Old Ling An Dian-Panchor / 舊靈安殿-班卒

Old Ling An Dian-Panchor / 舊靈安殿-班卒.

Location:- Panchor, Muar, Johor / 班卒, 麻坡, 柔佛.

After a brief by the caretaker at the new temple of Ling An Dian-Panchor / 靈安殿-班卒, we were told about the earlier premise that still stand today. We were introduced to this uncle whom has frequent this temple for many years and told that he will guide us to the old temple location.

We were following this uncle whom is travelling on a motorcycle about 2-3 kilometers through rubber and palm oil estates and out of nowhere a huge pai lou / 牌樓 showed up among the trees. And not far from it, the temple stood out among the greens.

Surrounded by rubber trees, it has two shrine builded. One on the right dedicated to the worshipped of Wu Ying Yuan Shuai / 五營元帥 and one on the left dedicated to the worshipped of Bai Hu / 白虎.

The old premise is still neatly kept with painting of chinese deities and mythological characters on its walls. Instead of a statue, a stone tablet engraved with the name Lao Bo Ye Gong and San Shan Gou Wang / 三山国王 on its surface is place on its main altar along with a beautiful incense pot.

We spend an hour, enjoying the environment before heading down to Panchor town for a evening tea. I hope this place will be maintain in future for generation to visit.