Tua Pek Kong himself at 48 feet tall
This particular Tua Pek Kong temple is situated at Kampung Pasir Panjang Laut, Sitiawan, Perak. The biggest in Malaysia. It is known to be over a 100 years old. The weird thing is that this little village seemed so quiet and suddenly, WALLA...a huge temple loomed on a 3 hectare compound, filled with 98 statues of deities and animals from the Chinese calendar. I can only imagine what the crowd is like during major Chinese festivals like Chinese New Year or MidAutumn Festival.
Main entrance
The sea is right at the end
There were stalls selling snacks and seafood. Above is a salted fish.
Clams and dried prawns - products from the sea
There were also many food stalls inside the temple. Most of them were selling the famous red wine mee sua, gong pian (famous Fuzhou biscuits), and cold desserts and drinks.
The Garden
Dragon temple
The Courtyard
Pagoda
I was most tickled pink when I saw a male dragon statue. I have never heard of a he-dragon. So I was chuckling as I took the dragon penis photos!!!!!!
The main temple inside Tua Pek Kong
Door knob
Burning incense
The famous Sun Wukong / Monkey King and
Chu Pak Kai / Zu Bajie / Pigsy / Pig God
The dried up sea!
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