Shuang Lin Monastery - Main Entrance

This is the main entrance (Shan Men) of the temple, also known as the ‘Mountain Gate’, Shan Men is also known as the ‘three gates’. Walking through these gates symbolize liberation from the woes of the secular life.

The doors are painted with beautiful pictures of the Door Gods.


The bronze door knocker is shaped like a lion to guard the doors.

You can read more about the gates from its official website

My World Tuesday - Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery

Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery has a long history dated the nineteenth century, its architecture design also represents a unique pageant of Singapore history. You can read the long story of how the temple was built on a land donated by a rich man from its official website.

Lian Shuang Lin Monastery is tucked away in a corner of a housing estate in Singapore. It is located at 184E Jalan Toa Payoh. You can find the temple from the map. It is worth visiting cause the temple has a long history and it is very beautiful. You will learn more about the temple as you follow my posts. You can take the MRT Train to Toa Payoh MRT Station and get a cab to the temple. The cab fare will be a few dollars only from Toa Payoh MRT Station. Taking the bus from Toa Payoh Station might be a bit confusing if you are not a local.

Entrance to the temple. It is so spacious and big, am surprised to see much changes since I last visited here when I was a teenager.

The temple has gone through several restorations due to termites attack. The temple is the only Monastery with a complete Chong Lin layout in Singapore and the existence of intricate cravings of the Min Nan style on the structure of the halls, which could usually be found in China only. Read more from its official website on why the need to preserve the temple.


Map of the temple - you can find your way about from the map.





In the temple grounds, we could see lots of beautiful well maintained trees and plants as well as bonsai. The temple ground is so clean and well maintained.

Wishing well - if I am not mistaken, this used to be a pond where we can sit beside it. I still have the photo me sitting beside the pond somewhere in my album.

Please visit "That's my World" for other parts of the world.

Peranakan Museum

Finally my last post on Peranakan Museum. Hopefully I will be visiting the museum again.

Little teapot with designs. Seems like dragon and phoenix are favourite in the designs of these wares. Dragons and phoenix are often associated with good luck. My wedding kwa (chinese custom wedding dress) also have the dragons and phoenix. You can view my post on my chinese wedding dress.


Tiffin Carrier - two or three tier carriers - a good way to buy food in these to reduce dependency on plastic bags. I will use small pot to buy hot food in small coffee shops(place where the owner sells coffee and drinks but there are other stallholders selling cooked food in the coffee shop) but if I go to a busy food court, they are not happy to use your pot..lol. They are too busy to open up the pot or tiffin carrier, etc. Using your own pot to buy hot food is better than using their plastic container. Cause it is harmful to do that, the heat from the food will cause the plastic to release harmful chemicals.






I wonder if the designs in the pot will disappear if we put hot soup or food into it.

Sorry for the blur photo. These containers were used to keep unlit joss sticks. They were usually placed on or near the altar table for easy access of the joss sticks instead of keeping them in plastic bags.

Pink Saturday - Peranakan Museum - Beautiful Artefacts

My contribution for this Pink Saturday must be these peranakan beautiful pots. The designs on them are so beautiful.










Even the plates were drawn with beautiful phoenix and flowers.

Love these bowls too


Teapot for serving tea or water. My late grandma had a few of these but they dont have such beautiful designs on them. I think I want to go down to Chinatown to hunt for these teapots.
For more pinky participants, please visit Beverly of How Sweet The Sound.

Peranakan Museum - Feasts

This section is the dining area. During festive time or a celebration, the table will be filled with lots of peranakan food. The dinnerware used are very beautiful and precious.

I like the designs on the dinnerware.

Oh did I mention that I love peranakan food - yum yum