 Chinese Temples of Singapore
Chinese Temples of Singapore (8 July 2006)
© Timothy Tye using this photo
On this page I celebrate the Chinese Temples of Singapore. The Chinese forms the majority ethnic group in Singapore. They arrived in large numbers following the opening of Singapore by Stamford Raffles. A good number relocated from Malacca, including many wealthy 19th century tycoons such as Tan Kim Seng.
There are many Chinese temples in Singapore. They range from small roadside shrines that have been somewhat gentrified, to grand temples. Although a substantial number have embraced Christianity, a good segment of the Chinese population in Singapore are Taoist and Buddhist - the line between these two religions are often blurred, to say nothing of the various forms of Buddhism, Theravada, Mahayana, and so on.
I will be updating this page regularly, adding Chinese temples in Singapore that I have described. Please check back every once in a while for new addition to this page.
- Beo San Hood Chor Temple
Small temple on Race Course Road.
- Buddha Tooth Relic Temple
Newly built temple in Singapore's Chinatown.
- Burmese Buddhist Temple
The only Burmese Buddhist temple in Singapore.
- Hock Siew Tong Temple
Chinese temple in a Straits Eclectic building.
- Hong San See Temple
Temple built by immigrants from Fujian province in the early 20th century.
- Jin Long Si Temple
Temple of three faiths with its teaching derived from Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism.
- Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple
Temple of the Goddess of Mercy on Waterloo Street.
- Leong San See Temple
Taoist temple on Race Course Road
- Poh Ern Shih Temple
Buddhist temple built as a memorial to those who were killed during the Battle of Pasir Panjang in 1942.
- Poo Thor Jee Temple Temple
Buddhist temple at Yan Kit Road.
- Sakya Muni Buddha Gaya Temple
Buddhist temple also known as Temple of 1,000 Lights
- Seng Wong Beo Temple
Small temple where "ghost marriages" are conducted.
- Sin Chor Kung Temple Temple
Small temple at the corner of Amoy Street.
- Tan Si Chong Su Temple
Tan Clan ancestral temple on Magazine Road.
- Thian Hock Keng Temple
Thian Hock Keng Temple is the oldest and grandest Hokkien Chinese temple within the Chinatown of Singapore.
- Yueh Hai Ching Temple
Chinese temple on Philip Street in the Financial District of Singapore.
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