These few days mark the period of the Nine Emperor Gods Festival in Penang. Widely observed by Chinese people in Penang during a period of nine days, those who are participating in the festival dress all in white and will have abstinent from eating meat, poultry, seafood, and dairy products. The above temple is located at the Macallum Street Ghaut, George Town.
For the larger Nine Emperor Gods temple located in Butterworth, Penang, please go HERE.
Ng Fook Thong Temple (also the Cantonese Districts Association) at Chulia Street, George Town.
The Snake Temple (also known as Temple of the Azure Clouds) is located at the sourthern end of Penang, not far from the Penang International Airport. The small temple is home to a few varieties of snake species, mostly pit vipers (although the number of snakes there are getting fewer now due to nearby industrial development).
According to legend, the temple was built in to worship a deified monk who was also a great healer. Before the building of the temple, the monk had given shelter to the snakes of the nearby jungle and when the temple was completed, the snakes moved in.
Hwa Yen Si Temple is a Chinese temple located along Jalan Dato Kramat (Dato Kramat Road) opposite Padang Brown near George Town.
The Yap Temple and the Yap Kongsi complex is located right beside the Choo Chay Keong Temple. The temple section houses the ancestral tablets of the Yap families. This Yap clanhouse complex in Armenian Street was built in 1924 with the incorporation of Straits Eclectic architectural design style.
Originally, it was found that there were two Yap clan associations in Penang which later merged together to form the Lum Yeong Tong Yap Kongsi. The ten thousands plus square feet of land on which Yap Kongsi was built was donated by a local tycoon named Yeap Chor Ee, who was also a member of the Yap clan.
The Choo Chay Keong Temple which is located at the corner of Armenian Street and Cannon Street junction, is built for the worship of the Yap clan’s patron deities. The temple is intricately designed with traditional Chinese architecture style.
The Batu Maung Temple of Bottles is an unique Chinese temple decorated with thousands of empty bottles, mostly from Chinese wine bottles. Located at Teluk Tempoyak area, the temple is built to worship the Taoist deity Kew Loong Sern Tze.
