San Qing Gong, Singapore新加坡三清宫

Type

Overseas Daoist Temples

Location

Singapore · Singapore · Singapore · 21 Bedok North Ave 4

Coordinates

1.3354, 103.9494 Map ↗

First built

Completed in March 2003 · Belongs to the temple system of the Lorong Koo Chye Sheng Hong Temple; the base for the Taoist College (Singapore) and the San Qing Taoist Cultural Center.

Overview

San Qing Gong was completed in March 2003; its principal deities are the Three Pure Ones, enshrined in the Daluotian Sanqing Hall, alongside a Hall of the Three Patriarchs and a Confucius Hall, honoring Confucian sages as well and embodying a joint emphasis on Daoism and Confucianism. The temple describes itself as the first orthodox Daoist temple in Singapore to enshrine the Three Pure Ones, the supreme deities of Daoism — the great majority of Chinese temples in the Nanyang region worship popular deities such as Mazu, Tua Pek Kong or the Nine Emperor Gods, and temples with the Three Pure Ones as principal deities are extremely rare, giving this temple a doctrinally declarative significance. Its architecture follows the traditional Chinese temple form, with a layout of three main halls. San Qing Gong belongs to the temple system of the Lorong Koo Chye Sheng Hong Temple, and is an important vehicle for the institutionalization of Daoism in Singapore: the Taoist College (Singapore), the San Qing Taoist Cultural Library, the Cheng Hong Institute of Art and the Wudang Cheng Hong Health Cultivation Centre are all based here, carrying out education and outreach in Daoist philosophy, scripture, ritual and health cultivation. No clear public record specifies its precise lineage affiliation (Quanzhen or Zhengyi).

Highlights

• Singapore's first Daoist temple to enshrine the Three Pure Ones as principal deities
• Daluotian Sanqing Hall
• Hall of the Three Patriarchs and Confucius Hall
• Base for Daoist educational institutions