i wasn't born here....but i was raised here...since i was 3 years old. it is a very nice and peaceful town ..thats where the name of the town came from..."tai..ping"..i was told..it was a Chinese word meaning peace forever or something like that. Apparently around 100 years ago the area was rich with "cassirite" aka tin, so the british moved in and yup....mined it as it was their own. well they imported workers from china, therefore..making Taiping to have a big Chinese population. Well if you watch a lot of Kung fu movie..you would probably noticed that the chinese people have a tradition of being affiliated with.."foundation a.k.a society a.k.a group a.k.a gang" So.. not to stereotype the Chinese....but..like all the greedy people in the world.... they tend to have a huge quarrel regarding territory... and small war broke of in the area.... i have always imagine those guys back then fighting amongst themselves like in the old jackie chan's movie...using kung fu and shaolin style....hehehehehehe
well it ended with a peace treaty..and they renamed the are taiping(peace forever)
well let me elaborate more on taiping..
because. everybody wants a piece of taiping...the British build a lot of infrastructure... our town have the first train station...(1885) in the country, linking the mine to the port...oh yes..we have a small port...the first English school, the first clock tower, the first zoo, the first jailhouse, the first...of...errr i cant remember everything....but there are like 50 first things..in my town
the town also has one of the most beautiful man made lake in the country.... if you happen to visit taiping..please drive around there... i promise you wont be sorry..
and another unique thing about my town..is that it is the wettest place in the country....if the "cullen family" decided to come to Malaysia..i'm sure they will pick out a place in taiping
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