Hok Nguan Kong Shrine

Chinese shrine · Talat Yai

A Chinese shrine near the Surin circle in Phuket Town to Jor Su Kong, a black-faced deity who in life built bridges and roads and gave medicine away.

Chinese shrine

About Hok Nguan Kong Shrine

A Chinese shrine near the Surin circle in Phuket Town, home to Jor Su Kong, the black-faced deity tin miners from Quanzhou carried over from China. In life he paved roads, built bridges and gave remedies away; in China he is mostly prayed to for rain. Open 08:00–18:00, free.

Also known as San Chao Hok Nguan Kong

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What to see

The black-faced statue of Jor Su Kong, brought from China by tin miners from Quanzhou.

Events

One of the shrines of the Phuket Vegetarian Festival.