Sumber: UM 22 April 2024
Sabtu, April 27, 2024
Jumaat, April 26, 2024
Taiping Historical Talk
Khamis, April 25, 2024
Rabu, April 24, 2024
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Selasa, April 23, 2024
Hari Buku Sedunia 2024: Perak & The Malays
Tajuk: Perak
& The Malays: Sarong and Kris
Penulis: Major
John Frederick Adolphus McNair (1828-1910)
ISBN:
9789833221981
Penerbit: Silverfish
Books Sdn. Bhd.
Mukasurat:
316
Tahun: 2019
Terbitan asal: 1878
Dedikasi lelaki 89 tahun kepada Membaca
Isnin, April 22, 2024
Unravelling Taiping's troubled past and time-honoured stories
NST - 21 April 2024
FOR more than a century, travellers from near and far have been mesmerised by Taiping's mystical allure. The breathtaking beauty of the Lake Gardens has often been compared with the romantic Westlake of Hangzhou or the manicured gardens of Suzhou in China.
Taiping embraces and enfolds us into its magical world of serenity, giving weary minds and souls a much-needed respite. During the tumultuous revolutionary wars against the Manchus in China in the early 1900s, even Dr Sun Yat-Sen came to seek some solace and refuge here.
Besides providing shelter from the sun for generations, the overarching rain trees lining the lakeside have been an anchor of memory and marker of identity for Taiping as it grew over the century into a modern town today.
However, the peaceful scenery belies a violent past. If the century-old rain trees could speak, they'd tell of a bloody history that defined early Perak and Malaysia.