Thian Hock Keng Temple
My buddy and I saw this beautiful temple in Chinatown this Tuesday. It was closed on that day and we could not explore this oldest Hokkien temple.
From Wikipedia
Thian Hock Keng[1] (Chinese: 天福宮; pinyin: Tiānfú Gōng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thian-hok-kiong or the Tianfu Temple, literally "Palace of Heavenly Happiness"),[2] is a temple built for the worship of Mazu, a Chinese sea goddess, located in Singapore. It is the oldest and most important temple of the Hokkien (Hoklo) people in the country. Another shrine at the back is Buddhist dedicated to Guanyin, the Mahayana Buddhistbodhisattva of mercy.
Thian Hock Keng was gazetted as a national monument on 6 July 1973.
Thian Hock Keng temple is located at Telok Ayer Street
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