Thursday, 25 Feb 2021 09:05 PM MYT
BY SOO WERN JUN
Unlike previous years, Thean Hou Temple had much fewer visitors this Chinese New Year. — Picture by Miera Zulyana
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — For the past year, Chinese temples — both Buddhist and Taoist — around the country have been quiet.
This is particularly evident during the Chinese New Year period where health and security SOPs have discouraged visitors who usually throng these places to pray for a better new year.
Several temples in the city centre and its surrounds — Kun Yam Thong on Jalan Ampang, the Guan Yin temple opposite Jalan Maharajalela, Liu Wang Gong Temple in Taman P. Ramlee and the Kuan Yin temple on Jalan Bukit Ceylon — were closed when