Title
Thian Hock Keng
Year/Period
Early 20th century
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Image size: 9.3 x 14.4 cm
Accession No.
2001-03519
Collection of
Located at Telok Ayer Street, where Singapore's waterfront used to be, Thian Hock Keng was built by Fujian Chinese immigrants during the early 19th century. Grateful that the Goddess of the Sea, or Tianhou, had granted them safe passage across the hazardous South China Sea, the immigrants erected the temple in honour of the goddess.
