Monday, March 15, the Chinese Temple
Next we were taken to a Chinese Temple. It was built on the waterfront because the people, I can't remember because what. It is now nowhere near the waterfront. Singapore has reclaimed so much land by leveling hills and pushing them out along the coasts, that most of what was waterfront, is not near the water anymore.
As you entered the Temple you immediately came out into a roofless courtyard. The alter was on the other side .
This is the alter directly across from the entrance. There was a lot of gold and elaborate carving.
Closer detail of alter.
There were clouds of paper(?) lanterns on either side of the alter.
This is right inside the entrance. You can see how you go through a short entrance way and directly into the open court.
This was in the middle of the courtyard. It had something to do with incense.
This is what the tiles on the courtyard looked like, an intricate stone mosaic. The pool of water in the lower right is because it was pouring rain. My mom and I had brought our own umbrellas, folding ones to fit easily in our purses. We should have brought golf umbrellas. The rain was so hard that we were soaked from the knees down, just walking the few feet from the bus to the Temple. The tour guide had about 5 umbrellas for those who didn't bring any.
This is the view from the alter side, across the courtyard toward the roof and across the street. If you look closely you can see the rain streaming off the roof.
In the past people had had ancestor alters in their home. That was being moved away from, and on either side of the Temple, outside the walls there are a number of ancestor shrines.
That's all for today.
Its actually taking me longer to do this than I spent in Singapore.
As you entered the Temple you immediately came out into a roofless courtyard. The alter was on the other side .
This is the alter directly across from the entrance. There was a lot of gold and elaborate carving.
Closer detail of alter.
There were clouds of paper(?) lanterns on either side of the alter.
This is right inside the entrance. You can see how you go through a short entrance way and directly into the open court.
This was in the middle of the courtyard. It had something to do with incense.
This is what the tiles on the courtyard looked like, an intricate stone mosaic. The pool of water in the lower right is because it was pouring rain. My mom and I had brought our own umbrellas, folding ones to fit easily in our purses. We should have brought golf umbrellas. The rain was so hard that we were soaked from the knees down, just walking the few feet from the bus to the Temple. The tour guide had about 5 umbrellas for those who didn't bring any.
This is the view from the alter side, across the courtyard toward the roof and across the street. If you look closely you can see the rain streaming off the roof.
In the past people had had ancestor alters in their home. That was being moved away from, and on either side of the Temple, outside the walls there are a number of ancestor shrines.
That's all for today.
Its actually taking me longer to do this than I spent in Singapore.