Vibrant fireworks display lighting up the night sky above the Kek Lok Si Temple in Air Itam during its annual Chinese New Year lighting up ceremony. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star
GEORGE TOWN: After a year when visitors were barred during the Kek Lok Si lighting ceremony due to the Covid-19 pandemic, visitors flocked to the temple in Ayer Itam on Friday (Jan 28) to witness the annual tradition for Chinese New Year.
The 130-year-old monastery was illuminated all the way up to the 33.6m-tall Kuan Yin statue and the temple pavilion at 6.45pm.
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