Kampung Pulai, the Hakka Chinese settlement is the only former gold mining settlement to have survived to the present.The closely-knit community due to continued isolation and its subsistence-oriented economy resulted from the “parallel” characteristics found on site. The geographical location of the site at Gua Musang, Kelantan surrounded by many parallel run of mountain peaks such as Gunung Tahan and Gunung Benom.   The early settlement of Pulai Chinese was located around Sungai Galas region in scattered location due to the gold mining economic activity, was the main economic source of Pulai in the early days. Kampung Pulai settlement now located parallel with the Sungai Galas river with run of hills as the backdrop. The residences are flanked around the road. Self-adaptation of Pulai Chinese and their capability to self-supply food resulted in their independence and less interactions with the outside world. Intermarriage between early Pulai miners and Orang Asli and Siamese women was common, no acculturation or assimilation occured between the culture and instead they preserve their identity and Chinese culture well. 

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By extracting the parallel essence from site, the visitor interpretive centre intends to show public how Kampung Pulai closely-knit community formed via its intertwined relationship between the people with its geographical features and intangible features on site and also for the Pulai Chinese to gather, maintain and strengthen their bond.