Taiping Travel Guide
Taiping is a beautiful town situated in the state of Perak in MALAYSIA.Formerly known as Klian Pauh, it was renamed Taiping to commemorate the end of the Larut War in 1874. With the signing of the Pangkor Treaty on the 20th of January 1874, Taiping emerged to be the major town in Perak.
Taiping comes from the Chinese word Tai-Peng which means ETERNAL PEACE. And indeed
with the decision of the British government to make Taiping into their administration center, the once slow-paced town has been transformed into a busy and developed town compared to the others in that era. Together with progress comes a string of historical firsts that has made Taiping into one of the oldest town in Malaysia. Today, 119 years later, Taiping unfolds the history of the making of this modern nation.
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