่็นไบ (or it english translated name “The Low Tiey’s Well”) is a well dug up by the Lim’s clan from China and settle in Peninsula Malaysia and started a agriculture community some 300 years ago. The following is text translated from the mandarin scripture, i can’t remember all of it but I think most of it is as follows : )
During the late Ming Dynasty and early Ching Dynasty (middle 17th century) the people from the province of Fujian in China had started to travel south by boat. Most of them settle down on the lands where they landed.
The Lim clan who migrated south about 300 years ago to explore and cultivate the land in the south had eventually settled in a land now named Kuala Terenganu. To provide for their drinking and cleaning needs a well was dug at the site in now know as Kampung Tiong.
The design of the well proper reflected the habitat and culture of the conservative community of the time. The oval shaped well was built of clay bricks. It had two chamber to enter for men and woman separately. Low wall was built around the well as its boundary. The water from the wall was clear, fresh, pleasant and sweet in taste, and had a continues flow of supply.
In Kwong Shin Year of Ching Dynasty (1875) there was a long drought, that event results in an epidemic and dried up most of the well in the town. This is the only well was the only one left with abundant supply of good quality water. The Lim family continues to share the water with other families, thus the well was named after the name of the head of the Lim family “Low Tiey” in remembrances of his generosity during the time.
