Title
Thian Hock Keng
Creator
Year/Period
c. 1880
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Image size: 20.8 x 27.8 cm
Accession No.
1994-05102
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. The temple was designed and built by skilled craftsmen from China according to definite Chinese temple architectural traditions.
