprouts only requires water and more importantly, watering technique. Buntong or "mun tong" in Cantonese is blessed with an abundance of underground water is drawn from the wells in the sprout farm, about 20 feet (6.1 meters) deep which is iron-rich and perfect for growing the beansprouts.</div>
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Maybe the secrets of why Ipoh has so many beautiful girls is drinking water sources comes from underground water. Its mineral rich water rejuvenates your skin for a healthy and beautiful look of Chinese with fair-skinned girls, silky and porcelain-smooth skin.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There used to be a row of food stalls facing Silibin Road near Our Lady of Lourdes Church. One of the stall was Buntong bean sprout chicken but that’s all gone. I wonder where they have resettled in?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ipoh Silibin Roundabout looks comparatively neat and tidy. The same can be said of most roundabout in Ipoh.</td></tr>
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GP Food Court @ First Garden 城中城 @ 第一花园. I wonder how those folks tried to get in shape and lose weight when you have so much food stall, it looked too irresistible. After the exercise made them feel hungry…I reckon they will eat more calories than they have burned.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A long time ago, mobile foot peddlers went around the village and sell food .The baskets contain the goods they peddle. I may be a kid but I remember particularly well a vendor selling wan tan mee who will use bamboo clapper to attract customers.</td></tr>
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Forget everything you ever learned hygiene coz that's the best damn delicious wan tan mee I have ever eaten in my life even till today.</div>
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The modern facade will attract attention from regular passersby; clearly visible from afar and stands out among the new shophouses at Ipoh SoHo.</div>
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What's so special about Ipoh White Coffee? To be honest, Ipoh residents and cafes rarely drink or serve this type of instant coffee. Fresh brewed coffee is their first choice! The rapid growth of white coffee popularity started in 1999 when Oldtown White Coffee made history when the company became the pioneer white coffee producer to manufacture and launch the famous Malaysian Ipoh White Coffee instant blend. Since then it has inspired a host of new competitors to join 3-in-1 Instant Coffee market share.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;">Along Jalan Bijih Timah consist of Sin Yoon Loong, Nam Heong, Ah Chow, Nam Chau, etc. All these coffee shops have serve brew coffee that is famous for generations. In the corner lot opposite 20 storey Kinta Heights flats in Ipoh Old Town is Nam Heong,famous coffee shop which is renowned as the birthplace of the OldTown White Coffee franchise. Somehow the various Old Town joints have failed to live up to their own expectations of the original outlet taste.</td></tr>
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“怡保白咖啡" or Ipoh White Coffee was introduced in the 19th century by Chinese migrants who came to work in the local tin mines. The original white coffee referring to a great beverage prepared from drink made from 100% coffee beans roasted in margarine, brewed and served without any sugar. </div>
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As a consequence, white has nothing to do with the colour in this instance but is rather shows a lighter colour due to the way how the coffee is roasted. In Chinese word "怡保白" or means, 'without, or unadulterated coffee. Nothing has been added to the coffee during the roasting process.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;">Today's mobile coffee rarely sells coarsely ground coffee powder but delivered to your workplace or made right there at your event by selling hot & cold beverages.</td></tr>
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Every coffee drinker knows the feeling they get when they have their morning ritual of a hot strong cup of coffee. For me, if I miss my morning coffee I will feel like sleepyhead. Strangely my friend, Ong will not able to sleep well in the night if he miss to drink coffee every night. </div>
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In the old days, there is no product sold as ready-to-drink liquids or powders that you mix with milk. For hundreds of years, people have made coffee the old fashioned way take coffee beans, grind them up, pour hot water over the filter.Wait for the water to drain all the way into the mug. Nothing beats the “old fashioned” way of brewing coffee in bringing up goodness of coffee's aroma and flavor.</div>
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There was a mobile coffee seller in an old Datsun station wagon car that will make a stop in the vicinity of my grandparents' house every week. My grandma would instruct someone to go and buy the fresh roasted coffee beans. After ordering the seller will then put the Coffee beans into the grinder and I crank it rhythmically a few times until beans are ground. The grounded coffee beans were then sealed in plastic bags using a sealer.</div>
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The aromatic smell of grounded coffee will always linger on my mind.In fact, coffee beans loses 40% of their aroma in the minutes following the grinding process. Forget instant coffee, it sucks, only a good choice for those who want convenient prepared coffee.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Nam Heong Char Kuey Teow good but not the best in the Ipoh. Somehow I do belief a piece of banana leaf lined the plate can bring out the extra fragrance. Maybe that's what missing.</td></tr>
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I do enjoyed the atmosphere at the old Nam Heong Kopitiam where we can see the food being prepared. No, I dont mind crowded noisy eating places and the smell of frying oil from the char kuey teow. This is what life is about, we're supposed to eat in a more natural kopitiam environment and watch the world go by. On the other hand, I do hate some customers at my side waiting for me to finish my food. Here there is no proper way to be seated when go to restaurant. Others fancy restaurants require all guests be dining to receive a reserved seat. Here you can just grab any empty table and start your ordering. </div>
