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Saturday, May 06, 2006

Penang Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi


"Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi (Khoo Kongsi) is one of the most distinctive Chinese clan associations in Malaysia. It is well known worldwide for its extensive lineage that can be traced back 650 years, as well as its closely-knit and defensive congregation of buildings and a magnificent clanhouse."

The building is an extensive museum exhibiting historical showing murals & drawings, stone carving and structure and etc.

Annexed to the building is the Ancestral Hall where the 1st to the 20th generation of the Sin Kang Khoo Clan are enshrined at the altar.

A must visit place when you are in Penang, Malaysia. This is also the location for the shooting of the movie "The King & I".

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