Pinang Peranakan Museum Part 2

Continued from the previous post! This is Part 2 :)
(Make sure you read Part 1 to know what I'm talking about!)

In one of the rooms on the first floor, a dazzling display of exquisite glass epergnes is showcased here.



Believe it or not, this is called a love seat! And I'm doing a love signnnnn. Well, according to our guide, the couple can talk while facing each other and turn away when they're quarelling. LOL.



I love this the most! I wanna learn how to use it! Btw it's an old-fashioned camera :D



A basin and a mirror in the corner of the hall.



This is one of the bridal chambers. That is the bridal bed obviously. Notice the small cage at the bottom of the bed?



According to our guide, a hen and a rooster belonging to the bride and bridegroom respectively will be put into that cage during their first night together. In the morning, the in-laws will come into the room and if the rooster is the first one to come out, their future grandchildren will be a boy, and vice versa.

However, if none of them come out, there will be no children for the couple. Haha very interesting! :p

(A few of the pictures below will be in red because of the lighting -.- So ugly lol. I used auto-colour to edit it but the difference is slight though.)



Bottles of perfume on the dressing table.



Wedding head gear. Can you imagine having a heavy thing like that being put on your head for the rest of the ceremony?



Some sewing did by the Nyonyas. Coz you know, in the olden days they didn't have Internet and Facebook and Twitter and shopping malls so yeah.



Beads for the shoes I suppose? I think the use it to decorate other stuff too.



The basin which the bride used to wash her face I think! I always see this in movies; now I'm really seeing it! XD



Enormous commissioned paintings of Kapitan Cina Chung Keng Kwee's parents and grandparents adorn its walls, bearing testimony to the Kapitan Cina's filial piety.



Impressive collection of the Nyonyas' jewellery displayed in glass cases. Everything is in pure gold, like seriously! :O



Our guide says that the people wore gold jewellery during happy occasions/events like during a wedding...



...and silver for a funeral service as a respect for the dead and to show their mourning.



Back downstairs again.





This is the long table where the "tok panjang" sits at the head of the table. The head of the table is a very special place, and I'll tell you why.



You're able to see everything that's going on in the central courtyard, who's coming in to your house, and who's coming down the staircase - just by sitting at the head.

That's because two huge mirrors are hanged on opposite sides of the wall! It's like the CCTV now lol! Pretty cool huh? ;)





Right next to the main dining hall, there's the western-style dining hall specially catered for the Chinese guests.



And on the other side, the chinese-style dining hall for the Western guests.



The reason they arranged it like that is simple: you don't wanna get bored eating the same food you eat everyday when you travel to foreign places right? :)

Crystal glass door handles. Super cool!



The back corridor has displays showing the history and crafting of beaded Peranakan shoes.





Beautiful and colourful decorations!



Old-fashioned fan and the gold-plated sign hanging above the door of the traditional main hall - which is to the left of the central courtyard.



The external annexe houses the kitchen. To go to the kitchen, you have to pass through what looked like a secret passage to me XD

A baby carriage on the left, and a barber chair on the right.



This is a baby cot I think. My mom says she had it when she was young! :O



Disover the quaint implements, kitchenware and cake moulds here.







The toilets! Lol :p



There's an ancestral temple at the back of the mansion too. You can see scenes of it in TLN. The Chung Ancestral Temple adjoins the Pinang Peranakan Mansion through a hidden passage between the two buildings. It was built by the Kapitan Cina in 1899 and is now fully restored to its original splendour by craftsmen from China - employing traditional methods and techniques.

The temple is ornately decorated with intricate Chinese wood carvings embellished with gold leaf. On the walls above, ceramic figurines in tableaux casting dramatic scenes from Chinese legends peer down at the visitor. A trail through a hidden passage leads to the infamous well with its unfounded tales and secrets.

(I didn't visit the well because the guide didn't take us there..)

So that's all! The Pinang Peranakan Mansion is LOCATED at:
29, Church Street, 10200 Penang, Malaysia.

It's a place full of history and interesting information! You won't regret it :D

For enquiries and reservations, please CONTACT:
Phone: 604-2642929
Fax: 604-2641929
Email: rmhbaba@streamyx.com / rmhbaba@gmail.com
Website: www. pinangperanakanmansion.com

FYI, they even offer the place for functions be it birthday parties, lunch, dinner, wedding, anniversary, seminar, product launch etc!

VISITING HOURS:
Daily from 9.30am to 5.00pm

ADMISSION:
Adult - RM10.00
Child - RM5.00 (below 12 yrs)
(Child below 6 yrs - free!)

P/S: They'll provide you a free guide to take you around the place to explain everything, so don't worry! It is optional though :)