Places of worship (the impression Singapore law 10)

Because the camera failed battery, had to plan the "India culture + Kampong Glam Islamic culture" into two, in addition to the more calm, there is the additional content, temporary contingency have the emotion of the harvest.

Year five of the afternoon, I leave the day before the Singapore, Botanical Garden, sitting on the bus to the beautiful song, from the Presidential Palace gate in the past, for a trip on the bus, to arrive at the Central Sikh Temple.

In the "places of worship", here called "sikh gurdwara" sikh Sikh faith is not a race, just believers claim to be, their common faith is sikhism Sikh.

The so-called Sikh is in fact a very recent religious, from northern India, the most typical signs are men overhead large flower head Pavel, see everywhere in Singapore dark India people, but only in the Central Sikh Temple meet a wrapped around the head of the Sikh faithful.

Referred to as Sikh Temple in gurdwara is actually the "normal" ye, Sikh worship idols, not only thanks to the classic, "pass-by" is a classic.

Believers come together here, in the face of the storage of classic dais kowtowing dedication and chanting meditation together. Sikh comparison highlighted Alliance between believers, stressed that, regardless of class, solidarity and love each other, even mildly men and women.

Friend's husband is a bit of a joke to describe Sikh Temple are onions, why not describe the mosque, the mosque here probably reason less this shape.

Don't know why Sikh Temple shape a bit like our common mosque, Orthodox churches and even Mongolia tent roof, lying, dynasty is the Mongolian rule, well, that's exactly what Sikhs rise times, perhaps some relationship, although Sikhs have been against the Mongol domination, but cultural learning and borrowing who says good time.

Central Sikh Temple in Taounate road (towner road) and the angle Serangoon Road, cross the road, Taounate along Serangoon Road South, will soon see a building area is large, but only the three-storey building, that is, once lived in this area of friends say "(Central Sikh Temple) next to a hospital", this hospital is called "kwong guanghui Zhao stay hospital wai & nursing home shiu hospital."

Broadcasting means Guangzhou, Huizhou, Shiu-Wai means that Zhaoqing, this is no problem, just English spellings are different from the now habit, hospital is a hospital that I know of. &Amp; nursing home is behind the "what 's", then I think, controlled Chinese "left the hospital," and I'm wondering: is able to stay inpatients of hospitals, not only should the small outpatient clinics.

Back to Beijing, carefully checked, the original large learned: an enthusiastic here three-Ong at joint venture founded in a hundred years ago purely charitable hospital, formerly limited to natives to provide medical services of the completely free, and open the door until 1974, not asked to colour, race, origin, place of Le alike, due to cost, weight.

Hospital sources mainly yikuan Foundation, temples, or individual donor, cope with the huge overhead, fundraising yikuan, guanghui Zhao has left hospital: festivals, firm opening, rehabilitation, and other gifts flower, flower basket for contributions, new printing plates for purchase, and mobilize students and volunteers in the flag days throughout the whole island, flag raising money to send donations to various businesses, the Panel shopping centers, subway station, hawker stall retaining collection, such as along the households in the area of the gods banquet ...

The so-called "left the hospital", first in China to Guangdong beam peiji, he modeled on Japan "Hotel hospital" mode (hospitals equipped with fixed nurses, patients, to free choice of doctor in the city, inviting to the hospital treatment, the doctor may also be described by their own admission, continue to diagnosis and treatment), twentieth century twenties in Guangzhou Pearl River of nurse er build left hospital, Park so I want to "stay in hospital," this name when it is translated by the Liang.

In addition the United States have introduced online nursing home: is for home care (usually their own insurance, most is disabled) of the person's "family". Nursing yard typically consists of many nursing assistants (nurse assistant) and nurses team to manage, doctor periodically to check. Liang peiji "Yang Park stay hospital" service is rich and expensive, United States of nursing home key is to have insurance, and "leave guanghui Zhao hospital" simply cloud mud of sentenced.

