UPenang uyisiqhingi sesibili esikhulu kunazo zonke saseMalaysia, kanye nabasebenzi abathuthuke kakhulu ogwini olusempumalanga, bashaye amaphuzu avelele kanye nezindawo zokungcebeleka. Phakathi kwalezi zingxenye zombuso zixhunywe yibhuloho.
Abahambi abake bahambe ngaphambi kohambo oluya kule ngxenye yaseMalaysia babekwamanye amabhiya ase-Asia, cishe bahlale bedumazekile emabhishi ale ndawo, nokho, ukuheha kwangempela kwePenang kusiko lakubo, umlando nasekhishini. Okukhulu kungukumelelisisa, kunjalo, isiqhingi.
Idolobha elikhulu lasePenang, I-Georgetown. , Ziqhenye Ngokubakwa kwayo okuthokozisayo, okwasala kusukela ngesikhathi senkathi yamakoloni laseBrithani, kanye noMnyuziyamu onemibala enemibala, kanye neminyuziyamu ethokozisayo namathempeli. Izindawo zokudlela zasePenang futhi zimangalisa - inhlanganisela enhle kakhulu yamakhishi avela kuwo wonke umhlaba, ngokugcizelelwa kwezitsha zendawo ezibabayo, kunjalo.
I-penang ethokozisayo namuhla yehluke kakhulu kulokho azibonisayo ngonyaka owedlule. Ukuba ngaphansi kokubusa kwama-sultars angenamikhawulo kaKedah kuze kube sekupheleni kwekhulu le-18, uPenang owayekade waba amatilosi awela iBay Bay - futhi ngasikhathi sinye ePirates eselulele konke okukhazimulayo, njengoba bona yithi.
Abathengisi baseDashi, abangamaPutukezi, abathengisi baseFrance nabaseBrithani bancintisana ngethonya kulesi sifunda, ukuze ngekhulu le-17 nele-18 kwathola inkathi yokukhwabanisa ye-colonifing neyase-Indian ngamatshe ayigugu nezinongo zaseYurophu zafuna ukuthola ithonya eliningi njengoba kungenzeka, futhi kaningi konke kukhule ekuhlatshweni.
Ngenkathi amaDashi abusa ingxenye eseningizimu yensundu, iBritish East India Company yathola ukulawula penang. Kusetshenziswa okuhlangenwe nakho kwezinkomba zamakoloni, kanye nobuqili, umthengisi waseBrithani uFrancis Light wasebenzisa isimo sezepolitiki esingazinzile nango-1786 waba umbusi wePenang, wayibiza ngokuthi yiSiqhingi sasePrince LaseWales.
Eminyakeni emihlanu yokuqala yeBhodi, ukukhanya kwasungulwa indawo yokuhlala esempumalanga yesiqhingi eForte Cornwallis, osaphila kuze kube namuhla. Idolobhana laphakanyiswa ngokushesha, futhi isifunda sakhe esisemqoka sabizwa ngokuthi yiGeorgetun, ukuhlonipha inkosi ebusayo yaseNgilandi, uGeorge III. Imigwaqo emine yokuqala neyinhloko yeGeorgetown ibingolwandle, iChulia, ukukhanya noPitt (manje - masjid Kapitan Keling).
Ezinsukwini zokuqala zeBhodi, ukukhanya kukhishwe izibhamu ngezinhlamvu zemali futhi kwadutshulwa kubheke ehlathini. Ngemuva kwalokho wahlomela ababephethe futhi iziqhingi ezingenaziqhingi futhi wabaphoqa ukuba bahlanze umhlaba - lezo zinhlamvu zemali abazitholile, zingazishiya. Isisusa esihle, yebo? Ukuze uhehe abantu abalungile ezivela phakathi kwezimbangi zabo (okokuqala, i-Dutch), kumemezele isiqhingi se- "Free Port", ikakhulukazi eyaba khona amaShayina athembisa amathuba amasha amnandi (angafuna Umhlaba omningi kakhulu ngangokunokwenzeka uhlanze ama-stefts).
Ukukhanya kwabulawa ngoMalaleveva ekupheleni kwekhulu le-18, futhi inani labantu bakaPhenang laqhubeka likhula, lifinyelela abantu abangaphezu kwe-10,000 ekuqaleni kwalelikhulu leminyaka. Idatha yamasiko amadala ikhombisa ukuthi amaNdiya, amaShayina, amaBurmese, ama-Thais, ama-Arabhu, ama-Armenia, amaPheresiya nezinye izinye izinye izinye izizwe zafika kulesi siqhingi. Ukuhamba namhlanje ngoGeorgetown, uzophawula ukuthi amagama amaningi emigwaqo aqanjwa ngezizwe ezake zahlala lapho. Lebuh China noLebuh Armenian- nabanye abaningi.
