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Kuching Kuching ( , ), officially the City of Kuching, is the capital and the most populous city in the States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Sarawak in Malaysia. It is also the capital of Kuching Division. The city is on the Sarawak Ri ...

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Taoism Taoism or Daoism (, ) is a diverse philosophical and religious tradition indigenous to China, emphasizing harmony with the Tao ( zh, p=dào, w=tao4). With a range of meaning in Chinese philosophy, translations of Tao include 'way', 'road', ' ...

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Kuching District The Kuching District is an administrative district within Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal ...

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Sarawak Sarawak ( , ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. It is the largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia. Sarawak is located in East Malaysia in northwest Borneo, and is ...

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Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

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

Tua Pek Kong Temple ( zh, 古晉大伯公廟) (also called as Siew San Teng Temple, ) is a

situated near the waterfront of

, opposite the Chinese History Museum. It is the oldest temple in the city and formed a part of the Kuching Heritage Trail.

History

The temple is believed to have been in existence before 1839 and was built by early Chinese Settler from Kali Mantan. Much of its history can only be traced back to 1843 with renovations made in 1856, 1863 and 1880. The temple survived the 1884 Great Fire of Kuching and later the Japanese invasion during

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

in 1941 when its structure remained intact despite heavy damage to town buildings nearby due to bombing by the

Imperial Japanese Army The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA; , ''Dai-Nippon Teikoku Rikugun'', "Army of the Greater Japanese Empire") was the principal ground force of the Empire of Japan from 1871 to 1945. It played a central role in Japan’s rapid modernization during th ...

(IJA). When renovation work commenced at the end of 1964, the first for eighty-four years, it was hoped that the date of the original structure would be found recorded somewhere on a beam in the roof, as is customary in all Chinese temples. Somee also may suggest that the tua Pek Kong temple was built to fend off against Rajah James Brooke army.

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* Religious buildings and structures completed in 1770 Chinese-Malaysian culture Taoist temples in Malaysia Buildings and structures in Kuching Tourist attractions in Sarawak {{Malaysia-religious-struct-stub