in year 2010 in the month of June
i have a trip to Penang with Seong Yee
this is one of the places we went
BABA NYONYA MUSEUM
the day i went to here is a rainy day...
we did not have an umbrella
and we were planning to run to the main door...
luckily, the services here are so nice,
they took us an umbrella~^_^
since it is raining, we did not take the photo of the whole building from outside...
so i grab it online
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| the 1st attraction once i get down from the car is the telephone box~ | cant found it in IPOH |
The Peranakans, also known as the Babas and Nyonyas,was a prominent community of acculturated Chinese unique to this part of the world, especially in the Straits Settlements (Penang, Malacca and Singapore) hence its other name, the Straits Chinese. Adopting selected ways of the local Malays and later, the colonial British, the Peranakans had created a unique lifestyle and customs which had not only left behind a rich legacy of antiques but its cultural influences like cuisine and language are still evident in Penang today....more background information for the museum.
the feeling of the houses it gave me a feel of peace, and comfortable feeling
no air-conditional, but you can feel the breeze coming to you
listen to the sound of silence, the only sound of the fans..
it reminds me when I'm young, lying on the sofa, just listen to the fan turning and turning
the ceiling is high and the house is big
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| i like to sit on the floor...it is wide and cool~i like the smell here |
i heard Seong Yee said
in the culture of Peranakan,
female are not allow to 'expose' themselves to the outsiders
they are not allow to go outside the house
even in the house, if there is guest, they cannot come out
if they wanna pass by, the have to be wrap in a blanket and the maids will take her over..
it is...really sucks! i cannot stand for this!
anyways, we have to respect their culture...
how pity if I'm born in the Peranakan family....
actually this house of Peranakan has been 'modified'.
it is not showing the fully original culture of them
because i saw the new technology items in the house!
but those facilities just to make you feel better in the house
such as, the cooling fans...
it mixed others special culture stuff too...
but im still enjoying~~
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| tall mirror~~enjoying~~ |
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| dinning room for soo big family~ |
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| it seem like they have touch with the culture of the western |
i like the design of the house
there is a big HOLE on the ceiling...XD
the sunlight is warm and cheerfully
maybe because it is a rainy day, that's why the sunlight is not hot
i hope that i can stay there for few nights
sitting there at night to look at the star in the sky...
in the morning to have a sun bathe...
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| upstairs,sensing the sunlight~ the center part is uncovered~ |
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| this is the ancient camera~ |
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| it is beautiful, isn't it? i love it |
you can take how many photos as you like here
but if you go to the Blue Mansion which is also located in Penang.
you are not allowed to take any photo unless you stay there for a night which cost you over
350 Ringgit!
but of course, since Blue Mansion are so protected, the building are kept so new and nice
but this Peranakan house are not, the guard is not providing the information systematically
we hard to gain the information about the house from the people.
for the Blue Mansion.
the guiding person are going to explain to you about the house and the history from room to room~
such as the 'fens shui' of the house
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