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<br />david3816http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186288087499999280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525396367040566607.post-87496718401447092412015-03-22T05:48:00.000-07:002019-03-14T04:37:29.684-07:00 Malaysia's Own 'Sakura' TreeImagine a gentle breeze gently tugs at them, causing feather-thin petals falling from the branches of trees above you. This silent shower of pink or white, bell- shaped blooms is like a magical scene from a dream or a fantasy , except it's really happening.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As certain it will fall like snowflakes, laying a romantic fragrant carpet of petals scattered around the floor.</td></tr>
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If only for the briefest of time.Spring has sprung, and with that follows a plethora of flowers eager to blossom and keep us in awe and appreciation for the beauty of Mother Nature.<br />
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Some of us may have mistaken appearances of cherry-blossom trees and will continually make this mistake...but of course but if you look closer, it's not gonna be the real Sakura since Malaysia climate is not suitable. Instead we have Tabebuia rosea(aka Sakura's twin sister).<br />
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In Malaysia, it is commonly known as "Cherry Blossoms or Sakura" tree and "tissue-paper" tree. Nicknames related to physical characteristics of its thin petals.<br />
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Tabebuia has more than 100 species, and in Malaysia, Tabebuia pentaphylla is most common and often planted along residential streets and in gardens, parks and recreation areas. The most common variety of colours most often seen are from the pink and white varieties.<br />
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And if you’re anything like us, you’d be dying to fly off to those areas to personally view nature close-up and view the sakura flowers (cherry blossoms) in Japan. But let's get back to reality since that travel is expensive and money doesn't grow on trees. You would most probably have to erase these dreams until you save enough money to travel.<br />
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You might not see beautiful cherry blossoms in bloom in Japan but you can be compensated by witness the the cherry blossom locally. Both flowers look equally beautiful to me, just my opinion.<br />
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The Tabebuia is native to Central and South America and the local people there called it ipê rosa, apamate, matilisguate and maquilishuat. It is the national tree of El Salvador. This elegant tree is commonly known in English as Pink tabebuia, Pink tecoma, Pink poui, Pink trumpet and Rosy trumpet.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Usually I will zoomed past this road at Beranang but when it comes to "Malaysian Sakura"season, I will slow down and admire the beauty of these beautiful blossomed trees. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was as if I'd entered another world. Scenery here never fails to take my breath away.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The trees bloom twice a year, usually around March and in June or July and come in hues of white, offwhite, light pink, lilac and pearl. Tabebuia requires a distinct dry season in order to burst into bloom</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Local version have given you some ideas of what it may have been when you<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thin and translucent petals very much like facial tissue-paper</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> It takes up to 2 days to dry up. Beauty is only temporary, but your mind lasts you a lifetime.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful Yellow Flower, Tabebuia chrysantha</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There is also this type of thin flower, like paper commonly found here. Bougainvillea, it locally called "Bunga Kertas" or Paper Flower in Malaysia. We have all kinds of colourful flowers blooming all year round<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Magnificent blossoms</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When blooming like you can see on the picture, you can been mistaken in Japan. It is more or less the same as in Japan cherry blossoming days come at the same time .</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Most authentic sakura come into bloom once a year in Spring (March-April-May). Many cherry trees have no leaves when they bloom. After all the blossoms have fallen, whole tree is covered with new green leaves.</td><td class="tr-caption"></td><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;"><br /></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nope, it's not snowing. So lovely watching falling cherry blossoms petals falling from sky and forming nice blanket on the ground</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Oh what a lovely view. For those who can afford to go to Japan to see the full bloom of Sakura, I wonder what your impression was upon seeing this hanami scene.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hanami at night is called yozakura (夜桜, literally "night sakura"). In many places such as Ueno Park, temporary paper lanterns are hung to have yozakura</span></td></tr>
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Will the views that'll make your jaw drop everytime? You'll likely express admiration that make you say WOW! ...But when you see the same thing in nature, I'm curious to know if you feel bored?<br />
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Locals believe that when our ‘Sakura’ flowers start to fall, it marks the end of the dry season. A popular belief by Chinese tells how it rains heavily when the annual Qingming Festival comes around.<br />
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Well most of us enjoy the view and appreciate the beauty of Tecoma trees (Tabebuia rosea) but to sweep is a problem as the flower is wet type when drop from the tree. Moreover it is not easy to sweep as the flower is soft and stick to the ground.<br />
