Thian Hock Keng

Thian Hock Keng
Thian Hock Keng
	Keng Teck Huay Pagoda
Traditional Chinese	天福宮
Literal meaning	Palace of Heavenly Happiness
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Tiānfú Gōng
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Thian-hok-keng

Thian Hock Keng Temple
天福宮
	Thian Hock Keng Temple
Monastery information
Full name	Thian Hock Keng Temple
Order	Mazuism, Buddhism
Established	1821–1822
Architecture
Style	Hokkien architecture
Groundbreaking	1839
Completion date	1842
Construction cost	30,000 Spanish dollars
Site
Location	Telok Ayer Street
Country	Singapore
Coordinates	1°16′51.8″N 103°50′51.1″E / 1.281056°N 103.847528°E
Website	www.thianhockkeng.com.sg
National monument of Singapore
Designated	6 July 1973
Reference no.	5

Thian Hock Keng^[1] (Chinese: 天福宮; pinyin: Tiānfú Gōng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Thian-hok-keng or the Tianfu Temple, literally "Palace of Heavenly Happiness"),^[2] is a temple built for the worship of Mazu, a Chinese sea goddess, located in Singapore. It is the oldest and most important temple of the Hokkien (Hoklo) people in the country. Another shrine at the back is Buddhist dedicated to Guanyin, the Mahayana Buddhist bodhisattva of mercy.

Thian Hock Keng was gazetted as a national monument on 6 July 1973.^[3]

^ "About Us", Official site, Singapore: Thian Hock Keng, 2007. (in Chinese) & (in English)
^ Cite error: The named reference roots was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ William Campbell (3 August 1973). "Ancestors' memory saves a temple". The Straits Times. p. 10.