• Thian Hock Keng is not only a living-monument and architectural masterpiece but also an important stakeholder in Singapore’s history from the 1800s.
  • Thian Hock Keng, built on a square site, is of traditional Chinese design whereby a group of buildings or pavilions cluster around the main courtyard.
  • In 1840, the Thian Hock Keng Temple was founded and served as the center of Hokkien Chinese activities in Singapore.
  • Like many Chinese temples, Thian Hock Keng has the standard layout of a three-hall typology, comprising an entrance hall, a main hall, and a rear hall.
  • The Thian Hock Keng Temple was erected in 1821 by seamen grateful for safe passage, and stands where Singapore's waterfront used to be, before the land was...
  • Thian Hock Keng is one of the oldest and most important Hokkien temples in Singapore. It was built in 1840 along Telok Ayer Street, a bustling meeting point ...
  • Thian Hock Keng Temple in Singapore is one of the most ancient places to worship Mazu, a Chinese sea goddess.
  • Thian Hock Keng Temple, or 'Tian Fu Gong' (天福宫), Palace of Heavenly Happiness in English, is a single-storey Taoist temple in Singapore Chinatown.
  • Reclamation works which started in 1880 filled the Telok Ayer Bay and moved the shoreline several kilometres south of Thian Hock Keng.
  • One of the oldest and most important Hokkien temples in Singapore, Thian Hock Keng began as a humble joss house in 1821-22.