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Every year nearing festivities, we always look forward to new TV commercials for a good laugh. This year TNB has released a two-minute short film titled Share The Light in conjunction with the Chinese New Year Celebration.<br />
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The ad depicts a tale of two neighbours trying to outdo each other in putting up the most creative Chinese New Year decorations to usher in the Year of the Goat. A hilarious story about neighbourhood rivalry!<br />
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For Chinese New Year, Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) aims to inspire all Malaysians to be a part of the joyous celebration.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ad narrated by Tan who loves his neigbourhood, the best time of the year is New Year.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The least favourable neighbours is Mr. Chong whom is actually harmless but is jealous when<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mr Tan had enough of his antics. No more nice guy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When one neighbour has a golden goat, the other tries to outdo the other with a live goat.Now Try To Beat This ! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I love the ending, when they start arguing with each other.. Meh ah, Meh ah, then a goat appear out of nowhere. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Little girl praised both neighbours for clever decorating ideas by giving two thumbs up. Previously their neighbours will give a thumbs up sign to either one at a time.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">OK, so this may be a little bit exaggerated, but this a movie ad.</td></tr>
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The final part lead to an act of good will and love as their bet will lead to an amazing good deed. Using both creativity ideas would help their elderly neighbour win the cash prize for the best decorated house..who is in jeopardy of being evicted from home due to unable to pay off the back taxes.</div>
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This kind of rivalry in this neighborhood happened not only in CNY but other festival as well. Why does it bother you if some other person achieves something better than you? When we are really humble, we do not need to worry. </div>
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david3816http://www.blogger.com/profile/00186288087499999280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1525396367040566607.post-43233801425060957952015-02-01T15:42:00.000-08:002015-02-21T20:27:14.167-08:00How to Change a TireHaving a flat tire and didn't know how to change it can make you feel pretty helpless. Even if you know how, you need to brush up your knowledge. Chances are you've forgotten some of the stuff that you learned in the past due to getting a flat tire are pretty slim.<br />
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Just like why we have an annual fire drill in the factory is to refresh our memory of the fire procedures.<br />
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Don't wait around for someone to come to save you like a damsel in distress, there are times when you find yourself in a remote location and not many are willing to stop and help.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> A damsel in distress..."Here I come to save the day! </td></tr>
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Ah, why do I need to learn this? All I have to do is make a call to someone to fix this for me but think again what if no mobile signal can be sent in or receive?<br />
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Changing a tire is easy enough for those who know how, and everyone should have a clear idea of what's involved:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before starting to change your wheel, think about safety first!</td></tr>
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It is necessary to take the necessary safety precautions:<br />
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- First, turn on your emergency flashers or hazard lights. This will alert passing motorists that you’re there as well as you need assistance.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some driver turning on their car's hazard warning lights during a heavy downpour which used incorrectly. The purpose the hazard light may be used only when the vehicle is stationary.</td></tr>
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- If you have children with you make sure they stay with you at all times. Never know when they will be run into the road.<br />
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- Place emergency triangles behind your vehicle to alert other drivers.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">At least one emergency warning triangle should be carried in every vehicle. You place the warning triangle on the road at least 50 yards/ 45 meter(3 cars) behind your vehicle.</td></tr>
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- If you do not have a emergency triangle, use tree branches as warning triangles, this is usually fine in daylight but do remember to remove it afterwards.<br />
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- <i><span style="color: yellow;">Secure the vehicle so that it won't roll by:</span></i><br />
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1. Make sure the parking brake is set firmly.<br />
2. With manual always parked in gear, if facing uphill it is best to use reverse, and if facing downhill, use first. Automatics usually have parking pawls that engage when the car is in "park"mode.(either downhill or uphill)<br />
3. As a safety precaution, I always keep in my car, a wooden wedge to block the wheels at the opposite end of the car from the end that is to be raised.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Place the wedge in front of tyre of back depends on whether your car facing uphill or downhill</td></tr>
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2 Loosen the lug nuts.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loosen in a star-patterned order</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Take advantage of gravity to loosen the lug nuts while the car is on the ground </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Remember left turn (counter clockwise) is loose, right (clockwise) is tight remember that and <br />
