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HAVE YOU BEEN: CHEONG FATT TZE MANSION penang-traveltips/cheong-fatt-tze-mansion.htm If youve been to the Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion, feel free to share photos youve taken there. ------------------------ The Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion is a very big mansion at No. 14 Leith Street in George Town. As it is painted blue, people call it the Blue Mansion. Cheong Fatt Tze is a very remarkable China-born Hakka. His name in Hakka is Cheong Fatt Tze, while in pinyin it is Zhāng Bìshì. In Hokkien, his name is written as Thio Tiaw Siazt, Thio Tiaw Siat as well as Teoh Tiaw Siat. Cheong Fatt Tze is very wealthy. The land of his house covers 50,000 square feet. The built-up area is 33,000 square feet. Unlike other wealthy people of his time who built European-style mansions, Cheong Fatt Tze built a Chinese-style mansion. To build this mansion is not simple. Every area follows geomancy (fengshui). Outside Cheong Fatt Tzes house is a pond with lotus flowers. People passing through Leith Street began calling the street Lien3hua3 Ho2 (meaning Lotus River). After Cheong Fatt Tze had passed away, his house gradually became more and more run down. At one time, tens of people lived in it. In order to prevent this house from being demolished, a group of Penangites got together to buy it up, and then restored it back again. This restoration received UNESCOs highest award in the year 2000. For the benefit of those learning Penang Hokkien, heres the translation of the above in Penang Hokkien penang-traveltips/penang-hokkien.htm Teoh3 Tiaw3 Siat3-eh3 Chu3 si3 cit3-keng1-eh3 cin3 tua33-keng1-eh3 lau2 ti1 te3-cap3-see1 ho3 Leith Street ti1 George Town. Eng3goay3 cit1-keng3 chu3 chat3 lam2, lang3 tun1 kio3 i1 co1 Blue Mansion. Teoh Tiaw Siat si3 cit3-khien4 cin3 ho1liau3 eh3 Tng3 Snua3 lai2 eh3 Khek1 Lang2. Ie1-eh3 mia2 ti1 Khek1 wa33 si3 Cheong Fatt Tze, ti1 Pheng3im1 si3 Zhāng Bìshì. Ti1 Hokkien wa33, ie1-eh3 mia2 sia3 co1 Thio Tiauw Siat, Thio Tiaw Siat a3si3 Teoh Tiaw Siat. Teoh Tiaw Siat cin3 ho1giak1. Ie1-eh3 chu3-eh3 tay3 si3 gor33-cap3-cheng3 hong3chiok3. Khi4 liau4 eh3 sor1cai3 si3 snar3-cap3-snar3-cheng3 hong3chiok3. Boh3 siang3ka1 pa3-leh3 ho1giak3lang2 heh1-leh1 tiam1sniah1-eh2 khi4 ang3mor3-heng2-eh3 tua33-keng3 lau2, Teoh Sin3snaeh1 khi4 Tng3 Snua3-heng2-eh3 tua33-keng3 lau2. Boek1 khi4 chi1-keng3 tua33-keng3 lau2 boh3 kan1tan1. Ta3-ta3 ui3 toay3 hong3sui4. Ti1 Teoh Tiaw Siat-eh3 chu3-eh3 gua3khau4 ti2 cai1 ka1 lien3hua1. Lang3 koay3 Leith Street sa1 kio3 cit1-leh1 kay1 Lien3hua3 Ho2. Teoh Tiaw Siat si4 liau4 eh3 si2, ie1-eh3 chu3 ban33-ban33 pien3 ju1 lai2 ju1 lork3. Uh3 cit3 pang1, snui1 cap3 lang2 tua3 lai3bin33. Eng3goay3 mai3 cit1-keng3 chu3 thiak3to4, cit3-tui1-eh3 Penang Lang hap3ciok3 beh4 i1 khi4 lai3, liau4 siu3li4 i1 pien3 siang3ka1 sin1 tok1tnui4. Cit1-leh1 siu3li4 tharn3 UNESCO-eh3 te3-it1 kuan2 eh3 ciong4 ti1 2000 ni2.