CHINESE TEMPLE THIAN HOCK KENG, SINGAPORE
Thian Hock Keng, which means “Temple of Heavenly Happiness”, at Telok Ayer Street. The temple was dedicated to Ma Zu, the goddess of the sea. Built between 1839 to 1842 with funding from the Hokkien community and support of wealthy patrons, it is Singapore's oldest Chinese temple. On the left is Chong Wen Ge where the first educational institute, "Institute for the Veneration of Literature", set up in 1849 by Chinese community of Singapore was housed. Thian Hock Keng and Chong Wen Ge were gazetted collectively as a national monument on 28 June 1973.
c.1900
19980005492 - 0003
92,114/00A
125980
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Courtesy of National Archives of Singapore
Updated with contribution from Khoo Ee Hoon on 30 November 2018

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Thian Hock Keng, which means “Temple of Heavenly Happiness”, at Telok Ayer Street. The temple was dedicated to Ma Zu, the goddess of the sea. Built between 1839 to 1842 with funding from the Hokkien community and support of wealthy patrons, it is Singapore's oldest Chinese temple. On the left is Chong Wen Ge where the first educational institute, "Institute for the Veneration of Literature", set up in 1849 by Chinese community of Singapore was housed. Thian Hock Keng and Chong Wen Ge were gazetted collectively as a national monument on 28 June 1973.

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