Places of Worship & Devotion

Chu Sze Kung was first found near the current Kuching General Hospital by the local Teoh Chew pioneers around the end of 19th Century; there was a small Teoh Chew community in the area around that time. There is no records on the details. The Rajah was associated with Lord Chu Sze according to a legend. At one time, in the 19th Century, Rajah Charles Brooke was galloping on a horse back along Green Road, near the current General Hospital; suddenly, he felt sick & fell blank to the ground. As he was unconscious, there appeared an old man before him & fed him some medicine. When he woke up, he saw the old man disappeared before a small temple not far from him. As he entered the temple, he was shocked that the host deity looked alike the old man who saved him in the dream. It seemed that the God of the temple had saved him. As he returned to the Astana (the palace), he quickly granted the piece of land to the temple officially, with a land title. Thereafter, the stor...

Stone God along the Sibu/ Bintulu Trans Borneo Highway; about 150km from Sibu, near Tatau township

A new temple, Chu Sze Kung, has just officially opened in April 2009 at Tabuan Laru, Kuching. Before completion... After completion...

Hock Teck Tsyr, Bintulu has just completed the new building before the 2009 Chinese New Year. The official date for opening will be after the CNY 2009, probably in March 2009.

A Tua Pek Kong temple is located on a hill slope in Dear Lake, Tarat, Serian.

Hiang Thian Siang Ti or Xuan Tian Shang Ti is the host deity of Shang Ti Temple, Kuching and many other similar temples in Sarawak or Malaysia. Accordingly, the Sagely One was born in 581 A.D. in China. Before he got enlightened, he worked as a butcher for many years. As he turned old, he regretted much for the killings he had done as a butcher and decided to go to Wudan San (Mt Wudan in China) to practice the Taoist ways. As such, he threw his butcher knife to the river; later, he took back the butcher knife from the river fearing that the tool might hurt the river creatures. He later cut his own stomach & threw his organs to the river in order to purify himself for the sins he had done as a butcher. At that moment, holy light descended from the sky & escorted his soul to Wudan San for the Way. This is the legendary story of the Sagely One who was later became God from an ordinary butcher.

 Extracts from Commemorative Plaque of Lian Hua San San Chin Pantheon, Miri... "Historical brief of ‘Miri Lian Hua San San Ching Taoism Association’ Tao means literally the ‘path’ and is a universal principle that underlies everything from the creation of galaxies to the interaction of human being. Taoism is a philosophy and San Ching is the phenomenal belief of Taoism. ‘Miri Lian Hua San San Ching Tian’ is originated from ‘Miri San Ching Yuk Fang Tian’ that was formed since 1972. After the unfortunate demise of our first Chairman of the Association – Mr Chiew Choon Lim in the late 1998, a new committee was formed in 1999 under the guidance of Mr Hii Siew Ong to complete the visionary Pantheon of ‘San Ching’. The Pantheon of ‘Miri San Ching’ is located on a land sized 1.475 acres, with a total built-up area of approximately 2000 sq meters. The development plan was designed and constructed in accordance to approved plan by Miri Municipal Council and Land & ...