Tua Pek Kong
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Tua Pek Kong (Chinese: 大伯公, Da Bo Gong) is one of the pantheon of Malaysian Chinese Gods. It was believed the date Tua Pek Kong arrived in Penang was 40 years before Francis Light. Tua Pek Kong was a man named Zhang Li (张理) of Hakka family, his Sumatra bound boat was struck by wind and accidentally landed on Penang island of Malaysia, which at that time had only 50 inhabitants. After his death, local peoples began worshipping him and built the Tua Pek Kong temple there. Today Tua Pek Kong is worshipped by Malaysian Chinese throughout the country.
Chung Keng Quee was a principle donor to the Haichu-yu (Sea Pearl) Tua Pek Kong Temple (1865 and 1868) in Tanjung Tokong, Penang.
Tua Pek Kong is often mistaken for Tu Di Gong, partially because of their physical similarities.
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- Malaysian Chinese Gods
- Chinese Malaysian
- Chinese religion
- Ancestor worship
- Superstition of Malaysian Chinese
- Fengshui
- Chinese folk religion
- Chinese mythology
- list of deities
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