Chin Foot Sze Temple

MALAYSIA, Kuala Lumpur

Chin Foot Sze Temple means Thousand Buddha Chan Temple, and it is also known as Ling Keh San (Lavka Mountain) Temple. It was founded by Guanxiu, a monk from Guangdong, China, and was reconstructed in 1935. The temple belongs to the Linji school of Chinese Chan Buddhism.
Occupying approximately 2 ha, the temple consists mainly of the Great Hero Hall, Heavenly King Hall, Dharma Hall, bell and drum towers, reception hall, and memorial hall.
The Great Hero Hall is five bays in width and has a double-eave hip-and-gable roof with a pair of dragons and a pearl on its ridge. Inside the hall, a 4.5 m high altar resembling a three-story pagoda is erected in the middle of the rear wall. Seven Buddhas of the Past are enshrined within the altar, in front of which there is a simpler altar with two white jade statues of Sakyamuni Buddha. The plafond is decorated with illustrations of the Buddha teaching in various scenes, while the floor is decorated with lotus motifs, symbolizing rebirth in the Pure Land through the blossoming of a lotus flower. A large, finely carved wooden lantern from Fujian, China hangs in the middle of the hall. The walls are filled with ceramic statues produced in Jiangxi, China, including the Medicine Buddha and Amitabha Buddha, as well as a Thousand Buddhas.