【4K|HDR】KEK LOK SI TEMPLE | ANNUAL CNY LIGHTING CEREMONY 2023 | PENANG

In conjunction with the Chinese new year 2023. We posted a video of the annual light display at Tample Kek Lok Si, Air Itam, Penang.
Here at the largest and oldest Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia, an annual lighting ceremony and fireworks display takes place annually to ring in the Lunar New Year. This is a key cultural highlight in Penang during the bai nian celebrations.
This year’s ceremony will take place from 17th January till 18th February, from 7pm to 12am. It is one of the main attractions to usher in the Year of the Rabbit in Penang.
Spanning 10 acres of land, the temple grounds houses monasteries, prayer halls, temples, magnificent statues, beautiful gardens and a fish pond - all of which emanate vibrant colours from neon lights and LEDs in celebration of the new year.
The Kek Lok Si Temple (Chinese: 極樂寺) is a Buddhist temple situated in Air Itam, Penang, Malaysia. It is the largest Buddhist temple in Malaysia, and is also an important pilgrimage center for Buddhists from Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore and other countries in Southeast Asia. The entire complex of temples was built over a period from 1890 to 1930, an inspirational initiative of Beow Lean, the abbot.
With millions of magnificent images of Buddha and hundreds of beautiful meaningful carvings, sculptures and murals in the interior and exterior of the temple halls, pagodas and archways, Kek Lok Si Temple is not just a center for Chinese culture and Buddha teaching, but also an unique heritage treasures that have Mahayana Buddhism and traditional Chinese rituals blend into a harmonious whole, in temple architecture and daily activities of worshipers.
*Coming next, Kek Lok Si Downhill
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Amitofo, thank you Buddha blessings and teaching.

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Thanks alot.