For the very first time I'm so proud of being a Hakka-ian. Lol.
Together with the work team, we headed to this place at Penang for a visit or I can say, for a overnight stayed. Purposed is to work, for a wedding portraiture here. As this is my first visit to this place, malaysia is a pretty cool place as you can get to know so much of different heritage / antique thingy. it's simply nice and fabulous. You may curious for the stories at the back for this location, but let me tell you I've did a googled about it. Aha! Here comes I would sharing to you some awesome story regards to this beautiful old place ___
The place of historic interest in Penang.
" The Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion was built over a period of seven year between 1897 and 1904. It was one of the many houses belonging to Cheong Fatt Tze (1840-1916), also known locally as Teow Thiaw Siat, a Chinese of Hakka descent.
But of all these properties, this mansion was his favourite residence. All eight of his sons were raised here and received a Western education at the St Xavier's Institution nearby. The house was also the home for his wives No. 3, 6 and 7.
A Chinese Mandarin of the highest order, a Consul General of the Qing Government, Special Trade Commissioner for South East Asia and a director of China's first modern bank and first railway, Cheong's death was acknowledged with flags flown at half-mast by Dutch and British Colonial Governments of the region.
The mansion complex consists of 38 rooms, 5 courtyards, 7 staircases and 220 windows which contained stained glass imported from Staffordshire, England, Venetian shutters, Gothic timberworks and Victorian cast ironworks together with gold-leafed timber lattice work and Chinese ceramic decorations on roofs, gables and verandahs. "
Today, it's a boutique hotel.
FYI :
- Address: 14 leith street, 10200 penang, malaysia
- Website: http://www.cheongfatttzemansion.com/
Moments of my photos gives the talk here :
The Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion
you may have to check-in here to collect your room key.
the living room
the downstairs
the something i think it's special
the ancestors perhaps
we did our breakfast here . it's a dining hall for them i think
stairs up . vintage
as the hotel room look liked . room named " the hakka "
the family pic . the memories
the visitors x-y-z . myself
I'd hope you enjoy my recent quick post. chaos peeps.
