Chin Swee Temple, Genting Highland

Genting Highland, one of the very famous tourist spot in Malaysia. The weather here is fantastic, range from 18 degree celsius to 25 degree celsius, whole year long. Genting Highland is situated between Pahang state and Selangor state. There are people saying the casino is located in Pahang state, the Theme Park is in Selangor state, then Genting only need to pay the casino license to Pahang state only). Most people will think Genting Highland is a gamblers' heaven, but there is another side of it. Chin Swee Temple is one of the fascinating place there. I was there many times, until recently only I discover this interesting place.

Because of the location of this temple, it is not easy for visitor to discover the entrance of the temple. You have to be extra cautious in order not to miss the entrance to this temple on the way up to Genting Highland. There are few big buddha statues within the compound of this temple, Amitabha is one of them. There is a 9 levels pagoda in the temple. We spent about 30 minutes to reach the top level of this temple and taken a photo of the temple from top.

In the temple, there is a storyboard that tells the tales of this temple. It was built by the founder of Genting Group, Tan Sri Lim Goh Tong. It also mentions Tan Sri Lim's experience with the initial exploration of Genting Highland. The god of this mountain had encouraged Tan Sri Lim to start the caniso business. In front of the worship yard, there establishing Tan Sri Lim's statue and storyboards.