In about 1828, a Fujianese worker brought statues of the Nine Emperors south from Jiangxi Province to the Thai island of Phuket. From there, worship of them spread to Malaysia and Singapore. On the Malaysian Peninsula alone, there are more than 40 temples where the Nine Emperors are primary or secondary deities.
約於一八二八年，一位福建工人從江西省請了九皇香火南來泰國普吉島，之後又傳到馬新各地，單馬來半島一地，就有主祀或副祀九皇的斗姥宮達四十餘座。