Tua Pek Kong Temple
Tua Pek Kong Temple is a Chinese temple situated near the waterfront of Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, opposite the Chinese History Museum. It is the oldest temple in the city and formed a part of the Kuching Heritage Trail.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Chinese temple in Kuching, Malaysia
- Also known as: “Tua Pek Kong Temple, Kuching”, “古晉大伯公廟”, and “壽山亭”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chinese History Museum and Hong San Si Temple.
Chinese History Museum
Museum
Photo: Yeojiuntzen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Chinese History Museum Kuching is a museum in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. The museum is about the history of the Chinese people in Sarawak.
Hong San Si Temple
Buddhist temple
Photo: Yeojiuntzen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hong San Si Temple is a Chinese temple situated in Carpenter Street of Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is part of the Kuching Heritage Trail. Hong San Si Temple is situated 150 metres west of Tua Pek Kong Temple.
Sarawak State Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Sarawak State Museum is the oldest museum in Borneo. It was founded in 1888 and opened in 1891 in a purpose-built building in Kuching, Sarawak. Sarawak State Museum is situated 670 metres southwest of Tua Pek Kong Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kuching and Petra Jaya.
Kuching
Photo: ויקיג’אנקי, CC BY 2.0.
Kuching is the capital of the state of Sarawak and the largest city in East Malaysia. Kuching is small enough to walk around but interesting enough to keep you there for several days, and a good base for exploring Sarawak.
Petra Jaya
Suburb
Petra Jaya is a suburb of Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. This suburb was named after the sixth Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Yahya Petra of Kelantan, added by jaya, the Sanskrit word for "victory," "triumph", or "success".
Demak Laut
Town
Demak Laut is a state constituency in Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly since 1996. The state constituency was created in the 1996 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly under the first past the post voting system. Demak Laut is situated 8 km northeast of Tua Pek Kong Temple.
Tua Pek Kong Temple
- Categories: Chinese temple, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Kuching Division, Sarawak, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
1.55713° or 1° 33′ 26″ northLongitude
110.34902° or 110° 20′ 57″ eastOpen location code
6PHGH84X+VJOpenStreetMap ID
way 269781302OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q61784822
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Malay—“Tua Pek Kong Temple” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “古晉伯公廟”
- Chinese: “古晉壽山亭大伯公廟”
- Chinese: “古晋大伯公庙”
- Malay: “Tokong Tua Pek Kong, Kuching”
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