This is a glimse of one of the most beautiful temple in Singapore.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil Lee

The Thian Hock Keng Temple in Amoy Street, Singapore.
This temple was built in 1839 to 1842 at the site where Chinese immigrants offered thanks for a safe voyage. The statue of Ma-Cho, the Goddess of Seafarers was brought from Fukien (Hokkien) Province, China and enshired in April 1840.
This Part one shows some pictures of the temple.
The wrought iron (green gates in one of the picture came from Scotland, UK).

More pictures of this temple...

The familar twin door gods common in many temple main entrance door in Singapore... The two guardians...

More pictures of the two beautiful smiling Qi Lin's outside the gate of this magnificent Thian Hock Keng Temple at Telok Ayer Street.

Again, even the temples places symbolic smiing animals guarding it. Not those fierce looking ones.

The qi lin on the right side always have the largest smile

These two homes : Number 29 and 31 are related as one Qi Lin sits on one of the pillars of number 29 and the other on 31.
These two qi lins (Chi Lins) got to be the darkest and largest on any main gate pillars. Thus the "mother of all qi lins"...
Did you notice that House Number 29 also has a smaller tiny golden Qi Lin on the main gate pillar?

Further to what I had mentioned;
Look carefully at the pictures:
The Qi Lin at house number 29 has pristine white teeth.. while the Qi Lin at house number 31 most likely does not brush it's teeth! All black or even "decayed!".
Seriously, look closely at the frontage of the two Qi Lin's... one can also say that Qi Lin @29 sees the dentist regularly that is why most likely it has really white porcelain tooth... YEAP!

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On 2/16/2011 8:37:03 AM, Anonymous wrote:
These two homes : Number 29
and 31 are related as one Qi
Lin sits on one of the pillars
of number 29 and the other on
31.These two qi lins (Chi
Lins) got to be the darkest
and largest on any main gate
pillars. Thus the "mother of
all qi lins"...Did you notice
that House Number 29 also has
a smaller tiny golden Qi Lin
on the main gate pillar?

More photos of the Thian Hock Keng Temple at Telok Ayer Street.

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On 7/7/2010 9:05:54 PM, Anonymous wrote:
More pictures of the two
beautiful smiling Qi Lin's
outside the gate of this
magnificent Thian Hock Keng
Temple at Telok Ayer Street.
Again, even the temples places
symbolic smiing animals
guarding it. Not those fierce
looking ones.
The qi lin on the right side
always have the largest smile

More photos taken during Singapore's National Day. That's why the Singapore flags are all over the building..

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On 8/18/2011 8:42:31 AM, Anonymous wrote:
More photos of the Thian Hock Keng
Temple at Telok Ayer Street.On 7/7/2010
9:05:54 PM, Cecil Lee wrote:
More
pictures of the two
beautiful
smiling Qi Lin's
outside the gate of
this
magnificent Thian Hock Keng
Temple at Telok Ayer Street.
Again, even the temples places
symbolic smiing animals
guarding
it. Not those fierce
looking ones.
The qi lin on the right side
always have the largest smile

Again, another pair of Qi Lin (chi lin) hung on entrance pillars.
Notice, below one of the Qi Lin, the owner had placed a "car rear view mirror" blind spot mirror (conVEX) facing a sha qi across the road.

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On 8/18/2011 9:09:28 AM, Anonymous wrote:
More photos taken during Singapore's
National Day. That's why the Singapore
flags are all over the building..On
8/18/2011 8:42:31 AM, Cecil Lee wrote:
More photos of the Thian Hock Keng
Temple at Telok Ayer Street.On
7/7/2010
9:05:54 PM, Cecil Lee
wrote:
More
pictures of the two
beautiful
smiling Qi Lin's
outside the gate of
this
magnificent Thian Hock Keng
Temple at Telok Ayer Street.
Again, even the temples places
symbolic smiing animals
guarding
it. Not those fierce
looking ones.
The qi lin on
the right side
always have the
largest smile

This pair of "delicate" bronze / bronze looking qi lin seems rare as seldom see this version.
This version of Qi Lin is standing on it's four legs... (On guard - alert position - ready to pounce!)

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On 8/21/2012 9:33:58 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Again, another pair of Qi Lin (chi lin)
hung on entrance pillars.Notice, below
one of the Qi Lin, the owner had placed
a "car rear view mirror" blind spot
mirror (conVEX) facing a sha qi across
the road.On 8/18/2011 9:09:28 AM, Cecil
Lee wrote:
More photos taken during
Singapore's
National Day. That's why
the Singapore
flags are all over the
building..On
8/18/2011 8:42:31 AM,
Cecil Lee wrote:
More photos of
the Thian Hock Keng
Temple at
Telok Ayer Street.On
7/7/2010
9:05:54 PM, Cecil Lee
wrote:
More
pictures of the two
beautiful
smiling Qi Lin's
outside the gate of
this
magnificent Thian Hock Keng

Temple at Telok Ayer Street.

Again, even the temples
places
symbolic smiing
animals
guarding
it. Not
those fierce
looking ones.
The qi lin on
the right side
always have the
largest
smile

A pair of enamel coated green coloured qi lin.

