Tai Pei Yuen is a Buddhist temple located along Jalan Kemaman in Balestier, Singapore.
History
editOriginally known as the Kuan Yin lodge, the temple was built on 7 Jalan Kemaman in 1938 by Chow Siew Keng, who migrated from Guangdong, China to Singapore in 1936. The original temple only included two wooden houses, as well as a statue of Guanyin.[1] Following Chow's death in 1958, her daughter Poon Sin Kiew, took over as the temple's chief abbess under the title Venerable Sek Fatt Kuan.[1] In 1964, the lodge was replaced by a different building.[1] In 1980, a free clinic was established in the temple, with 16 doctors and 15 nurses.[2]
In 1984, the temple donated either 5,000 or 6,000 rice dumplings to welfare homes. Fatt Kuan presented the dumplings to Teo Cheong Tee, the parliamentary secretary for the Ministry of Community Development, at the Woodlands Home for the Aged.[3][4] From there, the dumplings were distributed to welfare homes.[5] Fatt Kuan died on 26 August 2002, with hundreds of people entering the temple to pay their respects to her.[6][7]
The temple has been included in the Balestier Heritage Trail.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Balestier Heritage Trail" (PDF). NHB. National Heritage Board. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "Medicare charity is going into old folks' homes too". The Straits Times. Singapore. 2 June 1980. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "Temple donates dumplings to welfare homes". The Business Times. Singapore. 2 June 1984. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "Dumpling treat for residents of homes". Singapore Monitor. Singapore. 4 June 1984. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "Dumplings donated". The Straits Times. Singapore. 18 June 1984. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ "Untitled (Obituary)". The Straits Times. Singapore. 5 September 2002.
- ^ "Final Farewell". The Straits Times. Singapore. 2 September 2002.
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