- Address: 20100 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
Chinatown - Chinatown - are found in many cities and countries around the world. But if you decide to visit the city of Kuala-Trenganu in Malaysia , then Chinatuan will appear before you in a completely different guise.
More about Chinatown
Chinatown is located in Kuala-Trenganu on the south bank of the river near the port. The street consists of two-storey shopping houses, restaurants of Chinese cuisine, handicraft shops, coffee houses, offices and traditional Chinese churches. Sultan's palace of Istan Maziah was built opposite the old quarter. Most houses are built of concrete and brick, and the floor is everywhere wooden.
In Kuala-Trengan, Cayetown is represented by one street with several alleys, but the oldest and most famous. This place enjoys great popularity among tourists and is recognized as the best attraction of the city. The local trading houses are not at all like the eateries and shops of other Chinese quarters.
On this street lived the first settler traders, who founded the city in the process of trade relations between China and the peninsula of Malacca. Local people traditionally call the street Kampung Cina. The houses of Chinatown are hundreds of years old, some of them date back to 1700. To save the street from demolition and destruction, the World Monuments Fund listed it on the 1998 World Monuments Watch list. The special commissions confirmed this information in 2000 and 2002.
What is interesting about the area?
Chinatown of the city of Kuala-Trenganu bears traditions of generations and an atmosphere of antiquity. All the stores work almost until midnight or until the last customer. And the assortment of goods is not represented by a lot of Chinese knick-knacks, but more valuable things and even works of art.
Of the special places worth noting:
- temples HoAnn Kyong (built in 1801) and Tien Hou Cong (1896);
- Well Loe Thieu, which was dug in 1875 on the street and where it is still possible to take clean drinking water.
Decorative carvings, locks, shutters, hinges and forged doors - all this is an architectural heritage of the previous centuries. Modern restoration of the Chinatown houses in Kuala-Trenganu is carried out with the mandatory preservation of the old species. And the lanes of the quarter are gradually turning into alleys of thematic graffiti.
How to get to Chinatown?
Firstly, to the right of the Chinatown is the ferry terminal - Terminal Penumpang Kuala Terengganu, where you can sail by ferry from the left bank. On the left is Jeti Pulau Duyong, which takes private boats, boats and boats.
Secondly, about 10 minutes walk from Chinatown in Kuala-Trenganu is a large bus station through which many city routes pass.
Thirdly, you can use the services of a taxi, a trishaw or a tuk-tuk. Visiting Chinatown is included in many sightseeing tours and city routes.