Aun Tong House, Taiping

Aun Tong House, Taiping (31 August, 2015)


Aun Tong House (GPS: 4.85482, 100.73276) is a historic building in Taiping, Perak. It is located off Regat Muzaffar Shah, in Assam Kumbang, just next to the Antong Coffee Factory. The house's claim to fame is that it was where Chen Cuifen and Dr Sun Yat Sen had stayed when they were in Taiping.

Aun Tong House is a ku3kha3lau2, meaning the living quarters is raised from the ground. There is a short flight of stairs up the entrance. You will find a statue of Dr Sun Yat Sen there. Nowadays, you can enter the house from the rear, where Antong Coffee Factory has its visitor centre. Aun Tong House holds various memorabilia connected to Sun Yat Sen. On the walls are newspaper clippings and Chinese calligraphy, as well as numerous photos of Dr Sun and Chen Cuifen.

The porch of Aun Tong House. (31 August, 2015)


Aun Tong House this way in. (31 August, 2015)


View from inside Aun Tong House to the visitor centre outside. (31 August, 2015)


Memorabilia inside Aun Tong House. (31 August, 2015)


Photographs of Chen Cuifen and Sun Yat Sen inside Aun Tong House. (31 August, 2015)


A filigree screen inside Aun Tong House, a little worse for wear. (31 August, 2015)


I am with a statue of Dr Sun Yat Sen at Aun Tong House. (31 August, 2015)

Aun Tong House on Google Maps Street View

Aun Tong House (Apr 2014)

Aun Tong House is on the Map of Taiping, Perak

Aun Tong House is on the map of Sites Associated with Dr Sun Yat Sen

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