Kwong Tung Cemetery (Kuala Lumpur)

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  maverick_scotty

  KWONG TONG CEMETERY (KTC); THE LARGEST AND OLDEST GRAVES IN THE CITY OF KUALA LUMPUR. THIS CHINESE CEMETERY COVERS 343 ACRES, IN EXISTENCE FOR 112 YEARS AND MAINTAINED IN ITS ORIGINAL HISTORICAL` STATE. IT IS THE FINAL RESTING PLACE OF PROMINENT CITY PIONEER; CAPITAN YAP AH LOY, LOKE YEW, YAP KWAN SENG ETC. THE MAIN STREETS IN THE CITY NAMED AFTER THESE CITY PIONEER. IN 2007, THE KTC HAS BEEN RENAMED AS “HERITAGE PARK”. SUBSEQUENTLY, EXTENSIVE LANDSCAPING HAS TURNED THIS PARK INTO THE GREEN LUNG OF THE CITY. IN ADDITION, A CULTURAL MUSEUM WAS BUILT AND COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTIONS OF INFORMATION RELATED TO PROMINENT CHINESE PIONEER. AS WELL AS CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL EVENTS OF THE CITY DEVELOPMENTS ARE DISPLAYED IN THIS CULTURAL MUSEUM. IT HAS NOW NOT ONLY BECOME A CULTURAL, HERITAGE AND HISTORICAL MASTER PIECE, BUT IT HAS ALSO BECOME A RESEARCH CENTER AND TOURIST DESTINATION OF THE CITY. WALKATHON IS HELD ANNUALLY WITHIN THE HERITAGE PARK. IN 2007, IT ATTRACTED 5,000 PARTICIPANTS OF MULTI-RACIAL AND MULTI-NATIONAL PARTICIPANTS. TO OBTAIN MAP OF HERITAGE PARK AND FURTHER INFORMATION REFER TO WEBSITE: http://ktc.org.my OR EMAIL: info@ktc.org.my

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  Gohby

  Traditional mass prayer is held annually in the heritage park, in 2007 it was attented by thousands of public as well as tourist.Pictures show the activity

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  Elbk (guest)

  This is Dai Pak Gong Shan 大伯公山 according to my great grandmother. This area consists different smaller plots of grave lands of different dialect groups, ie; Hokkien 福建仪山, Hakka 客家仪山, etc. Kwong Tong Cemetery are across Jalan Istana where there's a pagoda colambarium in green roofing there. Also, another newly built pagoda behind the existing one.

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