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The name "Kuching" was already in use for the city by the time Brooke arrived in 1839. [9] [15] There are many theories as to the derivation of the name "Kuching".It was perhaps derived from the Malay word for cat, "kucing", or from Cochin, an Indian trading port on the Malabar Coast and a generic term in China and British India for trading harbour. [9]
By 1872, when the name "Sarawak" was changed to "Kuching", Hai Chun Street shophouses were rebuilt by using red bricks and clay tiles. [3] However, Shun Feng Street retained its wooden attap shophouses. On 20 January 1884 at 1:05 am, a big fire started from the intersection between Attap Street (present day Carpenter Street) and China Street.
It is the first ART system network to be built outside of China and also the first metro bus system in the state of Sarawak which was touted as one of the methods to ease traffic congestion in the city of Kuching. [2] The project is currently constructed by Sarawak Metro using state funds provided by the Development Bank of Sarawak (DBOS).
After the great Kuching fire sometime in 1885 or 1886, Ong rebuilt Ewe Hai Street. He named it after himself but left out his surname out of respect for the Rajah because Ong means King in Hokkien. It joins Carpenter Street from its junction with Bishopsgate Street to Wayang Street. Today, it is a preserved heritage site in Kuching.
Tua Pek Kong Temple (Chinese: 古晉大伯公廟) (also called as Siew San Teng Temple, Chinese: 壽山亭) [2] is a Chinese temple situated near the waterfront of Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, opposite the Chinese History Museum. [3] It is the oldest temple in the city and formed a part of the Kuching Heritage Trail. [1] [2]
Major victims of Kucheng Massacre. The Kucheng massacre (Chinese: 古田敎案; Pinyin: Gǔtián Jiào'àn; Foochow Romanized: Kŭ-chèng Gáu-áng) was a massacre of Western Christians that took place at Gutian (at that time known in the west as Kucheng), Fujian, China on August 1, 1895.
The museum building was constructed in 1912 and was used to be the headquarter of the Sarawak Chinese Chamber of Commerce until 1921. It was later converted into the Chinese History Museum Kuching and officially opened to the public by Assistant Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports Yap Chin Loi on 23 October 1993.
During the Great Fire of Kuching in 1884, the locals saw the child deity appearing on the rooftops of buildigs in Ewe Hai Street to give a warning to the nearby people and summoning rain to put out the fire. [1] In 1993, the temple was declared as one of the historical buildings under the Sarawak Cultural Heritage Ordinance. [2]