X-Nico

3 unusual facts about Malaysian Chinese religion


Malaysian Chinese religion

Malaysian Chinese Gods is also a thriving business in Malaysia, there are large numbers of suppliers and shops specialize in the materials of local Malaysian Chinese beliefs, such as joss sticks, dead people's money (Hell money), etc., they are commonly known as religious goods store or "gods material shop" (Chinese : 神料商店).

According to the Encyclopedia of Malaysia, there are records where Persian and Turkish traders with Nestorian Christian origins came around the year 650 CE, but it was not until the conquest of Malacca by the Portuguese in year 1511, that marked the introduction of Roman Catholicism.

Earth God Teh Choo Kong (地主公), Tu Di Gong (Chinese : 土地公)



see also