Chong Su Thian Hock Keng Temple . This Taoist-Buddhist temple was built in 1841 by seamen grateful for a safe passage. The materials used to construct the temple are truly international, with ironwork from Scotland, tiles from England and Delft, and towering granite pillars entwined with dragons.
Many ancestral tablets stand in the courtyard, and massive lions mount guard at the doors.
Tan Si Chong Su Temple . This ancestral Hokkien temple is also a community centre for the Tan clan in Singapore. The decorations in the temple, built in 1876, are very well preserved, particularly the altars with their ancestral tablets. Much of the materials used to build this riverside temple arrived in Singapore as ballast. All rights reserved.