|
|
Cheong
Fatt Tze Mansion
14
Leith Street, 10200,
Penang, Malaysia
|
|
Located in the historic inner city of George Town,
the Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion, dazzling in its original
indigo-blue, is the mysterious Orient's best preserved
paradigm Chinese courtyard house. Painstakingly
restored in recent years, the myth behind "China's
last Mandarin & first Capitalist" is revealed
in the architecture that incorporates 38 rooms,
5 granite-paved courtyards, 7 staircases & 220
vernacular timber louvre windows. The winner of
UNESCO's Asia-Pacific Heritage 2000 Award for Conservation,
the building's eclectic character is a reflection
of the times at the end of the 19th Century when
the myths & magic of the Chinese Kingdom embraced
the glory of the British Empire in a whirling pool
of cross-cultural energies |
|
