The Tou Mu Kung Temple is a Taoist temple situated on Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore. Worshipping the Empress Registrar of Birth or Doumu and Nine Emperor Gods, the temple has both Taoist and Buddhist influences. There are other temples dedicated to Tou Mu in many parts of China.
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The Tou Mu Kung Temple (Chinese: 斗母宫) is a Taoist temple situated on Upper Serangoon Road, Singapore. Worshipping the Empress Registrar of Birth or Dou Mu (斗母) and Nine Emperor (九皇大帝) deities, the temple has both Taoist and Buddhist influences.
The temple was built in 1921 by Ong Choo Wee. It caters to the Teochew community, and was one of two remaining temples in Singapore with a permanent wayang (Chinese opera) stage until 1998. For eight decades, Chinese opera was performed there during religious and other festivals.
The temple was gazetted as a national monument, which was deemed to be of special historic and traditional value on 14 January 2005.
The temple has a symmetrical floor plan with a central air-well. Behind the main hall is a two-storey pagoda. Single-storey quarters for the keepers of the temple are located at the rear of the temple.
The roof of the temple is decorated with dancing dragons. There is also a ridge decoration in the main temple hall. The centre of the ridge has a blazing pearl. Dragons and dragon fish are used to terminate the ridges. Hips are terminated by spirals. The roof trusses are typically Chinese, decorated with carvings and simple brackets. The main doors are painted with pictures of the Door Gods. Its colour scheme of light blue and brown is rather subdued when compared to other temples.
The main altar is dedicated to the main deity (Nine Emperor). To the left of the main altar is an altar to Dou Mu (Tou Mu), and to the right, Guan Yin. An inscription on a wall plaqueabove the main entrance shows the names of benefactors and the date of construction...
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A temple with a long history.It is located along Upper Serangoon Road not far from the junction of Yio Chu Kang Road.The main deity here is the Jiu Huang Ta Di ( Ñinth Emperor ) and some other deities.Every year on the birthday of the ninth emperor, there will be a big celebration for 9 days.Many devotees will come to pray and participate in activities held at the temple.The temple vincinity is beautifully and colorfully decorated during this period.On the night of the last day of celebrations, there will be a grand sending off and farewell procession from the temple all the way to the beach of Punggol.The procession is very grand and long.You have to see it yourself as it is hard to describe.
Dated : 24/09/2019...
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This is a historical place, and in early October, or the first 9days of the Chinese lunar calendar, this temple comes alive with taoist devotees, and with multiple temples dedicated to the same diety, coming to visit and invite the dou mu, the great dipper constellation goddess and her 9 emperors deities back to their temples. Great spectacle if you can witness it. Go google it, for more details... 😀 I come here annually, to maintain my childhood experience of crossing the bridge, getting a chop on my tee shirt and tying the yellow string. Of course, and waving my wallet over the...
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