Cheng Hoon Teng, Chinese temple in Malacca, Malaysia.

Cheng Hoon Teng stands at No. 25 Jalan Tokong on a 4,600 m² site, with a main gate on the street and several prayer halls behind it. The large main hall is dedicated to Guan Yin, the goddess of mercy; smaller quarters serve the deities of wealth, longevity and propagation, and ancestral tablets. A pair of seven-metre red flagpoles flanks the main hall, and an opera theatre faces the complex across the road.

Founded in 1645 under Dutch Malacca by Kapitan Tay Kie Ki, the temple was expanded in 1673 by Kapitan Li Wei King with materials and craftsmen brought from China. Kapitan Chan Ki Lock added the main hall in 1704, and Kapitan Chua Su Cheong renovated the complex in 1801, fixing its present scale. An inscription records the Wanli reign's 28th year, suggesting an earlier origin.

The temple's name, Cheng Hoon Teng or Green Cloud, is tied to a Ming-dynasty inscription inside; the complex holds three altars, one each for Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. Until 1911 its head, the tingzhu, settled disputes among the Chinese community after the British abolished the Kapitan system in 1824. A memorial tablet reading "Kapitan Zheng of the Great Ming" and a portrait of Kapitan Li Weijing are kept in the halls.

The temple stands at No. 25 Jalan Tokong, a short walk from Jalan Tukang Emas, the street known as Harmony Street for its mosque and Hindu temple nearby. The main gate opens onto Jalan Tokong, and the opera theatre lies across the road. The complex covers 4,600 m2, so allow time to move between the prayer halls.

The pair of seven-metre red flagpoles flanking the main prayer hall is an uncommon feature in Chinese temple architecture. The temple also keeps a memorial tablet inscribed "Kapitan Zheng of the Great Ming" for Zheng Fangyang, and a well-preserved portrait of the second Kapitan, Li Weijing, one of the temple's builders.