Sitiawan Tua Pek Kong Temple 品仙祠大伯公廟

Sitiawan Tua Pek Kong Temple (17 September 2016)


Sitiawan Tua Pek Kong Temple (GPS: 4.163, 100.68847; Traditional Chinese: 品仙祠大伯公廟; Simplified Chinese: 品仙祠大伯公庙; Pinyin: Pǐnxiāncí Dàbógōng Miào) is a Chinese temple in the village of Pasir Panjang in Sitiawan, Perak. It is possibly the largest temple dedicated to the Chinese tutelary deity Tua Pek Kong in Malaysia. The temple is located by the sea, occupying a site that was formerly mangroves that have been cleared and reclaimed.

The Sitiawan Tua Pek Kong Temple is noted for its colossal statues of deities and other legendary as well as mythical beings. Among the statues include the colossal Tua Pek Kong statue. Measuring 48 feet in height, it is the tallest and largest Tua Pek Kong statue in Malaysia.

The present temple complex is the result of repeated expansions carried out on what was originall a small temple a hundred years ago. Nowadays it has taken on a mythical theme park appearance, and is therefore visited for its religious as well as touristic appeal.

Address

Sitiawan Tua Pek Kong Temple
Jalan Pasir Panjang,
32000 Sitiawan, Perak.
Phones: 019-557 0599 (Mr Tan), 016-555 1216 (Mr Tan), 016-520 8916 (Mr Koh)

Sitiawan Tua Pek Kong Temple is on the Map of Sitiawan

The colossus of Tua Pek Kong at the temple. (17 September 2016)


Statues of animals from the Chinese Zodiac at Sitiawan Tua Pek Kong Temple. (17 September 2016)


Statues of beasts and maidens at Sitiawan Tua Pek Kong Temple. (17 September 2016)


Haut-relief on the wall at Sitiawan Tua Pek Kong Temple. (17 September 2016)


Maidens with missing faces - for visitors to add their own faces in. (17 September 2016)


Pond of stone dragons. (17 September 2016)


Murals on the wall at Sitiawan Tua Pek Kong Temple. (17 September 2016)


Entrance arch of the Sitiawan Tua Pek Kong Temple. (17 September 2016)


Pagoda under construction, a future addition to the Sitiawan Tua Pek Kong Temple. (17 September 2016)


Temple flags of the Sitiawan Tua Pek Kong Temple. (17 September 2016)


Fu Lu Shou colossi at Sitiawan Tua Pek Kong Temple. (17 September 2016)


Pavilion at a corner at Sitiawan Tua Pek Kong Temple. (17 September 2016)

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