Yueh Hai Ching Temple
Yueh Hai Ching Temple, also known as the Wak Hai Cheng Bio from its Teochew pronunciation, is a Chinese temple in Singapore located in Raffles Place, Singapore's central business district.Photo: Sengkang, Copyrighted free use.
- Type: Place of worship
- Description: Chinese temple in Singapore
- Also known as: “Wak Hai Cheng Bio” and “Wak Hai Cheng Temple”
- Address: 30B Phillip Street
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Marina Bay and Asian Civilisations Museum.
Marina Bay
Photo: Erwin Soo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marina Bay is Singapore's newest district, created on reclaimed land just east of Riverside. It includes the areas east of Shenton Way and Esplanade Dr.
Asian Civilisations Museum
Museum
Merlion Park
Park
Photo: Uspn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Merlion Park is a famous Singapore landmark and a major tourist attraction, located at One Fullerton, Singapore, near the Central Business District. The Merlion is a mythical creature with a lion's head and a fish's tail that is widely used as a mascot and national personification of Singapore. Merlion Park is situated 560 metres east of Yueh Hai Ching Temple.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Raffles Place and Boat Quay.
Raffles Place
Neighborhood
Raffles Place is the centre of the Financial District of Singapore and is located south of the mouth of the Singapore River. It was first planned and developed in the 1820s as Commercial Square to serve as the hub of the commercial zone of Singapore in Raffles Town Plan.
Boat Quay
Neighborhood
Photo: MichaelJanich, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Boat Quay is a historical quay in Singapore which is situated upstream from the mouth of the Singapore River on its southern bank. It spans from the shophouses near UOB Plaza, stretching along one bank of the Singapore River, up until Elgin Bridge.
Clifford Pier
Neighborhood
Clifford Pier was a former pier located beside Collyer Quay at Marina Bay within the Downtown Core of the Central Area, Singapore. The pier, which opened in 1933, ceased operations in 2006.
Yueh Hai Ching Temple
- Categories: temple, building, and religion
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
1.28456° or 1° 17′ 4″ northLongitude
103.84932° or 103° 50′ 58″ eastInception
1976Levels
1Height
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
6PH57RMX+RPOpenStreetMap ID
way 171999290OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=templeWikidata ID
Q1094954
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“Yueh Hai Ching Temple” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “粤海清庙”
- Chinese: “粵海清廟”
- Chinese: “老爺宮”
- Dutch: “Yueh Hai Ching Temple”
- Dutch: “Yueh Hai Chingtempel”
- German: “Yueh-Hai-Ching-Tempel”
- Indonesian: “Kuil Yueh Hai Ching”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Wak Hai Cheng Bio”
- Russian: “Юэ Хай Цин”
- Yue Chinese: “粵海清廟”
- “Yueh Hai Ching Temple”
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