{"id":2969,"date":"2022-05-31T06:30:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T06:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2022-05-31T06:35:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T06:35:43","slug":"a-dinosaur-park-hidden-inside-a-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/a-dinosaur-park-hidden-inside-a-village\/","title":{"rendered":"A Dinosaur Park hidden inside a village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2971\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG20220511104108.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG20220511104108-scaled.jpg?resize=500%2C375&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG20220511104108-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG20220511104108-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG20220511104108-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG20220511104108-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG20220511104108-scaled.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG20220511104108-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG20220511104108-scaled.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG20220511104108-scaled.jpg?w=2520&amp;ssl=1 2520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>More than meets the eye.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>By Foong Pek Yee<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a href=\"mailto:foongpekyee@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">foongpekyee@gmail.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p><iframe title=\"Dinosaur Park Manjung | Kampung Jering, Ayer Tawar, Perak\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/is59vC637D8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">A Dinosaur Park inside a Chinese village comes across an intriguing mystery.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This is a common reaction when people first heard about the park.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The park with colourful replicas of dinosaurs and animals among lush greenery is certainly more than meets the eye.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It was champion in the Clean and Beautification Campaign by the housing and local\u00a0 government\u00a0 ministry in the early 1990s.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Datuk Ooi Jing Ting, an ex village chief,\u00a0 says the villagers had decided to build the park to take part in the campaign.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;We formed a committee to raise money to come up with the park and continue to maintain it after the campaign,&#8221; says the visibly proud 66-year-old Ooi.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The well-maintained park and surroundings\u00a0 says a lot about the villagers&#8217; love for their village.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Jering Village is one of the 452 barb wire settlements called Chinese new villages set up by the then colonial government in Malaya during Emergency (1948-1960).<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Today, most of the villagers are the second, third and fourth generation from the day their families settled down in the village.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">In their 80s , Yu Kwong Tieng, Choi Sau Fong, Loi Heng See and Seow Kok Toh are the second generation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2972\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220529_185001-1.jpg?resize=500%2C287&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220529_185001-1-scaled.jpg?resize=500%2C287&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220529_185001-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C589&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220529_185001-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C442&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220529_185001-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C883&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220529_185001-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1178&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220529_185001-1-scaled.jpg?resize=18%2C10&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220529_185001-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C690&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220529_185001-1-scaled.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220529_185001-1-scaled.jpg?w=2520&amp;ssl=1 2520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Old friends : (from left) -Datuk Ooi Jing Ting,66,\u00a0 Choi Sau Fong, 81, Loi Heng See, 80 and Yu Kwong Tieng 82.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Their fathers who were the\u00a0 first generation came from China.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Seow, 86, remembers the shacks &#8211; literally a roof over their heads- was all they had when they first arrived at the village.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It was a type of temporary common housing for the early settlers before each family was given a plot of land and 100 Malayan dollars to build their house, he adds.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2978\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220530_121520.jpg?resize=452%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"452\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220530_121520.jpg?resize=452%2C500&amp;ssl=1 452w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220530_121520.jpg?resize=926%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 926w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220530_121520.jpg?resize=768%2C849&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220530_121520.jpg?resize=1390%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1390w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220530_121520.jpg?resize=11%2C12&amp;ssl=1 11w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220530_121520.jpg?resize=1200%2C1326&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220530_121520.jpg?w=1842&amp;ssl=1 1842w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220530_121520.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 452px) 85vw, 452px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Good old days: Seow Kok Toh, a great grandfather, continues to cherish the days when he first arrived at the village as a\u00a0 young man.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The villagers are mostly Foochows\u00a0 and the dialect is widely used even among those from other clans.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ooi who is a Foochow, was born and bred in the village.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to him, there are more than 400 houses in the village.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2974\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220529_185441.jpg?resize=500%2C286&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220529_185441-scaled.jpg?resize=500%2C286&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220529_185441-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C585&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220529_185441-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C439&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220529_185441-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C878&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220529_185441-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1170&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220529_185441-scaled.jpg?resize=18%2C10&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220529_185441-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C686&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220529_185441-scaled.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevillagemyhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/IMG_20220529_185441-scaled.jpg?w=2520&amp;ssl=1 2520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Meeting place: The shops and coffeeshops are located in this part of the village.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Many of the villagers have moved to cities like Kuala Lumpur to seek a living over the years, and the village is a greying community these days.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The village&#8217;s\u00a0 Chinese primary school, SJKC\u00a0 Kampung Jering, has about 150 pupils now.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">About 90% of the villagers are oil palm small holders, using the land given to them to plant rubber in the old days.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to Ooi,\u00a0 each house was given six acres of land to plant rubber; four acres given in 1957 and another two acres in the 1960s.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Nowadays, a typical day for the villagers is spend in the house, coffeeshop and oil palm holding.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ooi says there are four coffeeshops in the village which open around 6.00am.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Villagers are early risers in this predominantly agricultural community.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The villagers find company in each other and coffeeshops is their favourite meeting place.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">If there is anything that remains unchanged, Ooi says it is the villagers who remain close- knitted in good and\u00a0 challenging times alike.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Filial piety also remains intact.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ooi says many return to the village to pay respect to their ancestors during the annual Ching Ming festival.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">But he says the number returning for major festivals like Chinese New Year is dwindling over the years\u00a0 as some of them no longer have any family members living in the village.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">About 20% of some 400 houses in the village are abandoned units these days.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\" dir=\"auto\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than meets the eye. By Foong Pek Yee foongpekyee@gmail.com A Dinosaur Park inside a Chinese village comes across an intriguing mystery. This is a common reaction when people first heard about the park. The park with colourful replicas of dinosaurs and animals among lush greenery is certainly more than meets the eye. 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