Pantai Esen Tua Pek Kong Temple, Permatang Damar Laut

Pantai Esen Tua Pek Kong Temple, Permatang Damar Laut, Penang (4 February 2022)


Pantai Esen Tua Pek Kong Temple (GPS: 5.26185, 100.2739), also known by its official name Kong1 Hock1 Su2 廣福祠 , Pinyin: Guǎngfú Cí) is a small Chinese temple in the jungle at Pantai Esen in Permatang Damar Laut, Penang.

Within the compound of the Pantai Esen Tua Pek Kong Temple is a separate shrine house for the Datuk Kong. As is the usual practise, the local earth spirit dwells in its own separate shrine.

The prayer hall of Kong Hock Si is built into the natural hill side, incorporating the boulders and rocks of the terrain. It holds a number of Taoist deities. It has a single prayer hall in which the idols of the deities are arrayed. Tua Pek Kong is the principal deity here. As such, it is often simply regarded as a Tua Pek Kong temple.

Getting there

Kong Hock Si is reached by taking a jungle path that continues from the beach at Permatang Damar Laut. The jungle path winds its way through remnants of a rubber plantation, past a banyan tree, to end at the temple. Journey from the beach area to the temple is about ten minutes.

Pantai Esen Tua Pek Kong Temple is on the Map of Permatang Damar Laut, Penang

Pantai Esen Narrated Walking Tour

Pantai Esen Tua Pek Kong Temple in 2022

The red balustrade courtyard of Pantai Esen Tua Pek Kong Temple (4 February 2022)


The pond at Pantai Esen Tua Pek Kong Temple (4 February 2022)


The Pantai Esen Tua Pek Kong Temple has just been repainted, possibly for Chinese New Year, when this photo was taken. (4 February 2022)

Pantai Esen Tua Pek Kong Temple in 2004

The Pantai Esen Tua Pek Kong Temple, Permatang Damar Laut (18 April 2004)


The Pantai Esen Tua Pek Kong Temple, Permatang Damar Laut (18 April 2004)


Incense burner of the Pantai Esen Tua Pek Kong Temple (18 April 2004)


Figurines of various Chinese deities inside the Pantai Esen Tua Pek Kong Temple (18 April 2004)


Datuk Kong Shrine in the compound of the Pantai Esen Tua Pek Kong Temple (18 April 2004)


Starfruit tree blossoming in the compound of the Pantai Esen Tua Pek Kong Temple (18 April 2004)

List of Tua Pek Kong Temples in Penang, Chinese Temples in Penang and Chinese Temples in Malaysia