Leong San Tang-Penang / 龙山堂-檳城

Leong San Tong-Penang / 龙山堂-檳城

Location:- 18, Canon Square, Penang

More famously known as Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi / 龙山堂邱公司, this place is the now a UNESCO heritage sites in Penang.

Originally in 1851, a bungalow here was converted to the clan temple. It was rebuild in 1894 to a much bigger temple comparing to what it is presently but a fire broke out less than a month of its completion, destroying much of it. Second remodeling completed on 1906, this breathtakingly beautiful architecture is one the most grandness clan temple outside mainland china. It’s main hall is fill with intricate carvings and richly ornamented beams build by master craftsmen from china. More information about this place can be found on it official website at http://www.khookongsi.com.my

There is three prayers hall on the upper level from the front. The hall to the left houses rows of ancestral tablet the belonging to clan members. The main hall house their clan patron deity Wang Sun Da Shi Ye Ye / 王孫大仕爺爺 and Tai Sui / 太歲 and the hall on right is dedicated to Fu De Zheng Shen / 福德正神 also known as Da Bo Gong / 大伯公.