Thian Hock Keng Temple
158 Telok Ayer St, Singapore 068613
Phone +65 6423 4616
Thian Hock Keng Temple is one of the oldest and most important Hokkien temple in Singapore. It is visited by Chinese immigrants giving thanks to Ma Zu ( Goddess of the sea ) 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 1842. The details of the temple’s history are recorded in granite tablets on the wall 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 Thian Hock Keng 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, dragons and phoenixes, amazing carvings, intricate sculptures and imposing columns.
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Architecture :
Courtyard and front of main temple
Thian Hock Keng Temple is built on a square site and is of traditional Chinese design whereby a group of buildings or pavilions cluster around the main courtyard. It has the standard layout of three halls commonly found in such temple, with an entrance hall, a main hall, and a rear hall.[2] The temple is constructed in the temple architecture style commonly found in Fujian. Dragons and other decorative motifs are placed on the roofs of the entrance hall as well as the main hall. The entrance hall has one main door and two side doors, with a high step in front. Guarding the doors are the traditional sentinels of Taoist temple – stone lions and Door Gods. The Thian Hock Keng Temple is richly decorated with coloured tiles, red, black and gold lacquered wood, figures of dragons and phoenix, and gilded beams and ceilings.
Entrance hall
The entrance leads directly into main courtyard. Overlooking the courtyard is the temple proper where the shrine of Ma Cho Po is located. On either side of the temple are pagodas with octagonal base – the one on the left is a shrine of Confucius while the one on the right houses ancestral tablets of immigrants who founded the temple. Behind the main shrine is another courtyard
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Opening hours : 07.30AM to 05.30PM
Getting there : MRT Telok Ayer
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