Monday, September 13, 2010

Chin Swee Temple, Genting Highlands

Beautiful pictures shot at Chin Swee Cave Temple, close to Genting Highlands Resort.


Statue of Buddha


Entrance to Chin Swee Cave Temple in Genting Highlands

Peaceful


Pagoda at Chin Swee Temple, Genting Highlands


Cranes

Fairies dancing and singing

Chin Swee Temple is a Taoist temple located in Genting Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia. To access the temple from Genting Highlands Resort, you can either board the regular shuttle buses or take the Awana Skyway cable car to the Temple Station down the hill.

Kuan Yin, Goddess of Mercy

Some of the 18 Lohan
More 18 Lohan

The Chin Swee Cave Temple was built in 1976. Besides being a temple of worship, the Chin Swee Cave Temple is one of the Malaysia attractions at Genting Highlands Resort and also a wonderland of legends and myths of Chinese beliefs.

Learn about Chinese beliefs and Chinese mythology as depicted by colourful and sometimes grotesque scenes

Punishment being meted out

Journey to the West - Buddhist monk Xuanzang

and his 3 protectors Sun WuKong

Zhu Bajie

and Sha Wujing

The Journey to the West is a novel surrounding the Buddhist monk Xuanzang's piilgrimage to India during the Tang dynasty in order to obtain Buddhist religious texts known as sutras.

Statue of Tan Sri Dato' Seri (Dr) Lim Goh Tong

The Goh Tong Hall, named after Tan Sri Dato' Seri Lim Goh Tong

Kuan Yin, up above the water wall

Beautiful artwork

Notice the intricate dragons on the rooftop

Make all your wishes come true

Simply write your hopes and desires on the specially designed wooden tags, burn incense and pray sincerely to Reverend Chin Swee. Then hang your tags at the Fulin Pavilion.




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