Sam Poo Kong Temple

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Sam Poo Kong Temple is an old Chinese temple - located in Semarang, Central Java - Indonesia.

A temple of Zheng He, a Chinese Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) navigator who traveled to Southeastern Asia and Africa more than 600 years ago. After Zheng landed in Semarang in 1413 in order to repair his ship, he prayed daily at a place, which was later called as Sam Poo Kong.

Oei Thiam Hien, a caretaker at the Zheng He Temple in Semarang, was quoted by local media as saying that the Sam Poo Kong was thought to have originally been a mosque, but later it was turned into a temple named after Zheng himself.

Inside the temple is a well that is believed to have the power to bring good luck and prosperity to suppliants.