A view of the Acheen Street Mosque‘s turret as well as the popular ‘A Boy Reaching Up’ mural of Ernest Zacharevic at the wall of the house on the right.
Tag: Heritage
Stewart Lane: Joss Sticks Stall No. 5
A photo of an old roadside stall selling joss sticks and other traditional Chinese prayer materials. Joss sticks are a type of incense typically used for prayers in a Chinese temple. This stall is just one of the several lining up along the Stewart Lane side of the old Kuan Yin Temple.
Buckingham Street View
Buckingham Street (or Lebuh Buckingham) is one of the early streets in Penang, and is so named after the Buckingham Palace in England.
Ah Quee Street: A Wall of Arts
George Town Street View: Pitt Street Townhouse
Old heritage townhouses along Kapitan Keling Mosque Street (or formerly Pitt Street).
George Town Street View: An Afternoon Along Acheen Street
Locals resting on a bench along Acheen Street.
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.
Chulia Street View
