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Koo Kongsi Shrine
Keywords : Clan House, Koo Kongsi, Shrine, Koo Kongsi Shrine
| Site common name | Koo Kongsi Shrine |
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| Type of artwork | Architecture |
| Village | - |
| Province/City | George Town |
| State | Penang |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 5.414332 Long : 100.3372222 |
| History of production | Koo Kongsi Shrine was the clan house of the Koos which migrated from Fujian prefecture in China. After being one of the wealthy merchant families in the Melaka Strait, the family had this clan house to be constructed in 1854. However, the house was destroyed by the lighting fire in 1894. Because the Chinese belief, the house of ordinary people should not be as grand as the palace of the emperor, the new house, the one survive nowadays, was reconstructed and was reduced in size in 1902. |
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| Art | This clan house has been profusely decorated both interior and exterior. The exterior is decorated with the multi-colored glazed tiles which is the popular mode of architectural decoration in Southern China. The interior is beautified by the wood carvings imported from China. The shrine in the center of the clan house is dedicated to the god of the clan as well as ancestors. In front of the shrine, there is the courtyard and the Chinese opera house. Surround the shrine there are the cloisters of houses belonging to the families of this clan. |
| Period | Historical Period |
| Age | 19th-20th century |
| Type of License | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) |
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| Rights | Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre |
| Date of record creation | 2015-02-00 |
| Record creator | Chedha Tingsanchali |
