Introduction to Thian Hock Keng: Thian Hock Keng is one of the oldest and most popular Taoist temples in Singapore. It is located on Telok Ayer Street (Yuan Soon Street). It is large in scale, and its architectural style is similar to that of a Chinese temple. The glazed tiles on the cornices are decorated with dragon patterns. The granite pillars, wooden altars and other building materials used to build the temple were also shipped from Fujian, China. Even the statues enshrined in the temple The idol was also shipped from China in 1840. The main deity enshrined in the main hall of Tianfu Temple is "Tianfei", the god of protection and navigation in red robe. People in southern China like to worship her as "Mazu", so Tianfu Temple is also called "Mazu Palace".

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