And what about those who have carried on in the tradition of the Lu Pan Hang, which referred to the profession of all craftsmen when they arrived on these shores from mainland China 200 years ago? The name is now used as the name of the union for carpenters, carvers and builders, but many of the traditional skills of doing things by hand have been lost.
至於檳城現今還保存的古老行業「魯班行」，原是兩百年來由中國大陸來南洋的各類工匠所組成，如今是木匠、雕刻師、建築工人的「公會」，但許多傳統手法已經失傳。