Tjong A Fie Mansion, Colonial mansion in Kesawan, Indonesia.
Tjong A Fie Mansion is a two-story residence in Medan with 35 rooms arranged around an open-air courtyard following feng-shui principles. The rooms feature different decorative styles that combine traditional Chinese elements with Western design influences.
The house was built in 1900 by Hakka merchant Tjong A Fie, whose business ventures in railways and plantations shaped Medan's growth. Its structure reflects his economic success and his central role in the city's development during that period.
The house keeps a Kwan Ti Kong shrine and a ballroom on the upper floor, and the family dining room, a large kitchen with an old pestle and mortar, and Tjong A Fie's own bedroom with a mahogany bed and silk garments below. Photographs, paintings and the family's original furniture document the life of Medan's first Chinese majoor and the Malay-Chinese culture of the household.
The mansion stands on Jalan Ahmad Yani in Kesawan, Medan, and has been open to the public since 2009. Visitors move through the rooms on guided tours that explain the furnishings and the mix of Chinese, European, Malay and Art Deco architecture.
The house covers 8,000 square metres and holds 35 rooms. Two iron Foo Lion statues, made and decorated as gate guardians, stand at the main entrance. Inside, the floors are laid with Venetian tiles, and the lighting combines Chinese and European elements. Tjong A Fie's own bedroom keeps his mahogany bed, silk clothing and period artefacts.
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