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Kerng Tang Kou Bioh Temple
Kerng Tang Kou Bioh Temple, Maur, Negeri Johor, Malaysia Not AvailableAbout
Kerng Tang Kou Bioh Temple, Muar - The temple also fondly called Tua Lau Yah Keng in Teochew dialect is located at the Muar Kwangtung Association building at the beginning point of intersection of Jalan Bakri and Jalan Meriam in the town centre was founded by early settlers from Teochew/Chaozhou in 1895, is one of the oldest temples in Muar town. Its name Kerng Tang Kou Bioh means "Guangdong's Ancient Temple" was derived from Teochew's geographical location in Kwangtung/Guangdong province in China and its ancient Teochew patron deity worshipped at the temple, the "Tua Nang Kong" or "Xuántiān Shàng dì " (the Lord of Profound Heaven or Black Heavenly Emperor God). It was intially brought in from the Riau Archipelago, Indonesia by Tan Song Hai for worship in a shop house at Jalan Maharani before it was saved in a fire and relocated and installed at the present temple in 1913. The temple was renovated several times and a major one was when the entrance arch with traditional Chinese temple architechture and the big sitting deity statue at the compound build and erected in 1998. During the "Chap Goh Mei" celebration on the last day of Chinese New Year festival, on the 15th day of first lunar month of Chinese calendar, drove of Taoism devotees will throng to congregate to pray at the temple and to observe a traditional Teochew custom, called "Puak Tau Sai"
