21-05-2023
Храм Доу Му Гун (китай.: 斗母宫) — даосистский храм, расположенный в районе Серангун в Сингапуре. Worshipping the Empress Registrar of Birth or Dou Mu (斗母) и Nine Emperor (九皇大帝) deities, the temple has both Taoist and Buddhist influences.
Существует множество других храмов, посвящённых Доу Му по всему Китаю (к примеру на горе Тайшань).
Храм был построен в 1921 году Он Чу Ви. It caters to the Teochew community, and was one of two remaining temples in Singapore with a permanent wayang (китайская опера) stage until 1998. For eight decades, Chinese opera was performed there during religious and other festivals.
The temple was gazetted as a national monument, which was deemed to be of special historic and traditional value on 14 January 2005.
The temple has a symmetrical floor plan with a central air-well. Behind the main hall is a two-storey pagoda. Single-storey quarters for the keepers of the temple are located at the rear of the temple.
The roof of the temple is decorated with dancing dragons. There is also a ridge decoration in the main temple hall. The centre of the ridge has a blazing pearl. Dragons and dragon fish are used to terminate the ridges. Hips are terminated by spirals. The roof trusses are typically Chinese, decorated with carvings and simple brackets. The main doors are painted with pictures of the Door Gods. Its colour scheme of light blue and brown is rather subdued when compared to other temples.
The main altar is dedicated to the main deity (Nine Emperor). To the left of the main altar is an altar to Dou Mu(Tou Mu), and to the right, Guan Yin. An inscription on a wall plaque above the main entrance shows the names of benefactors and the date of construction of the temple.
Храм Доу Му Гун.
