October 28, 2016 Afternoon

After the fulfilling brunchie at Daily Dose, we walked to another tourist main spot in Georgetown area too, which is the Pinang Peranakan Mansion. (click here for its official website) 

"Peranakan" literally means the blending of the Chinese and the Malays culture that took place during the 15th-17th century when a lot of Chinese immigrants came to the Malay archipelago as (mostly) traders, married the locals, adopted the Nusantara customs and assimilated the two cultures into this unique cultural fusion. They commonly referred themselves as Baba (for men) and Nyonya (for women). 

This museum that we visited below used to be a 19th century Chinese tycoon's mansion, Chung Keng Quee, who is reportedly one of the richest men in Penang at that time. The combination of Chinese, European and Malay designs can be spotted easily in this eclectic antique mansion, and we were directly greeted by the Chinese style courtyard (with the courtyard surrounded by buildings on its four sides, check 四合院) a few steps from the main entrance. The mansion included the main building with lots of rooms inside (bedrooms, dining rooms, the gift shop, and also some showrooms that display the antiques and collectibles of the era) and a separated temple built next to the mansion to honor Chung Keng Quee. It is said that Chung's descendants lived in the mansion for generations but it gradually became derelict. Afterwards, a property developer acquired the mansion in the 90s, and turned it into a museum dedicated to Peranakan culture.

The temples and the carving details on its every side:

This is a traditional massaging device which is attached to the arm of a wooden chair.

It is said that when the women of the house were tired from sewing, they could massage their fingers by rolling them in it. 

The two photos above are from the display rooms.