Religious goods store
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Malaysian Chinese religious goods shop
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| Chinese | 神料商店 | ||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | god/spirit material shop/store | ||||||||||||
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| Malay | Kedai Alat-alat Sembahyang (prayer instrument store) |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Shénliào Shāngdiàn |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | san1 liu2 seung1 dim3 |
| Jyutping | san1 liu2 soeng1 dim3 |
A religious goods store or religious supplies shop is a store specializing in supplying materials used in the practice of Chinese folk religion, Taoism and Chinese Buddhism.
These shops are abundant in Chinese areas, from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, to Malaysia (places where a majority of the inhabitants are Chinese, such as Muar, Batu Pahat, Melaka, Ipoh, Klang and Penang), and several Chinatowns. Similar shops - but specialising in paper toys along with joss paper (神料纸扎用品), can be found at Hàng Mã Street in Hanoi, Vietnam. Such shops also exist in Vancouver.
Malaysian Chinese and Indian Prayer Material Shop in Penang's Market Street (Little India district).
Statues of Hotei on sale in a Prayer Material Shop in Penang.
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