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Chinese
  
神料商店

Yale Romanization
  
san1 liu2 seung1 dim3

Hanyu Pinyin
  
Shénliào Shāngdiàn

Jyutping
  
san1 liu2 soeng1 dim3

Religious goods store

Literal meaning
  
god/spirit material shop/store

Malay
  
Kedai Alat-alat Sembahyang (prayer instrument store)

A religious goods store or religious supplies shop is a store specializing in supplying materials used in the practice of Chinese folk religion, Taoism and Chinese Buddhism.

These shops are abundant in Chinese areas, from Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, to Malaysia (places where a majority of the inhabitants are Chinese, such as Muar, Batu Pahat, Melaka, Ipoh, Klang and Penang), and several Chinatowns. Similar shops - but specialising in paper toys along with joss paper (神料纸扎用品), can be found at Hàng Mã Street in Hanoi, Vietnam. Such shops also exist in Vancouver.

Items for sale

  • Statues representing buddhas, bodhisattvas, and shens (gods).
  • Incense sticks.
  • Joss paper and more contemporary joss paper like Hell bank notes.
  • Spirit tablets.
  • References

    Religious goods store Wikipedia