[2] It was built by Yap Ah Loy for two deities he believed guided him in the Selangor Civil War.
[4] The information board at the front entrance says the temple site was founded in 1864 by Kapitan Yap Ah Loy, dedicated to patron deities of Sin Sze Ya and Si Sze Ya.
[1] The deities has guided Yap to defeat the enemies and defend the town of Kuala Lumpur during the civil war from 1870 to 1873,[1] with the two patron deities are actually based on two real persons of Sheng Meng Li (Kapitan of Sungai Ujong) and Chung Lai, a loyal lieutenant of Yap.
[5] When Kapitan Cina Yap Kwan Seng died, the Hakka influence declined and during the first decade of the 20th century the temple’s property entrusted rights were transferred from Kapitan to a committee organised by the Chinese community.
The Hakkas, in gratitude, gave up the Chairmanship of the Sin Sze Ya Temple’s Property Trust Committee to Chan.