Locals resting on a bench along Acheen Street.
Category: George Town / Island
Penang Street ‘Art’ (Pipe Elephant)
Someone added a bit of creativity on a protruding broken pipe of an old building at Ah Quee street. This wall section used to be the canvas of another painting which had since faded.
6th Malaysia Tua Pek Kong Festival
On the last weekend, September 13 to 15, George Town hosted the 6th Malaysia Tua Pek Kong festival which was organized by the Poh Hock Seah temple community. There was also a Tua Pek Kong Procession with over 50 decorated floats from China, Taiwan, Myanmar, Indonesia, Macau and from East Malaysia too, held on 14th September. A similar procession was also held some years back.
Tua Pek Kong or Twa Peh Kong was reportedly a man named Zhang Li from the Hakka clan. His Sumatra-bound boat was struck by wind and accidentally landed on Penang island of Malaysia, which at that time had only 50 inhabitants. After his death, the local people began worshipping him and built the Tua Pek Kong temple there.
Penang Street Art (Lorong Muda Sculpture)
Lorong Muda is a small lane off Stewart Lane and the area is popular for traditional joss sticks maker as depicted in this steel rod wall sculpture.
Mid-Autumn Festival
The Mid-Autumn Festival is an official harvest festival celebrated widely by the local Chinese here. The festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar during a full moon.
Penang Street Art (Hiding Behind the Broken Coastal Wall)
This mural of a little girl in white dress was painted by Ernest Zacharevic, the famous street artist.
For more info on the mural, please go HERE.
Chulia Street View
Armenian Street Shophouse
The Penang City Hall
