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How Hang Tuah Was Able To Look At The Forbidden Chinese Emperor's Face By Using Kangkung

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How the legendary Malaysian warrior Hang Tuah was able to see the forbidden Chinese Emperor's face by using kangkung. They are many versions of this famous story but this one is a folktale that Aiman's dad remembered hearing from a village elder many many years ago. After the rise of Ming dynasty in the 15th Century, the Malacca Empire developed a very good relationship with China. However, at that time no one outside of very few at the Emperor's palace have seen the emperor's face. Anyone caught looking at the emperor's face directly will be executed! The Sultan of Malacca wanted to know how the emperor looks like, so he sent his brilliant and fearless warrior to complete this task. Watch the video and find out how Hang Tuah was able to accomplish this nearly impossible task. How did he do it? Simple, by using a kangkung recipe. Hang Tuah was a legendary warrior who lived in Malacca during the reign of Sultan Mansur Shah in the 15th century. He was supposedly the most powerful of all the admirals (laksamana), and is considered by the Malays to be one of history's greatest martial arts (silat) masters. Hang Tuah is held in the highest regard, even in present-day Malay culture, and is arguably the most well-known and illustrious warrior figure in Malay history and literature. The Ming dynasty was the ruling dynasty of China—then known as the Empire of the Great Ming—for 276 years (1368–1644) following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty. The Ming, described by some as "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history. The Forbidden City was the Chinese imperial palace from the Ming dynasty to the end of the Qing dynasty—the years 1420 to 1912. It is located in the centre of Beijing, China, and now houses the Palace Museum. It served as the home of emperors and their households as well as the ceremonial and political centre of Chinese government for almost 500 years. When Hongwu Emperor's son Zhu Di became the Yongle Emperor, he moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijing, and construction began in 1406 on what would become the Forbidden City. Malacca, because of its straits, which runs between Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, during this time was considered the trade capital of the world especially for merchants between India, Persia, Arabian Peninsular in the west and China on the east. Kangkong or Ipomoea aquatica is a semiaquatic, tropical plant grown as a vegetable for its tender shoots and leaves. It is found throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, although it is not known where it originated. This plant is known in English as water spinach, river spinach, water morning glory, water convolvulus, or by the more ambiguous names Chinese spinach, Chinese Watercress, Chinese convolvulus, swamp cabbage or kangkong in Southeast Asia. The vegetable is a common ingredient in Southeast Asian dishes. stir-fried water spinach is a popular vegetable dish in Southeast Asia. In Singapore, Indonesia, and Malaysia, the tender shoots along with the leaves are usually stir-fried with chili pepper, garlic, ginger, dried shrimp paste (belacan/terasi) and other spices. In Penang and Ipoh, it is cooked with cuttlefish and a sweet and spicy sauce. Also known as eng cai in the Hokkien dialect, it can also be boiled with preserved cuttlefish, then rinsed and mixed with spicy rojak paste to become jiu hu eng cai. Boiled eng cai also can be served with fermented krill noodle belacan bee hoon and prawn noodle. If you live near New York City and would like to sample the delicious kangkung dish, we encourage you to visit RASA Restaurant (http://rasanyc.com/) in Greenwich Village. It was voted the Best Malaysian restaurant in New York City. In Indonesian cuisine it is called kangkung, boiled or blanched together with other vegetables it forms the ingredient of gado-gado or pecel salads in peanut sauce. Some recipes that use kangkung is plecing kangkung from Lombok, and mie kangkung (kangkong noodle) from Jakarta. Hang Tuah Legacy: He remains an extremely popular in Malaysia, embodying the values of upper-class Malay culture at the time, when allegiance and loyalty to the ruler were paramount above all else. Although its historical accuracy remains disputable, the legend of the tragic friendship between Hang Tuah and Hang Jebat represents a paradox in the Malay psyche about loyalty and justice, and remains a point of debate among students of Malay history and literature. In contemporary Malaysia, Hang Tuah is purportedly quoted as saying "Takkan Melayu Hilang di Dunia" meaning "Never shall the Malay(s) vanish from the earth". The quote is a famous rallying cry for Malay nationalism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hang_Tuah ⊰⊱ EYEONAIMAN (Eye On Aiman Youtube Channel) ⊰⊱