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Wiro L.

December 23, 2018

The Kuan Yin Thong Hood Cho Temple offers a place of worship for the Chinese goddess of mercy.
This sign of Asian heritage is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Singapore and an example of ancient Chinese temple courtyard architecture.
One of the main attractions inside the temple is the Cundi Bodhisattva, an image that is the God of Mercy and is primarily associated with Buddhism. The temple captures the essence of Taoism, Confucianism and Buddhism and unites them in a deeply religious community.
Fortune-telling activities draw thousands of people into the temple using fortune-telling sticks in brass cans, religiously engraved or scripted wooden sticks. The activity has been an integral part of Chinese culture for many years and has been held in the temple since 1984. The sticks should predict the future of the person.

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Bumble-Bee

October 30, 2019

The temple has existed since 1884 at its present location with a reconstruction in 1895. The original temple was an example of Chinese temple architecture and traditional craftsmanship. In its vicinity were other places of worship such as the adjacent Sri Krishnan Temple, Church of Saints Peter and Paul at Queen Street, Maghain Aboth Synagogue and the Malabar Jama-ath Mosque. The original temple, entry was gained across a large sheltered courtyard through a porch and screened anteroom. The main hall then contained three altars, the central one for the Kuan Yin and one each for Bodhidharma (the founder of Zen Buddhism) and Hua Tuo, a Chinese patron saint of medicine and healing on the flanking altars. An image of Sakyamuni Buddha was kept in the rear hall and various ancillary rooms on either side. During the second World War, the temple was spared of destruction when all the other buildings in the area were severely damaged. It provided refuge for the sick, the wounded and the homeless.[2]

In 1982, the temple was extensively rebuilt as it needed to increase its capacity due to the high number of worshipers at the temple. All deities were enshrined on a single altar in the prayer hall with the elevated statue of Sakyamuni Buddha placed behind Kuan Yin. The relative positions of other deities remain unchanged. A large space of two separate roofs of different height. The entrance wall is a large central gateway flanked by two smaller ones and colours are rich in golden yellows, reds, blues and greens. At the ends of all the roof rafters, there are yellow Buddhist swastikas on a green ground. The roof decorations are comparatively constrained, the ridges, having simple curves with decorations of good omen. The tiles inside the hall of the temple are currently being changed from ceramics to granite. Candles and incense are not burnt inside the temple hall, but burnt in an urn at the entrance of the temple to prevent the soot from staining the ceiling.[3]

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Rainer & Petra

March 16, 2023

Stands directly in front of a department store entrance. Locals walk around the statue with a stroking hand.

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