Monkey King Temple, Port Dickson – Part 5

12 till 14 October 2013

On our last morning in PD, 14 Oct 2013, after checking out of our hotel, we decided to stop at the Wan Loong Temple otherwise known as the Monkey King Temple. Wan Loong means 'dragon in the clouds'.

indeed, dragon in the clouds!

We had earlier in our trip passed by the temple twice and was tempted to pay a visit as it looked so majestic, sitting like a well-gardened colourful fortress on a small hill. The temple is located along the 7th mile, PD coastal road.

the archway to the main altar

This is what we saw....an interesting Chinese epic told in sculptures and statues. 

monkey king

goddess kuan yin standing on a lotus right above the fish pond

Since everything was written in Chinese, we had no clue what it all meant. We explored, stayed awhile at the fish pond long enough for the children to throw coins and make a wish, walked along its surrounding Great Wall (mini Great Wall of China), admired the Monkey King and all other deities, paid our respects at the main altar and left. 

It was very serene and peaceful in there.

view of the coastal road from inside the temple

Upon returning home, I found out the story behind the Monkey King. Thanks to a fellow blogger and with permission, I am sharing the story here...

....extracted from (http://mymalaysiadailyphoto.blogspot.com/2010/02/monkey-king.html) the blog post titled "The Monkey King" by Autumn Belle of My Malaysia Daily Photo Blog.....

Sun Wukong, also known as The Monkey King is one of the main characters in the Tang Dynasty Chinese epic, Journey To The West. Born out of a mythical stone, he has the following capabilities:

a) immense strength - can lift 8,100 kg of weight with ease
b) speed - can travel 54,000km in one somersault
c) can perform 72 different transformations into animals, objects and human forms
d) skilled fighter
e) can clone into multiples of himself using his body hairs
f) knows various spells to command the wind, part water, form protective circles against demons and freeze humans, demons and even gods
g) his eyes has special powers to see demons hiding inside the human body

Just like Hanuman, the Monkey God in Hinduism, Sun Wukong is also worshipped as a deity by Taoists as The Monkey God.


And so ended our PD trip. 

Final stop was lunch in Lukut town, the much talked about Chicken Curry Bun. 

No doubt, it was delicious. My only grouse is that at RM28 for a large bun, I think it is overpriced. The name of restaurant is Restaurant Lucky, Lukut town.