Goddess of Mercy Temple
Taoist temple in George Town, Malaysia
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The Goddess of Mercy Temple (Chinese: 觀音亭; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koan-im-têng), also known as Kuan Im Teng or Kong Hock Keong, is a Mahayana Buddhist temple within George Town in the Malaysian state of Penang. Located at Pitt Street, it was built in 1800, making it the oldest Chinese temple in the state.
The temple is dedicated to the Taoist deities and Buddhist Bodhisattva of Mercy, Guan Yin. However, it had been originally established for the worship of Mazu, a sea deity. Following the establishment of George Town in 1786, droves of Chinese migrants flocked to the city, causing the transition of the temple into one dedicated to Guan Yin by 1824; by then, it also began to function as a neutral mediator between the rival Cantonese and Hokkien communities.
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