Reflections: Traveling in Malaysia – Part 3

From Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysian, after driving 400 km north across the long Penang Granville Bridge, I saw the scenic Penang City in the view between the sea and the sky.

Walking in the streets of Penang, I noticed varieties of shops and stand vendors on both sides of the arcades and corridors along the streets. The vendors, tricycle drivers warmly greeted me with Chinese dialects. When I was there, local counterparts showed me into a restaurant, serving fish ball soup, oyster pot, steamed bread etc. Amazingly, there were also Wulong tea, the famous Chinese tea.

Visiting the famous Tzu Chi Palace, I found that it is almost same with the one in Longhai Temple. On the pierced carved stone pillars there is a couplet: “Tsz Wan Chui Lai Kwong, Chi Shek Joe Shek Kung”, which means “the gentle clouds offer great shade; great contribution to the world no fade”.

Penang State has 1.3 million population, most of them are Chinese, more than 500,000. Penang of Malaysia is the earliest opening to the outside world, and it has been functioning as a free port, a deep-water port. There is an airport, too. In the centre of the city of Penang, among the modern high-rise buildings, there is a Mercy Goddess Temple, the oldest Chinese temple there; It was built in 1800 by the first Chinese moved to Penang, attracting a large number of immigrants from China.

Penang city, also known as George City, the only free port in Malaysia, and it is Malaysia’s second largest city, after Kuala Lumpur, the capital of the country. Penang, located in the northeast of the island, is a city with long history and culture.

When I returned from there , some friends asked me about some recommended attractions. I told them that I didn’t have a clear idea, for I had paid much attention to the culture and people there. However, the temples, mountains, and beaches impressed me deeply. There are trains and ships from Kuala Lumpur to Penang. In the city, there are buses, taxis and tricycles.

It is a city with scenic views; also, it is a city with culture. I love the place, and I want to enjoy it more.