Further to the South is the Lao Mingda Street (lavender street), turn left shortly after, the map has a ramp to arrive into LAN Padang (jalan besar) road, the road is very short, I feel sure, see one of the restaurants is at noon, and want to experience again, a bowl of fish round winter powder, is already there, all shops opened, many elderly people to eat alone in this.

Had dinner out, go to provoke, Padang, go two blocks to suddenly see the preceding sky, the red and white green Scripture fluttering, approaching a look at the doorway of the decoration a Tibetan architecture style, the main entrance hall entitled "Mahayana Buddhist temple".

Really did not think that the various branches of Buddhism and Christianity have in all look at Singapore one-third of the MU, here in the location on the South, the earlier see Buddha tooth Temple, Chin, light monastery greatly to spreading the Hinayana style, prominent feature is the clean shoes, flowers, incense, do not point less idealistic. Familiar with the Fireworks gas from Yue Hai Thanh Temple, Gong, this time at a point with point wax Buddha Temple. India is the birthplace of buddhism Buddhist, but that India came to Singapore, built a Sikh Temple, built mosques, built a Hindu temple, but not ignoring my Buddhist temple, a visible decline of Buddhism in India to what extent.

It is rumored that Buddhism is carried forward, it is said that Ashoka promote original Buddhism, Buddhist four communication.

Through Sri Lanka-centric and Buddhism came to Thailand, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and other countries of South Asia, Southeast Asia, including China, Dai regionThis is commonly referred to as spreading Buddhism, we speak of Hinayana Buddhism in General; from North India into China through Xinjiang, and from China to North Korea, Viet Nam, Japan and other countries of the Buddhism, relative to the spreading Buddhism called Northern Buddhism, we speak of Mahayana Buddhism in General. Tibetan Buddhism from India and China-the esoteric Buddhism in Tibet and Tibetan local ancient religious fusion into a local Tibetan Buddhist color colour, commonly known as "Lamaism".

"By" reading "shèng", a convenient explanation is a big ship, boat, Grand am, flags of all sentient beings, pointy Hinayana only to their own practice, unfortunately only in Mahayana, seem to cherish her feathers were called "since the Han", but they never said "Hinayana", and as a derogatory name.

This Department to "Mahayana" name of the Tibetan Buddhist temple not only demonstrated Singapore Buddhist believers to the Hinayana, should more be flaunted their own merit. The Tibetan Buddhist temples in China is a large courtyard, Singapore and a narrow, they are inserted in the advertisement Gates walls Gallery, one to fifteen activities very full, Temple of high sturdy and lit, censer, UCH, didn't this belief I'd have the courage to go in and visit. Bypass the incense burner in front of the temple, on the corner of the White students in a church.

Ask people to get my make-LAN, Padang besar and Singapore famous restaurants PA lau pa sat, some discrepancies in English, but obviously is, think of the photographer who likes to shoot in Xinjiang "Bazar", is said to be "market" Uyghur, I suspect are Arabic go tone, this local Islamic population also quite large.

And this along the way, Nan Wei's Association, the Hakka Huang Association, Jiangxi Guild ... Not only the original Singapore Chinatown Chinese is also located here.

Jiangxi Hall opposite there is a drainage ditch, a few days without rain, cement Groove Help bottoms are exposed, and Groove to a hope, a cement slab on drainage ditches, the above two road railings, side hung with red plaque yellow word traditional right row "Guan Gong".

Hurried along the ditch along the past, it is a small, concrete panels head there was a little small metal temple for is Guan Yu, sell on the street of the old men, there is a sweet little shrine of blessed with "Xianglong-haired" painted "breaks the synthesis of wealth," which is a ring around the Chinese zodiac. A smaller niche in the Shui on jalan sultan's Street, in the business before the feet of the corridor, intermediate hanging with the "land of God" at the door, the two sides of the couplet "soil to be born white, may be out of gold. "The front also plug in a piece of scent incense.

Go all the way along jalan sultan, had turned to the North of the rochor, entered the Kampong Glam (kampong glam) region, the origin of the word: kampong is Malay "village", glam is a tree juice can plug into the bark of ship plate slot of the tree.

