• 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, is a temple built for the worship of Mazu, a Chinese sea goddess, located in Singapore. It is the oldest and most important temple of the Hokkien (Hoklo)...
  • 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.
  • One of the oldest and most important Hokkien temples in Singapore, Thian Hock Keng began as a humble joss house in 1821-22.
  • Reclamation works which started in 1880 filled the Telok Ayer Bay and moved the shoreline several kilometres south of Thian Hock Keng.
  • Thian Hock Keng was built on a square plot of land and has a traditional Chinese plan with a group of buildings, or pavilions, grouped around the main courtyard.
  • 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...
  • In 1840, the Thian Hock Keng Temple was founded and served as the center of Hokkien Chinese activities in Singapore.
  • Thian Hock Keng Temple offers a unique opportunity for tourists of all walks of life to get to know the Hokkien culture.
  • The fantastic Thian Hock Keng (天福宮), or Temple of Heavenly Bliss, is the most important and oldest Hoklo temple in Singapore.