Ching Giap See Buddhist Temple

MALAYSIA, Johor, Muar

Ching Giap See means Pure Karma Temple. It is the largest temple in Johor, and is a branch temple of Fuqing Temple in Fujian, China. It was founded in 1946 by a monk named Dingguang. The present temple is the result of reconstruction work in 1969.
The temple encompasses 4,050 sq m, with low concrete walls surrounding the complex. The reinforced concrete buildings are placed one in front of the other and have Chinese-style roofs covered with glazed tiles. The first building is the Great Hero Hall, in which a white marble Sakyamuni Buddha statue is enshrined. The walls of the hall are decorated with 2,280 colorful Thousand Buddha statues made with cloisonné on porcelain, and the floor is tiled with lotus motifs. The Great Hero Hall is flanked by a reception hall and a lecture hall, with the memorial hall and Patriarch Hall located at the rear. The Patriarch Hall houses a body relic of Master Wuliao, the founder of Guishan Temple. The building to the rear is a two-story structure, which includes the Xianglin Tower in memory of monk Xianglin, the Zangnian Pavilion, and living quarters. Seven-story pagodas stand within the temple grounds and one of them was built in memory of Master Dingguang.