Quote

On 5/16/2013 10:39:14 PM, Anonymous wrote:
This pair of "delicate" bronze / bronze
looking qi lin seems rare as seldom see
this version.This version of Qi Lin is
standing on it's four legs... (On guard
- alert position - ready to pounce!)On
8/21/2012 9:33:58 AM, Cecil Lee wrote:
Again, another pair of Qi Lin (chi
lin)
hung on entrance
pillars.Notice, below
one of the Qi
Lin, the owner had placed
a "car
rear view mirror" blind spot
mirror
(conVEX) facing a sha qi across
the
road.On 8/18/2011 9:09:28 AM, Cecil
Lee wrote:
More photos taken
during
Singapore's
National Day.
That's why
the Singapore
flags
are all over the
building..On
8/18/2011 8:42:31 AM,
Cecil Lee
wrote:
More photos of
the
Thian Hock Keng
Temple at
Telok Ayer Street.On
7/7/2010
9:05:54 PM, Cecil Lee
wrote:
More
pictures of the two

beautiful
smiling Qi
Lin's
outside the gate of
this
magnificent Thian
Hock Keng

Temple at
Telok Ayer Street.

Again, even the temples
places
symbolic smiing
animals
guarding
it. Not
those fierce
looking ones.

The qi lin on
the right
side
always have the
largest
smile

Perhaps, whenever a home owner places a pair of qi lin; the owner is trying to imply that his/her home is protected by "an alarm" system?

Quote

On 8/14/2013 8:42:39 AM, Anonymous wrote:
A pair of enamel coated green coloured
qi lin.On 5/16/2013 10:39:14 PM, Cecil
Lee wrote:
This pair of "delicate"
bronze / bronze
looking qi lin seems
rare as seldom see
this version.This
version of Qi Lin is
standing on
it's four legs... (On guard
- alert
position - ready to pounce!)On
8/21/2012 9:33:58 AM, Cecil Lee
wrote:
Again, another pair of Qi
Lin (chi
lin)
hung on entrance
pillars.Notice, below
one of the
Qi
Lin, the owner had placed
a
"car
rear view mirror" blind spot
mirror
(conVEX) facing a sha qi
across
the
road.On 8/18/2011
9:09:28 AM, Cecil
Lee wrote:
More photos taken
during
Singapore's
National Day.
That's why
the Singapore
flags
are all over the
building..On
8/18/2011
8:42:31 AM,
Cecil Lee
wrote:
More photos of
the
Thian
Hock Keng
Temple at
Telok Ayer Street.On
7/7/2010
9:05:54 PM,
Cecil Lee
wrote:
More
pictures of the two

beautiful
smiling Qi
Lin's
outside the gate
of
this
magnificent
Thian
Hock Keng

Temple at
Telok Ayer
Street.

Again, even
the temples
places

symbolic smiing
animals
guarding
it.
Not
those fierce
looking
ones.

The qi lin on
the right
side

always have the
largest
smile

What happens if one does not stay in a landed property?

How do I then place a pair of Chi Lin since I don't have the twin pillars on a non-existing gate?

Easy! Buy a ground floor HDB flat. See attachment.

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On 8/14/2013 8:52:30 AM, Anonymous wrote:
Perhaps, whenever a home owner places a
pair of qi lin; the owner is trying to
imply that his/her home is protected by
"an alarm" system?On 8/14/2013 8:42:39
AM, Cecil Lee wrote: >A pair of
enamel coated green coloured >qi
lin.On 5/16/2013 10:39:14 PM, Cecil
Lee wrote: >This pair of
"delicate" >bronze / bronze
looking qi lin seems >rare as
seldom see >this version.This
version of Qi Lin is >standing on
it's four legs... (On guard >-
alert >position - ready to pounce!)On
8/21/2012 9:33:58 AM, Cecil Lee
wrote: >>Again, another pair
of Qi >Lin (chi >lin) >hung on
entrance >>pillars.Notice, below
one of the >Qi >Lin, the owner
had placed >a >"car >rear view
mirror" blind spot >>mirror
(conVEX) facing a sha qi >across
the >road.On 8/18/2011
9:09:28 AM, Cecil >>Lee wrote:
More photos taken >during
Singapore's >National Day.
That's why >the Singapore
flags >are all over the
building..On >>8/18/2011
8:42:31 AM, >Cecil Lee >wrote:
More photos of >the
Thian >Hock Keng >>Temple
at >>>Telok Ayer Street.On
7/7/2010 >>>9:05:54 PM,
Cecil Lee >wrote:
More >>pictures of the
two >>>>>beautiful
smiling Qi >>Lin's
outside the gate >of
this >>>magnificent
Thian >Hock Keng
Temple at >Telok
Ayer >Street.
Again, even >the
temples >>places
symbolic smiing
animals >>guarding
it. >Not >>those fierce
looking >ones.
The qi lin on
the right >side
always have the
largest >smile

Reminds me of attending a certain church … where they had out an identical but smaller basket for donations. This is to deter coin offerings.
 

Thus you guess it, the smallest offerings are at least the $2 notes denominations or higher. LOL