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Corner motif: Koo Kongsi Shrine

Keywords : Clan House, Koo Kongsi, Shrine, Koo Kongsi Shrine

Site common nameKoo Kongsi Shrine
Type of artworkArchitecture
Village-
Province/CityGeorge Town
StatePenang
CountryMalaysia
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 5.414167
Long : 100.3375

History of productionKhoo Kongsi is a clan house of the Khoo whose came from Southern Fujian. Khoo clan is a wealthy clan from their trading in the Malay peninsula. The clan house was built in 1851 but was burned from Lightning in 1894. They believed that their clan house was burned because it had been on par with the emperor palace. So the smaller new clan house was built in 1902 and remained until now.
ArtThe Khoo Kongsi has the splendid wood carving decoration. The glazed tile which was popular in Southern Chinese art has been used outside. These glazed tiles were cut into small pieces and recreate them or use the ready-made one to make a structure or story.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodBritish Colonization Period
Age19th – 20th century

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-02-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali