Kampung Cina, Kota Bharu

Kampung Cina (GPS: 6.14177, 102.23422) is the earliest Chinese settlement in Kota Bharu, Kelantan. The inhabitants here are descendents of Chinese immigrants that settled there during the rule of Long Yunus between 1782 and 1795. They are mostly ethnic Hokkien from Fujian Province in southern China.

Kampung Cina comprises two sections: Kampung Kuala (Kampung Cina Dalam) and Kampung Sungei Keladi (Kampung Cina Luar). The Chinese community of Kampung Cina get along well with their host community, having assimilated some of the local customs and added loan words from Kelantanese Malay into their local Kelantan Hokkien. Nonetheless they enjoy the freedom to practise their own religion.

The most ornate Chinese temple in Kota Bharu is the Tin Hin Kong Temple in Kampung Cina.

In 1823, the Sultan of Kelantan appointed Gan Chu Li as the first Kapitan Cina of Kampung Cina Dalam and Wee Chai as that of Kampung Cina Luar.

Kampung Cina is on the Map of Kota Bharu, Kelantan

Kampung Cina on Google Street View

(Jul 2015)

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