Thian Hock Keng Temple Singapore
An intro to the architecture & history of Singapore's famous Thian Hock Keng temple.
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Thian Hock Keng is one of the oldest and most important Hokkien temples in Singapore.
It was visited by Chinese immigrants giving thanks to Mazu (Goddess of the Seas) for their safe voyage.
In 1839, under the leadership of Mr Tan Tock Seng and Mr Si Hoo Keh, the Hokkien clan built the temple in Telok Ayer Street. It also housed the clan’s office and served as a meeting venue. The construction of Thian Hock Keng was completed in 1840. The details of the temple’s history are recorded on stone steles inside the Entrance Hall.
There is also a plaque inscribed with the words Bo Jing Nan Ming (Gentle Waves over the South Seas) presented by Qing Dynasty Emperor Guang Xu in 1907, evidence of the temple’s stature.
The temple was built in traditional southern Chinese architectural style. The entire structure was assembled without nails. It is an architectural masterpiece of stone, tiles and wood, carvings of dragons and phoenixes, intricate sculptures and imposing columns.
Thian Hock Keng which is managed by Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan was gazetted as a national monument in 1973. Over the last few decades, Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan has funded more than $6.5 million for the restoration and repair works of the monument. The most comprehensive one commenced in 1998 and was completed in December 2000. This restoration project won 4 architectural awards, including the most prestigious award from UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage 2001 Awards for Culture Heritage Conservation Building.
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Thian Hock Keng (literally Palace of Heavenly Happiness), also known as the Tianfu Temple, is a temple built for the worship of Mazu (Ma Cho Po), a Chinese sea goddess, located in Singapore. It is the oldest and most important temple of the Hokkien people in the country. Another shrine at the back is Buddhist dedicated to Guanyin, the Mahayana Buddhist bodhisattva of mercy. Thian Hock Keng was gazetted as a national monument on 6 July 1973.
The temple originated as a small joss house first built around 1821–1822 at the waterfront serving the local Hokkien community, where seafarers and immigrants may give thanks to the sea goddess Mazu for a safe sea passage on their arrival to Singapore. The temple is located on Telok Ayer Street and originally faced the sea; the Telok Ayer Street used to be situated along the coastline before land reclamation work began in the 1880s.
Starting in 1839, the temple was rebuilt with funds collected over the years and donations from the community, the largest of which was from Tan Tock Seng, a Hokkien businessman. The building materials of the temple and a statue of Mazu was brought over from China, and the statue enshrined in the main hall of the temple in 1840. Some of the building materials, such as stone for the columns, timber as well as tiles were recycled from ballasts in ships. The local Indian community of Chulia Street also helped build the temple, and a statue of a man who appears to be an Indian holding a beam up at the ceiling was placed in the right wing as a reminder and gesture for their contribution. The temple was completed in 1842 at a cost of 30,000 Spanish dollars.
The main deity worshipped in the temple is Mazu (Ma Cho Po), a 10th-century Fujianese shamaness deified as a Chinese sea goddess. Early immigrants to Singapore offered incense to the goddess to give thanks for a safe passage across the sea from China. Today's worshippers come to the temple to pray for peace, protection and good health.[9]
A smaller shrine to Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy, is located at the back. Other deities worshipped in the temple include Baosheng Dadi (God of Medicine and Health), Guansheng Dijun (關聖帝君, worshipped for spiritual protection), Kai Zhang Sheng Wang (開漳聖王, the Sacred Governor Kai Zhang), Qie Lan Pu Sa (伽藍菩薩, Boddhisattva Sangharama) and Cheng Huang Ye (城隍爺, the City God). Confucius is also venerated in the temple
Thian Hock Keng Temple Singapore Walking Tour Time Stamp:
00:00 View of Thian Hock Keng Temple at Telok Ayer Street
00:31 View of the Main Hall
00:51 One of the Door Gods protecting the Temple
01:10 City God (centre): The recorder of good and evil deeds of mankind and is in charge of making a judgement over the deceased in Hades. The deities on the left and right are General Fan (left side black statue) and General Xie (right side white statue). Their role is to capture and send under escort all criminals to the Deities in Hades for judgement and sentencing.
01:33 The Sacred Governer of Kai Zhang: He was a governor of a city in Fujian province and due to his intellect developed the economy of the area, providing people with jobs and improved their standard of living. He was highly respected for his capabilities and for what he had done for them and was worshipped as a deity.
01:49 Ancestral tablets
02:18 Guan Yin (centre) is the Goddess of Mercy. The deity to the left is Yue Shen, the Moon Goddess. The deity to the right is Tai Yang Shen, the Sun God.
02:41 Worshipper making a wish to the Heavens
03:05 Ancestral tablets
03:24 Statue of Confucius
04:05 Guan Yu, the Protector of the Temple. The two figures standing behind him are: on his right, Guan Ping, his son holding Guan Yu’s official stamp; on his left, Zhou Cang (周仓), his bodyguard holding Guan Yu’s long sabre.
04:12 A ceremonial Chinese sedan chair
04:33 View of the surrounding buildings from the central courtyard
05:24 Mazu (centre), the Goddess of the Sea
05:35 The Men Shen, Door Gods, Guardians of the Temple
05:43 The architecture of the wooden beams (no nails were used in this whole temple construction)
07:12 Devotee making offerings by burning incense paper
07:16 Entrance to the pagoda area
07:34 View of the exterior of the temple
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Established in 1839, Thian Hock Keng (which means ‘heavenly peace palace’) is Singapore’s oldest and most important Hokkien Temple. Originally located along the coastline (before land reclamation began), this was where Hokkien Huay Kuan (clan association) was formed.
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Dedicated to Matsu, Goddess of the Sea, Queen of Heaven, and Patron of Sailors, Thian Hock Keng Temple (1820s), which is also known as Tianfu Temple, is the oldest Hokkien temple in Singapore.
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