Malaysia's oldest functioning Chinese temple, established in 1646 by the first kapitan cina of Malacca, the Cheng Hoon Teng is a masterpiece of southern Chinese temple architecture — its rooftop friezes of glazed ceramic figurines, its incense-filled prayer halls, and its extraordinary collection of imperial porcelain donations from Chinese emperors make it the most historically significant Chinese religious building in Malaysia.
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