SENGGARANG

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Ang Nio Temple is a place of worship in Senggarang China, Riau. From Tanjung Pinang can be by car or boat, is located high enough so that it would go up. Behind the gate there is a wall mural and the Chinese characters representing the next life as a result of karma in one's actions. Temple consists of two prayer rooms, the back room and front room in which there is a statue of Goddess Kwan Im a thousand hands.
It is estimated that the temple was built in about the 1790s. It is based on the arrival of China into Senggarang the years 1777 to 1784. The newcomers are gambier and rubber farmers, but later helped develop trade, with not only cash crops commodity Senggarang.