移国甲必丹之墓
简介： 不是槟城的甲必丹，不过郑景贵却宿葬在槟城。甲必丹郑景贵的坟墓无疑是上世纪初全马华人最大，也最有特殊的一座。它原本占地13依格(英亩)，主墓背枕白云山，前以溪流为界，在一条轴线上，凉亭、清池、石像 ...
不是槟城的甲必丹，不过郑景贵却宿葬在槟城。甲必丹郑景贵的坟墓无疑是上世纪初全马华人最大，也最有特殊的一座。它原本占地13依格(英亩)，主墓背枕白云山，前以溪流为界，在一条轴线上，凉亭、清池、石像、望柱、石狮排列到墓前，气势磅礴。
青石打造的莹墓本身就非常宽大，墓曲手左右节节展开成四节，总面宽达60英尺。
墓碑中榜密集36个扁体铭文，刻画了墓主显赫的身份和地位。墓道四个如真人般高大的将军翁仲各执一牌，再次向后代世人展示郑景贵得意的成就：“本国资政大夫”和“移国大小霹雳甲必丹”。
本国是指天朝中国，移国乃本邦他移居之国。大小霹雳分别为霹雳和太平。
按清代规制，二品官之墓道可置石人，文武各一，石虎、石马及石羊一对。郑甲必丹拥有唐番双官衔，墓葬并没完全依中朝的墓道设置。明堂的一对石狮和四个都是武将执牌而立的石像，都是他自由的创作。
曾经是霹雳和槟城海山党党魁的郑景贵，晚年多居住在槟榔屿。他生无缺事，兰孙桂子，在世时就建了生祠“慎之家塾”和白云山的生圹，为了确保身后有蒸尝之享。
1970年代，13英亩地被后代割卖出去只剩两英亩，凉亭圆池永埋在新建房屋之下；百年之后，虽然他的子孙浩繁，但清明来扫墓的只是寥寥几人。倒是 十几年来，太平增龙会馆都会包车过来，每年清明节载着老少会员三、四十人，专程来祭拜，用客家乡音感谢郑景贵对太平，尤其是增城龙门乡人的照顾。
陈耀威 2008.04.02
曾经是霹雳和槟城海山党党魁的郑景贵，晚年多居住在槟榔屿。他生无缺事，兰孙桂子，在世时就建了生祠“慎之家塾”和白云山的生圹，为了确保身后有蒸尝之享。
ReplyDelete1970年代，13英亩地被后代割卖出去只剩两英亩，凉亭圆池永埋在新建房屋之下；百年之后，虽然他的子孙浩繁，但清明来扫墓的只是寥寥几人。倒是 十几年来，太平增龙会馆都会包车过来，每年清明节载着老少会员三、四十人，专程来祭拜，用客家乡音感谢郑景贵对太平，尤其是增城龙门乡人的照顾。
this article is a shame on Chung descendants. CKQ selected his burial ground for himself and his descendants. In 1970 13 acres of land was sold ,what is left is 2 acre of land. Infront of his grave once suppose to be a stream, a pond, and a pavilion,now are all under houses built around it..Although he has a large numbers of descendants, but every year "Ching Meng" time only a few came to clean up his grave yard. In contrast, these 10+ years, Taiping Zheng association members have been coming on "Ching Meng" time to pay respect to this greatman. Every year there are about 30-40 members especially come on a rental bus to Penang to pay their respect. Jeffery , this make me feel very bad. :(
yes, sad. but what to do. most of his descendants have moved away from penang and indeed from malaysia. it is good to know that the tseng-lung association still comes to visit their founder. but yes, sad, but what to do? i would have thought that the total graveyard is much more than just two acres, though, if you consider the grave plots on the hillock on the other side of the street.
ReplyDeleteIt was 13 acres.
ReplyDeleteWhat about u Jeffery, Owen , Audi ? Are you not the descendants ?
ReplyDeleteOwen goes every year. I always go when I go back to Penang. Audi and his brother Moses live in USA like yourselves. Aunty Yuet Wah and Yuet Fong and their adopted brother uncle Kok Hong live in Penang and go every year.
ReplyDeleteNice to know that :)
ReplyDeleteyup. :-)
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