Ngasikhathi sinye, lesi siqhingi saphenduka indawo edumile yokuhweba e-Opium phakathi kweChina naseNdiya - kanti iBrithani yayingumlamuleli oyinhloko. Imali engenayo eTritons yokugembula, izindlu zomphakathi kanye nabathengisi be-Opium ekugcineni bafinyelela cishe ama-60% wemali engenayo kuwo wonke uPenang. Konke lokhu kubangele ubudlova obungapheli nezimbangi.
Inkanyezi kaPenang yavela esibhakabhakeni ngekhulu le-19, futhi yaqhakaza konke ashise kuyo, mhlawumbe ngo-1826, lapho uPhenang eba inhloko-dolobha yabatshali bakaSreet (iColonia Great Britain eSoutheast Asia.). Kodwa-ke, i-Singapore iba yinhloko-dolobha iminyaka eyisithupha kuphela kamuva. Emva kwalokho, kulesi siqhingi, kwaqala izidumela, ezazicindezelwa amabutho e-Singapor. Ekhulwini le-19 nele-20, uPenang waqala ukumbonga ukubonga nge-tin nerabha, nosaziwayo njengoJoseph Konrad, waqala kabusha uSomerset kanye noSomerset Moem baqala ukufona lapha. UPenang wahlala eJapan phakathi neMpi Yezwe Yesibili. Iqiniso lokuthi abahlali bendawo bahlupheka ngale minyaka bathola okungenani iqiniso lokuthi lesi siqhingi cishe asilimalanga amabhomu - leli qiniso linqume kakhulu ukubukeka okungokomlando kweGeorgetown.
UPenang ulahlekelwe yisimo sakhe sePort Free ngo-1969 futhi, ngemuva kwezinkinga ezithile, lesi siqhingi saziphindaphinda njengesikhungo se-elekthronikhi - ekugcineni, waba ngesinye sezikhungo zobuchwepheshe ezinkulu kakhulu e-Ashia. Ezokuvakasha ziyigatsha lesibili, ziletha inzuzo eningi.
Izivakashi "Ukuvuza" - I-Pirates kanye ne-Jungle engekho emthethweni, akusekho okukhona kulesi siqhingi (kulungile, kusekhona amahlathi, kepha ama-COINS ngesinye isikhathi ungamba. UPenang ngephalethi lakhe elicebile lomlando namasiko, izindawo ezinhle zomhlaba, izakhiwo ezinhle, ekhishini, elihlukile, njengabantu bakhe, - lokhu kudonsela amakhulukhulu ezivakashi namuhla. Yebo, amabhishi lapha akayona isigaba somhlaba, kepha engcono kakhulu kunawe, nakanjani, ngokwakho uNafanthaze. Futhi uPenang unemizila emihle yemvelo nezimpophoma, futhi ngokuvamile, indawo emnandi yamehlo akhe.
Ukuthuthuka kwensimu kakhulu empumalanga yalesi siqhingi, lapho umsele uhlukanisa lesi siqhingi esivela ezweni. IGeorgetown itholakala empumalanga yeNortheast "ehlombe" e-Bayan International Airport kanye nezindawo zokuhweba zingamakhilomitha angama-30 eningizimu.
Inhloko-dolobha yasePenang, i-Georgetown, efakwe ohlwini ohlwini lwamagugu e-World Heritage, okwamanje, ngenkathi ukuheha okuyinhloko kwePenang kuyingxube yezinzuzo yokwakhiwa okuthokozisayo, izindawo ezinobungane, izitolo ze-eclectic kanye nezindawo zokudlela.
Kepha lesi siqhingi sisalokhu sigcina izimfihlo eziningi ukuthi izivakashi zimane zingalindi ukumba, zithole futhi zihlolisise. Inethiwekhi yebhasi kaPenang, i-penang ngokushesha, yenza kube lula ukushayela kulesi siqhingi, futhi yenze izitobha kusuka kuma-bazaars anemibala, amadolobhana adonsayo noma amabhishi avuthayo wothando.
Ngokuvamile, umbuzo wokuthi ngabe kufanelekile yini ukuya ePenang akufanele kuvelise. Vele, kufanelekile!