Peak Nam Toong Temple

Peak Nam Toong Temple (Chinese: 碧南堂) (also called as Peak Nam Tong Temple)[1][2] is a Chinese temple located among housing estate beside Lorong Bunga Bakawali 3 in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.[3]

Peak Nam Toong Temple 碧南堂
Religion
Affiliation	Buddhism, Taoism
District	Kota Kinabalu District
Location
Location	Kota Kinabalu
State	Sabah
Country	Malaysia
Geographic coordinates	5°57′1″N 116°4′33″E
Architecture
Type	Chinese temple, pagoda
Date established	1970
Completed	1982

History

The temple was established in 1970 before undergoing renovation in 1982 with the temple patron deity are delivered from Anxi of Fujian Province in China.[2][3]

Features

The temple wall inside are filled with colourful drawings along with the murals of Four Heavenly Kings.[3] Beside the main prayer building, there is a 9-storey pagoda and an octagonal shaped Tian gong shrine for the worship of Jade Emperor in the temple compound.[3]

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  Incense burner in the temple compound.
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  The 9-storey pagoda seen from far.

The temple also managing a kindergarten located far from the temple area.[4]

References

1. "Peak Nam Toong temple celebrations". Daily Express. 7 February 2011. Archived from the original on 7 March 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
2. 강석균 (1 July 2018). 인조이 말레이시아 (2018) [Malaysian Attractions (2018)] (in Korean). 넥서스. pp. 432–. ISBN 979-11-6165-367-9.
3. "Peak Nam Tong-Kota Kinabalu / 碧南堂-亚庇". 72dragon. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
4. "Sabah West Coast". Sabah Education Department. Archived from the original on 7 March 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2019.

External links

• Media related to Peak Nam Tong Temple at Wikimedia Commons