Gods Material Shop

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Picture of a Gods Material Shop of Malaysian Chinese.

Picture of Malaysian Indian's Gods Material Shop in Penang's Market Street (Little India district).

Picture of statues of Hotei on sale in a Gods Material Shop in Penang.

Gods Material Shops (Chinese : 神料商店, pinyin: Shénliào Shāngdiàn) are shops specialized in supplying materials related to local Malaysian Chinese & Malaysian Indian beliefs and Gods. It is known as Kedai Alat-alat Sembahyang (Prayer instrument store) in local Malay language. These shops are abundant in towns and cities where majority inhabitants were Chinese descendants, such as Batu Pahat, Melaka, Ipoh and Penang.

Gods Material Shops do not necessarily belong to only the Malaysian Chinese, the Malaysian Indian too have Gods Material Shops.

[edit] See also

• Malaysian Chinese Gods
• Malaysian Chinese
• Chinese religion
• Ancestor worship
• Superstition of Malaysian Chinese
• Fengshui
• Chinese folk religion
• Chinese mythology
• list of deities
• Malaysian Chinese Religion

[edit] External links

• Bee Chin Heong Praying Articles and Antique Supermarket

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