Images of Ipoh: January 2014

Friday, January 31, 2014

First Day of the Year of Horse

It has been several months I left this blog stagnant with no photo uploaded. Many things happened in the past few months. And I will post some backdated photos during this period. May be you will read the reason behind. By the way, in this first day of Chinese New Year, the year of Horse, people shall appreciate the reunion of family, expect the best in the coming future, remain healthy and most importantly, be good to everyone around us. This is the beginning of a Lunar year, and is the day of reboot of my life and the blog.

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.