Gods Material Shop
A prayer material shop (神料商店) is a shop specializing in supplying materials used in the practice of Shenism, 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 Streets in Vietnam. Such shops also exist in Vancouver.
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