(蓮山)雙林寺 | |
Monastery information | |
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Full name | Siong Lim Temple |
Other names | Shuang Lin Monastery |
Order | Mahayana |
Established | 1898 |
People | |
Founder(s) | Low Kim Pong |
Abbot | Wai Yim |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | National Monument of Singapore |
Designated date | 17 October 1980 |
Style | Fujian |
Groundbreaking | 1902 |
Completion date | 1907 |
Construction cost | $500,000 |
Site | |
Location | 184E Jalan Toa Payoh, Singapore 319941 |
Coordinates | 1°19′49″N 103°51′27″E / 1.33028°N 103.85750°E |
Public access | Yes |
Website | www |
Designated | 14 October 1980 |
Reference no. | 19 |
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Siong Lim Temple, also known as Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery (traditional Chinese: 蓮山雙林寺; simplified Chinese: 莲山双林寺), is a Buddhist monastery located in Toa Payoh, Singapore, next to the Pan Island Expressway. The temple was founded in 1898, but the construction of the premises only began in 1902 by Low Kim Pong and was completed in 1907.[1] The monastery was gazetted as a national monument in 1980 and subsequently underwent a decade-long restoration that began in 1991.[2] The temple now boasts a seven storey gold-topped pagoda which is a replica of the 800-year-old Shanfeng temple pagoda in Fujian. The temple also consist of a columbarium for Qing Ming Festival visit.[3]