JINJANGA pictorial travel to a small town

UTARA

by Leeyih

{CONTENTS}

A Journey of Jinjang in Kepong!!

Intro 4!Route of the journey 5!

Faces of the Jinjang-ians 7!!

{MORNING}

The fog of Jinjang Town 8!Morning wet market 10!Freshly baked + fried 14!

The Three Temple 16!

!{NOON}

Sunshine over the town 14!A casual lunch 21!

Letter box culture 23!Spending pennies 26!

!{NIGHT}

City of Lights!Falling of the Sun 31!

Night view 33!Rest your feet 34

! In a spend of two days, running around in the town, traversing the land in Jinjang Utara with the accompany of my family, it was a journey back to the rurals, steeped in admiration and excitement. Jinjang Utara is a very old development, reaching back into the communists days when Malaysians was still under the rule of the British. Through ages, it has transformed into a small town with a majority population (90%) of Chinses. Some of the places are still even remain undeveloped; roads are generally quite narrow and less facilities offered. I choose to magnifies the locals, human activities, food and building design which full of colourful cultures. Hence, I’m proud to present my journey to you, hope to count you in, in the search of bits of Jinjang’s culture.

Lee Yih!18 years old. Taylor’s Univeristy!Foundation in Natural, Built and Environemnt

{INTRO}

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ROUTE OF THE JOURNEY

1 Morning Wet Market!2 The Three Temple!3 Wan Tan Mee

4 Letter Box Culture 5 Evening Street View !6 Night View

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[ Map retrieved from Google Map ]

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“ A town established since the British colonisation, by far one of the largest relocation

communities, called the New Villages.”

{ Jinjang, Kepong }

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{FACES OF JINJANG-IANS}

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The Fog of Jinjang Town

{MORNING}

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Morning Wet MarketJalan Jinjang Aman 2, 52100

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Fruit Stalls

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Vegetable Stall

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Like father!like son.

Smiles everywhere! Even a… fish.

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Porks were chopped into slices by the stall hawker and hanged in front of the stalls. The atmosphere here smelled a little stench, floors are accumulated with water everywhere. However, the stall is still crowded with people, waiting patiently for their turns to choose.

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After buying fruits, vegetables, meats, what’s next? Fishes! The stall hawker introduced this type of fish to

me, which is one of the common one. It takes less time to do the preparations before cooking.

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Time to grab a breakfast. Try this fried yam balls which is one of the local famous food. It tastes best when serve with the specially made sauce. “Crunch!” When I bite on the crispy outer layers with the filling, the taste of condensed yam paste fill my mouth with satisfaction.

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This is the fried rice cake (Chao Nian Gao), marinated with specially made flavourings and fried with fresh oil, it is now ready to serve with chili sauce!

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The Three TempleJalan Jinjang Permai 1, 52100

The locals call this place The Three Temples, because three buddhist temples were built in a row at different years respectively. The designs of each of the

building vary from traditional to modern style.

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Each buddhist prayer come here to ignite joss sticks and greet the joss, then, they will place them in a ash bowl. This is one of the protocol whenever you enter a temple.

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Candles are also available for RM 1 per stick, some of the prayers enkindle candles which takes up longer time for it to finish burning.

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Buddhist believes in the existence of third world, where the souls will be when their life ended. Here, prayers ignite a candle and place them in a glass filled with oil. Names of the person and wishes are written on a red people using calligraphy pen are stick on the glass.

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{AFTERNOON}

Sunshine Over the Town

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If you're looking for some of the best wonton noodle in town; this is the place, Yong Kee Wantan Mee (Dumpling Noodles Soup). There's different kinds of meat, wontons, green onions etc, all neatly prepared. On my table are the various kind of seasonings people can add to make it spicy or vinegary.!Price : ★★☆☆☆

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A Casual LunchJalan Metro Perdana 3, 52100

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Then, I go to a Dim Sum restaurant to try on some Bao Zi (Chinese Steamed Buns). There are wide varieties of flavour with different fillings inside. One of

the favourite one is the Char Siu Bao (Chinese Steamed Pork Buns), filled with barbecue pork and steamed in the traditional basket for hours. Other flavour such as red bean, sweetened bean paste, and vegetarian buns are delicious as

well! !Price : ★☆☆☆☆!

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Letter Box CultureJalan Benteng Barat, 52100

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When I pass by the residential areas, I notice an interesting cultures among the locals; the letter box culture. Apparently, each house has their own design of letter box placed in front of the gate. Even in this modern days, some parts in Jinjang area are still undeveloped yet; hence, different style of the letter box reflects the personality and economic condition of the owner.

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Some of the letter box are handmade by the locals themselves. At one of the double storey house, the owner creatively recycle a bicycle basket and remake it into a letter box. For one of the old house built in the 80s, a vintage style letter box is made.

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In contradictory, there are some locals with better economic condition renovated their house into modern design. They use steel made letter box which matches the style of the house.

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Along the journey, I see a wooden house in the rural area. The gates are really rusty and grasses are not trimmed. Even the gate is locked using a rusty chain.

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City of Lights

{EVENING}

Jalan Rimbunan Raya 1, 52100

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At 6.30pm, the sun is already dipping behind the horizon, but the daylight still lingered in the air as though. The road appear to be slippery after raining. Main transportations in Jinjang are cars, motorcycle, bicycle, and public buses.

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F/3.2 1/60 ISO 1000The locals started going home, even the poor homeless man; pushing the collected cartons using a trolley.

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F/2.8 1/50 ISO 1000At the back alley, passerby walks in quick pace before the heavy pours. This is the place where stalls for morning market were kept.

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THE ENDThis is the story of a small town, Jinjang Utara.

Special thanks to everyone who has contributed to the making of this book.

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