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Khoo Kongsi (Khoo clan temple): The most beautiful Clan House ...
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  • Updated By kenyneo on February 8, 2004
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    The impressive hall
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    Welcome to the Little Forbidden City of Penang ...its magnificent carvings and setting will bring you to the era of Middle Kingdom ...

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  • Directions: nestled amongst the little streets in town.. the entrance is just off lebuh cannon.. near the malay mosque.. entry is RM 5 per adult

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    Khoo Kongsi (Khoo clan temple): Khoo Kongsi ...brings you to middle Kingdom
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  • By kenyneo on January 27, 2004
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  • Looking up the main entrance to ancestral altar - Penang
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    The forefathers of the Khoo family who emigrated from South China built it as a clan-house for members of the Khoo family. It was burnt down in 1894 and some believed that it was due to its resemblance to the Emperor's palace. A scaled down version was later built in 1902. The building features a magnificent hall embellished with intricate carvings and richly ornamented beams of the finest wood bearing the mark of master craftsmen from China. Look at more breathtaking pictures of Khoo Kongsi in my travelogue

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    Khoo Kongsi (Khoo clan temple): Khoo Khongsi
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  • By Ines28 on December 12, 2004
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    Khoo Khongsi
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    This is a Chinese meeting house/temple. The Khoo clan, who immigrated from Hokkien province in China, acquired this spot in 1851 and set to work building row houses, administrative buildings, and a clan temple around a large square. The temple here now was actually built in 1906 after a fire destroyed its predecessor. It was believed the original was too ornate, provoking the wrath of the gods.

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  • Directions: nestled amongst the little streets in town.. the entrance is just off lebuh cannon.. near the malay mosque..

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    Khoo Kongsi (Khoo clan temple): historical place - Khoo kongsi
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  • Updated By pehsan on November 14, 2003
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    Penang's most famous historic monument is one of the foremost examples of South Chinese building arts and crafts from the early 20th century. The present Khoo family ancestral temple was built in 1906. The most lavish of family temple that exists in Asia. Khoo kongsi historic complex consists of a magnificent ancestral temple, a theatre, an association building and rowhouses surrounding a granite-paved square. At first the rowhouses were built by various branches of the clan for their immediate relations. for your knowledge, this historical place was a filming location for the movie "Anna and the King". Jodie Foster complimented the trustees for "a good job in preserving such a marvelous historical building"

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  • Directions: nestled amongst the little streets in town.. the entrance is just off lebuh cannon.. near the malay mosque..

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    Khoo Kongsi (Khoo clan temple): Impressive Clan House - Khoo Kongsi
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  • Updated By SLLiew on December 9, 2007
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  • Khoo Kongsi (Khoo clan temple) - Penang
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    One of the most visited clanhouses in Penang is Khoo Kongsi. A clanhouse under the family surname of Khoo. Traditionally, Chinese practises ancestor worship. Here, you will see wood tablets with engraved Chinese characters of famous sons of the Khoo clan members on the altar in one of the side rooms. There is an traditional theatre stage located opposite the clan temple. The main room of the temple is a living room with a private back room as well as two side rooms. The temple roof has intricate designs of mythical animals. The temple columns has impressive stone carvings. During the Chinese New Year period, this courtyard is often open for festivities and outdoor performances. On other days, there is now an admission charge of RM5 for adult and free for children under 12 years. This has reduced the number of local visitors. Worth visiting for any first timers.

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  • Directions: nestled amongst the little streets in town.. the entrance is just off lebuh cannon.. near the malay mosque..

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  • By Imbi on February 2, 2004
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  • Khoo Kongsi (Khoo clan temple) - Penang
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    Khoo Kongsi was built by the Khoo family who migrated from China to Penang in eighteenth century. The building has a hall embroidered with obscure carvings and luxuriously decorated beams of the premium wood.

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    Khoo Kongsi (Khoo clan temple): Khoo Khongsi
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  • By dabuwan on March 8, 2003
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  • Me in front of Khoo Khongsi - Penang
    Me in front of Khoo Khongsi
    by dabuwan
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    Interesting amazing place, the Khoo Khongsi. It is a "clan house", a palace built by the members of a powerful and rich chinese family, and it is also venerated by the locals as a temple. It has been built first in the 19th century, it burned down after a few years and it has been rebuild in 1902 and renovated a few decades later. From the outside it is nothing special, but the interiors are sumptuosly decorated.

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    Khoo Kongsi (Khoo clan temple): Architectural Gem
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  • By 3rippin on March 26, 2004
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  • Entrance to clan temple - Penang
    Entrance to clan temple
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    The building of this ornate temple was commissioned by the Khoo clan, which migrated from China in the late 18th century. Hundreds of Chinese artisans were transported to Penang to help transform the temple with intricate carvings and exquisite sculptures. The clan temple underwent a RM4.2 million restoration between 1999-2001. Opening hours: 9.00am to 5.00pm - Mondays to Fridays 9.00am to 1.00pm - Saturdays

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    Khoo Kongsi (Khoo clan temple): Khoo Khongsi: (3)
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  • By dabuwan on March 8, 2003
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    The family altar
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    If I understood correctly (from a local visitor) each decorated piece of wood in this altar represents the most important members of the family (who owns the Khoo Khongsi) in the last two centuries.

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    Khoo Kongsi (Khoo clan temple): Khoo Khongsi: inside (1)
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  • Updated By dabuwan on March 8, 2003
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  • Dragons, lamps, etc.. - Penang
    Dragons, lamps, etc..
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    The interiors of the Khoo Khongsi are rich of colourful decorations and intricate carvings. The ones I liked the most are the dragons and the colurful lamps.

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