you'll never have a problem with any lug nut</td></tr>
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Apply all your weight to the bar on the left. This action starts turning the nut in the opposite direction the nut or counterclockwise, which loosens it. Don't remove the lug nuts completely at this point. Simply loosen them, until it's enough to remove with your fingers.<br />
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If you have stubborn locking lug nuts stuck on because of rust, over-tightening,hit it with a rubber hammer or put some WD-40 on the lug nuts and let them sit for about an hour to loosen the joint. (Use this only as a last resort.)<br />
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Vehicles come with either a scissor or a bottle jack. Place the jack securely under the edge of the car. When using your jack, they must be placed in certain spots. These spots can be found in your vehicle's owner's manual, for the right places.<br />
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Most cars can be jacked on the outside frame, or the thin lip around the bottom of your car. Position the jack so that the side where the metal bar is inserted is facing you.<br />
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If you car using a scissor jack(above pic), insert the rod or wrench over the knob, and then crank but if you have a hydraulic jack (image below), place the handle into the correct location and pump up and down. Use nice, even strokes until your flat tire is dangling or wheel is just clear of the ground.<br />
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4. Remove the flat tire.<br />
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Take the lug nuts completely off by hand.<br />
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As you pull the flat off, it should slide along the bolts until it clears the end of the bolts and you find yourself supporting its full weight. Roll the flat along the ground to the rear of the vehicle to get it out of the way.<br />
Put them in a safe place,somewhere they won't roll away. Alternatively, you can place it under the car, just in case your jack gives way and drops your car.<br />
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5. Lift the spare onto the lug bolts.<br />
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Because tires are heavy, you may have a little trouble lifting the spare into place — especially if you're not accustomed to lifting heavy things.<br />
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Place your spare tire in front of the wheel, align it with the wheel bolts, and then add your lug nuts. Turn the lug nuts clockwise by hand as tightly as you can with only your hand.<br />
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6. Lower the vehicle and tighten the lugnuts.<br />
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Lower the car back to the ground using the jack. With the car back on the ground, you can now start tighten the lug nuts. Use the wrench to tighten the nuts following the sequence directed by your owner's manual. If you do not have an owner's manual follow the sequence as shown.<br />
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Note: There are different tightening sequences for 4- and 5-lug wheels. Tightening the nuts in the proper sequence ensures that the wheel mounts properly and that the stress is evenly distributed over the wheel.<br />
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7. Replace the wheel cover or hubcap.<br />
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If your car has wheel covers with a delicate finish, the owner's manual should provide instructions for replacing it. If your car has hubcaps, place the hubcap against the wheel and whack it into place with the heel of your hand. Cushion your hand with a soft rag first so that you won't hurt it. And don't hit the hubcap with a wrench or hammer, you'll dent it.<br />
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Caution: Nowadays spare tires are not full-size, normal tires. These smaller spares can't be driven at normal speeds and should only be driven for short distances. After changing your tyre, make sure you send your punctured tyre to your local tyre shop at your earliest convenience, you wouldn't know when is the next flat tyre going to happen.<br />
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<span style="color: yellow; font-size: large;"><i>Getting a flat tire every now and then might be unavoidable, but you can decrease your chances of </i></span><i style="color: yellow; font-size: x-large;"> </i><i style="color: yellow;"><span style="font-size: large;">flat tires on a road by simple ways</span>:</i><br />
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1. Always check your tyre pressure approximately once a week and the make sure the wheels are properly aligned. Get a tire-pressure gauge to measure the pressure of tires on all wheels when your tyres are cold.<br />
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2. Don't forget the spare! I always had that 'quick peek' to make sure the tyres are fine every morning before I drive off.<br />
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3. If your steering wheel does not return easily after a turn, your tires are often the first indication that something is wrong with your car.<br />
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4. If your tire pressure drop not long after you have top up your tire pressure, this symptom will indicate your tyre hits a sharp object, usually an old, rusty nail but leaking slowly. Go to your tyre shop and ask the foreman to check. Usually they will pour a little of this soap water onto the tire to notice whether there are any bubbles appearing in one place. If a confirm they still have to take out the tubing and fill it and quickly put it in a filled bathtub or pool cause you never known there is more than one spot that leaking. After locating the hole(s), patching the tube can be done confidently.<br />
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Lastly, make sure your tyres there is plenty of tread, this is due to the only part of the vehicle that grips the road. Also rotating the tyres between front and back can also ensure your tyres last longer.<br />
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