The front compound and green garden of the Cheah Kongsi at Beach Street, George Town. Cheah Kongsi is one of the several major and oldest Chinese clan associations in Penang.
The Ng Kongsi at King Street
The Ng Kongsi is a Cantonese clan association that is located at King Street, George Town. Its building has a unique Chinese architecture that features a jagged or zig-zag shaped roofline. The shape is designed such to display an element of fire, according to local belief.
View from a Clan Temple
King Street: The Clan Houses
The various minor Chinese clan houses and associations in King Street, George Town.
Chin Si Thoong Soo which was built in 1914 and incorporating Cantonese Straits Eclectic style, is a Chin clan association building.
Chong San Wooi Koon is a Cantonese district association that represents the Cantonese clansmen from Guangdong Province in southern China.
Kar Yin Fee Kuan (Kar Yin Association) is a Hakka district association founded in early 1800s that represents the clansmen from the Kar Yin District of Guangdong Province in southern China.
Tseng Lung Fui Kon is another Hakka district association for Hakka people from the Tseng Lung district of Guangdong Province in southern China and is located next to Kar Yin Association.
Koo Saing Wooi Koon is a combined clan temple for people of the surname Lau, Kuan, Teoh and Teo.
Lee Sih Chong Soo (or also known as Lee Kongsi), is the clan association for the Chinese surnamed Lee.
The Ng Kongsi is a clan association for the Cantonese people surnamed Ng.
Poe Choo Seah is an association for Straits-born Chinese, the Baba Nyonyas which was built in early 1900s incorporating the Straits Eclectic style.
Cheah Kongsi At Night
The newly restored Cheah Kongsi clan temple and association complex at Beach Street, George Town.
George Town Street View: Cheah Kongsi Old Entrance
Chew Jetty Boardwalk
One of the unique attractions in Penang is the clan jetties located along the coastal area of Weld Quay, George Town. One such jetty is the larger and more popular Chew Clan Jetty, or commonly known as just Chew Jetty, which features wooden houses built on stilts.
Cannon Street: Khoo Kongsi Entrance
Lights of Heritage
The Gates of the Cheah Kongsi
The newly erected gates of the Cheah Kongsi association and clanhouse at Armenian Street, George Town.