Things You Can Do In Sibu

Things You Can Do In Sibu

By Shelly Lau

This temple is over 100 years old and is the oldest and best-preserved Chinese temple in Sibu. The 7-storey Goddess of Mercy (Kuan Yin) Pagoda next to it was built in the late 1980s and is one of the most perfectly proportioned pagodas outside Mainland China. Besides religious purposes, tourists also climb its many steps for views of the Rajang Rivers as well as to view the sunset.

In March 1928 Sibu town was ravaged by a fire, however the temple was unscathed, considered a miracle by locals. In 1942, the Japanese invaded and occupied Sibu. Three years later, the Allied Forces bombarded the town, severely destroying the temple but the deity was unharmed. The temple eventually went through a series of repairs and renovations to its present state.

A lot of foods to choose from. Most of these are Chinese and Malay foods. There are some shops that sell souvenirs. But not suitable during rainy days. Some of the shops may close during rainy days. it is at the jalan market, sibu.

This is a beautiful Temple...but you need to have transport to reach here...its out of town...but its worth going...This temple is located on the Miri road (AH150) approx 30 km from Sibu. As others have said it is a large site, not sure about biggest in SE Asia I think I have seen bigger. That said building work continues and it seems to have ambitions to get bigger and better.

Really worth the visit, and why don't you drop in on the Tiger temple on the way there.

This square is huge and this is the place where there will be major events to be held. it is located near to RH Hotel and the Wisma Sanyan.

This temple is not widely known, however it is very unusual and worth a visit. It is a small temple thus it only take a short visit, AmethstAme directions are good use the 3104. Berniekatchor seems to be describing the Jade Dragon temple also worth a visit.

My advice is to visit this one on the way to or from the Jade Dragon temple, really worth the time.

Chances are that the average townsperson would not know where this is. It is a little out of the way from the town's main heritage trail. The easiest access route is via a small back route by the Seduan River @ Sungai Merah but this can only be done on foot. The "main entrance" is easier to reach by car.

There is not much to do there but it is a nice place to have a quiet lie-down on a cool evening. You will most likely be able to do so uninterrupted, as hardly anyone goes there. 

Maintenance-wise it is clean and unvandalised. There are a few tablets that you can read from but it is otherwise quite bare. There is a certain austere elegance to the place that makes it a very calming place to be.

A small cultural garden opposide Taman Bukit Aup. The garden very clean, and there have a cafe too. During the hot sunny day you can have a coconut drink or ABC.(See my Photo). There also selling fresh vegetable from there farm.

A good place to know about the history of Sibu. The air-conditioned room which can cool you down on a hot afternoon.We stumbled upon the museum located on the first floor of the Sibu Heritage Centre. 

The ground floor houses a small gift shop with Sarawak products like pepper, coconut oil products and local medical ointments. There is also an open air coffee shop. The exhibition space was not used. 

On the upper floor the history of Sibu is explained in many exhibits and information posters in English and Bahasa. The exhibition is arranged in a circular fashion so one ends up at the entrance again after walking through the artefacts and displays arranged by date and featuring all the political, social and historical facets of Sibu City. 

We enjoyed looking at the original documents like passports and ID cards dating back to the Raja Brooke time, as well as the original heirloom jars and ceramics on display. 

Unfortunately, no photos were allowed to be taken of the exhibits.

This is a very big local market. It sells almost everything including food fresh meat, fruits and greens including clothing. It is like today's modern mall that has everything. The interesting part of this market is that you get a feel of the different ethnic groups all in one place interacting through the different languages. So you do get a lot of different sounds, smell and taste. Besides that, the river that goes into the heartland of Sarawak just flows behind the market. And close by there is a very huge Chinese temple. This is also a good place to do street photography. So, if you are interested in the culture and people of Sarawak, this is a good place to venture around it's myriad stalls selling local trinkets and touristy items besides those that I mentioned above.