Images of Ipoh: Temple at Gunung Lang

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Temple at Gunung Lang

This is the archway at the main entrance of a Chinese Temple at Gunung Lang. The temple is called “The Rock of Dragon Head” which located inside a lime stone cave & was appeared in only a small scale. Currently its new & large main building is under construction, but the archway seems unchanged with no sign of work to be done on it. With the completion of the main building, I believe The Rock of Dragon Head will join the club of Ipoh’s famous cave temples such as Perak Cave, Kek Lok Cave, Sam Poh Cave & Nan Tian Cave.

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Ipoh, the capital city of Perak State, Malaysia, is the city that tin built. Located at the famous tin mining area, Kinta Valley, it used to be the world's largest tin mine since 19th century. Not only of its tin mine, but Ipoh also famous of its delicious food, beautiful mountain ranges, mysterious lime stone caves, attractive history & friendly citizen. Being the second in Malaysia that gain the status of city in year 1988 after Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh is one of the major cities in Malaysia with the population around 700,000. Began as a small village in 1870's, tin mine industry had brought in Chinese and Indian that boosted the town development since 1890's. The rapid growing town later upgraded to be the capital of Perak during the Japanese occupation at World War II. The rich tin resource had brought prosperity to many Ipoh miners that even make it once known as the City of Millionaires. Today, Ipoh has grown to cover a large area including the neighboring township such as Bercham, Tasek, Jelapang, Menglembu, Pengkalan, Simpang Pulai & Chemor. The city is still developing continuously while maintains its beauty of nature and harmony.