| Tian Hou Gong Temple | |
| Native Name: | Malay: Tokong Tian Hou Gong Chinese: 天后宮 |
| Location: | Kuala Terengganu |
| Coordinates: | 5.3302°N 103.1327°W |
| Religious Affiliation: | Taoism |
| District: | Kuala Terengganu District |
| State: | Terengganu |
| Country: | Malaysia |
| Established: | 1896[1] |
| Architecture Type: | Chinese temple |
| T: | 天后宮 |
| S: | 天后宫 |
| Poj: | Thian Hō͘ Kiong |
| P: | Tiān Hòu Gōng |
| W: | Tʻien¹ Hou⁴ Kung¹ |
Tian Hou Gong Temple (Malay: Tokong Tian Hou; Chinese: c=天后宮), also called as Tian Hou, Tien Hou Kong or Heavenly Empress Temple,[2] is a Chinese temple situated in Jalan Balik Bukit in the north of the Chinatown of Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia.[3]
The temple are established by early Hainanese settlers in a small structure to worship their sea deity of Shui Wei Sheng Niang which is said found in a junk which was shipwrecked in Terengganu.[4] Apart from another temple in the Chinese settlement, the temple served as a focal point for their fishermen and their families who lived along the banks of the Terengganu River.[1] It also become forerunner of the Hainanese Association (Qiongzhou Huiguan).[4] The temple building was then constructed in 1895 for both devotees and the association.[4] Most of its structure were constructed with materials brought in from China with the building are completed the following year.[1]
In 2003, the temple land was nearly acquire by the state government of Terengganu under the administration of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) for waterfront beautification project but was reversed following huge protest from the local residents.[5] [6]
The temple feature three altars in its main hall with two ancestral tablets dedicated to wandering souls and 108 brave villagers who lost their lives during a war since time immemorial.[1] The statues of Mazu and Shui Wei Sheng Niang occupies the central altar while in the right is devoted to Guan Yu and Fude Zhengshen.[1] [6]