Gods material shop

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Gods material shop Malaysian Chinese Gods Material Shop
Chinese name
Chinese:	神料商店
Transliterations Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin: Shénliào Shāngdiàn Cantonese - Jyutping: san1 liu2 soeng1 dim3 - Yale Romanization: san1 liu2 seung1 dim3
Malay name
Malay:	Kedai Alat-alat Sembahyang (prayer instrument store)

A gods material shop is a shop specializing in supplying materials used in the practice of Chinese traditional religion.

These shops are abundant in Chinese areas, from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia (places where a majority of the inhabitants are Chinese, such as Batu Pahat, Melaka, Ipoh, and Penang), and several Chinatowns.

[edit] Items for sale

• Buddhist statues
• Hell bank note
• Incense stick
• Joss paper
• Spirit tablet

[edit] Gallery

Malaysian Indian Gods Material Shop in Penang's Market Street (Little India district)

statues of Hotei on sale in a Gods Material Shop in Penang

[edit] See also

• Chinese religion
• Ancestor worship
• Feng Shui
• Chinese folk religion
• Chinese mythology
• List of deities