The Poh San Teng Temple ( is a

Chinese temple Chinese temple architecture refer to a type of structures used as place of worship of Chinese Buddhism, Taoism or Chinese folk religion, where people revere ethnic Chinese gods and ancestors. They can be classified as: * '' miào'' () or ''di� ...

located at the foot of Bukit China, next to the

Malacca Warrior Monument Melaka Warrior Monument, officially the Melaka Warrior Monument for the Chinese victims of Anti-Japanese occupation ( zh, c=马六甲华人抗日义士纪念碑, p=Mǎliùjiǎ huárén kàngrì yìshì jìniànbēi, l=Malacca Chinese Anti-Japanes ...

and King's well in

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. The temple is dedicated to

Tua Pek Kong Tua may refer to: * Tua River, a river in Portugal * Tua (Papua New Guinea), a river in Papua New Guinea * Tuʻa, also known as Alo, a chiefdom in Wallis and Futuna in Oceania * Tua line, a railway line in Portugal * Tua railway station, in Portug ...

and was founded in 1795 during the era of

Dutch Malacca Dutch Malacca (1641–1825) was the longest period that Malacca was under foreign control. The Dutch ruled for almost 183 years with intermittent British occupation during the Napoleonic Wars (1795–1815). This era saw relative peace with littl ...

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Chua Su Cheong (Tsai Shih-chang).

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Since it is a graveyard temple, the names of the

deity A deity or god is a supernatural being who is considered divine or sacred. The ''Oxford Dictionary of English'' defines deity as a god or goddess, or anything revered as divine. C. Scott Littleton defines a deity as "a being with powers greate ...

, " Fu De Zheng Shen" or "

" are inscribed with the temple is mainly dedicated to Tua Pek Kong. An inscription on a

stele A stele ( ),Anglicized plural steles ( ); Greek plural stelai ( ), from Greek , ''stēlē''. The Greek plural is written , ''stēlai'', but this is only rarely encountered in English. or occasionally stela (plural ''stelas'' or ''stelæ''), whe ...

in the temple compound commemorating the founding of the temple, where it reads: File:Poh-San-teng-stele-2282.jpg, A

with

Chinese characters Chinese characters () are logograms developed for the writing of Chinese. In addition, they have been adapted to write other East Asian languages, and remain a key component of the Japanese writing system where they are known as ''kanji' ...

inside the temple. File:Poh-San-Teng-gable-relief-2276.jpg, Roofing art with the painting of

censer A censer, incense burner, perfume burner or pastille burner is a vessel made for burning incense or perfume in some solid form. They vary greatly in size, form, and material of construction, and have been in use since ancient times throughout t ...

sycee A sycee (;.. from Cantonese , , ). or yuanbao () was a type of gold and silver ingot currency used in imperial China from its founding under the Qin dynasty until the fall of the Qing in the 20th century. Sycee were not made by a central ban ...

and ruyi. File:Poh-San-Teng-2290.jpg, The temple interior. File:Poh-San-Teng-furnace-2291.jpg, Temple

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* {{Malaysian historical architectures and sites Chinese-Malaysian culture Taoist temples in Malaysia Tourist attractions in Malacca Buildings and structures in Malacca City Religious buildings and structures completed in 1795

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