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Also known as the "Pure Cloud Temple", the temple was built
in 1850, to commemorate a Buddhist priest Chor Soo Kong
who was believed to possess healing powers. The temple is
popularly known as the snake temple due to the large number
of snakes that stay in the temple. Venomous pit vipers and
other poisonous snake coil harmlessly around the altars,
incenses, nooks and corners of the temple.
Legend has it that, a religious man gave shelter to poisonous
snakes seeking refuge here and when the temple was completed,
snakes mysteriously appeared in and around the temple. It
has since then been a refuge for snakes in the temple. Some
snakes are poisonous pit-vipers that can be seen crawling
around the altar inside the temple.
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