a day of sight seeing

I took a stroll at Chinatown today and it has evolved from a wet-market shopping + food to a listed tourists' favourite location. Obviously, the newly built Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum is one cultural icon in Chinatown that one must not miss. More than 50 million of cash was needed for the construction of this temple. Its interior decor is beautifully and elaborately decorated. When i made my way in, i was stopped by the guide cos my attire was inappropriate. No short skirts or anything revealing and becos of my skirt, i was given a sarong to wrap round. lolz.





Level 1 is divided into 2 halls for public praying, one infront and the other behind. Each hall sits a different buddha and the altar is decorated with generous offerings. Ya, everything in there is elaborate looking even right to the walls and ceilings. Unlike most temples which smells like a cookhouse, this is fully air-conditioned and incense burning is only available outside.

Flowers and lamps as offerings



The walls of level one halls. My guess there shd be at least 100 buddhas statues.


The ceiling. I saw this on a notice board, you can sponser each tile at 1000k each. O_o''' Gold seems to be the most often used colour in this temple...


Even the lift is not spared! Some levels above have buddha statues and tiles plated in 100% gold. Yeah, real gold. So no photography allowed and security is tight.

I went up to the roof top, where it lies the 10000 Buddhas Pagoda and an orchid garden.




Phals 'mounted' like this will meet an early death from root rot. They are the only orchids i hate to the core... darn hard to please.


A total of 10000 mini buddha statues. If i aint wrong, you gotta pay a fund of $3000 to adopt a buddha. Simply to say, if you want your family name to be in some corner of this temple, you gotta make a small contribution.