This area is the Malays of enclaves and Arab businessmen's activity area, Islamic atmosphere, baghdad, bussorah, kandahar (spelled exactly the same as, or small gaps), these two names are familiar with it, and now the United States, Iraq Afghanistan two fronts, daily TV news are reading about these places, in this, Singapore is the street name!

Kampong Glam's start is the mosque of malabar-sur-, it stood at the corner, behind a piece of green space, it is said that the River is the original Malays cemetery, did not know then move grave movement has touched on here.

Now it is time for the afternoon classes, the mosque next to a woman school girls are into the classroom, but looked upstairs hall draped in white scarf girl, Akira as heaven.

The Kampong Glam people Club is a mess with flowers Fatima mosque, homework time, the air is filled with call sound, men and women are to make flower Fatima mosque, men, and women stood in the temple.

Two blocks of Malay palace wall, several boys lead the way to school passing adults smile, this building has been converted to a Museum of the Palace's simple couldn't be easier, no wonder the friend's husband said, nothing to see, the yard there is always the way to school the children running around, they can grow up in their own culture should be regarded as a blessing.

Adjacent to the masjid sultan Sultan mosque (same mosque, no mosque, but with masjid, na Gothic Temple also has used the card shrine, is able to explain with usage?) before both sides are souvenir shop, more than a tourist spot, but in a former monastery, to look like a parent-child-like followers, in using a mobile phone camera, after my request, although the head (even say what is judged not out), but tame can understand.

One, two, three, bring the camera handed over homework, two Muslim politely thank here do not have a sense of strangeness in the people's Republic of China, subway, car, we are also very close by.

Westward along the arab street go straight to the rochor, before and after the walk, run to the students, the way to school uniform Islamic boys school students head small black hat, white shirt and blue pants; the female students, black dress, top head yarn is a molding set, will be his face shone, followed with full back, chest, hanging in front of the left front embroidered with badges, but unfortunately not the nerve to take other people's face.

Across the Atlantic by the River shuangxi (sungei road) to the South then West, the corner is a forest House, gate step edges are circled a platform to be a small temple, Temple of people really a lot.

So this is already the small neck of India, should be based on beliefs of Hindu populations, but in fact, I first encountered was that Franz Kafka back to church abdui gaffor mosque far werein, compared to the previous mosque, it can be said to be the most light and fresh in a mosque. However with the mosque belong to Malay, Albanian compared back to Church down both Franz KafkaBelong to the Muslims in India.

India's belief is rich, and China as the southern people emigrated, but also with their beliefs.

For example, the Tamils (tamils), we often hear of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers of the "Tamil" is printed, the two countries have national, Singapore called "Tamil people", not less, in the four official languages, they are the main beliefs of Hindu, Serangoon Road of Sri, jovisa Cedar Nkrumah Hindu temple (I see edge phone side into the Temple of a couple of the Hindu temple) is a Tamil Hindus repaired. But also from South India's Julia (chulias) the belief in Islam, they moved to Singapore's Muslims are the most wealth to the adventurous spirit of businessmen, money changers and loan providers, it really is a Chinese saying "Moslem", holding Po Chinatown beauty back to Church of Zhan, straight Laurent Ayer's Abra back to church and Temple nāgod cards are they built.

According to the Temple in Yangon on the road in front of the women's version, and then to play really is Hindu sites, women wearing Sally shuttle between the small stalls, flap flap flowers, bananas, green leaves overlap with heap into a Garland of flowers attract bees, disk, large people turn a blind eye, but followed the girl has left Flash right behind.

In Singapore to India are of South India, particularly women wear traditional clothes are Sally, I had in front of a sound Yishun bridge on the beat to an old wearing Sally older women, then it's getting late, I walked some tired from behind to catch up, eyes look she will next bridge, quickly press the shutter, and is also not fine arts, blurred. But not deleted, if in small places like India, even so in Yishun, ordinary residential areas are still maintain a traditional way, really admirable.

(Central Sikh Temple)

(Guanghui Zhao stay in hospital)

(Mahayana Buddhist temple and the Church Street)

(Small street of Guan Gong Temple)

(Islamic school for girls)