Chingay parade has been declared a National Cultural Heritage back in 2012. The Chingay parade in the Johor state are held annually by the Johor Bahru Old Chinese Temple which was established in 1870s. Every year in the first lunar month of 19-22nd, the temple heads its annual Chingay known as the "Parade of Deities" The parade lasts for four days with the final is on the night of the third day when the deities parade around the heart of Johor Bahru. It's estimated that more than 300,000 people join the marching around the main roads of the city together with the five deities being worshipped in the old temple. The five deities are from different dialect clans of local Chinese namely Hokkien, Cantonese, Hakka, Hainan and Teochew.