See the lady at the back of the three monks, she is from CHINA! That is the China tourists i was talking about in the last post, and if you connect the dot correctly, bingo! the Burmese temple is the neighbour of the Sun Yat Sen Villa! Thus, my theory of everything is conveniently close is true! haha...
we met them before we walk towards the Burmese temple!they are so nice!
even allow us to take a picture of them :)
the temple is actually beside Sun Yat Sen's villa
Entering the temple on a nice cool morning was the way to start, besides, the temple and the villa was away from major roads, thus, it's quiet and the temple is serene! No doubt! Monks and devotees were all friendly and welcomed us with a smile...
beautiful carvings on the ceiling!
blessings
After our tour, we were making our way to the gate, when a sweet and petite old lady spoke in some dialect to us, and kept pointing to the back. We obviously didn't understand her, and just nod our heads and continue on to go to our next destination. Then came a guy with his child, told us that they are having some food at the back, and we are invited to eat. We went, and found out they were celebrating Karen Day, named after an area in Burma, celebrating a new year.
food testing!
traditional Burmese noodle!I'm so glad to get the chance to try this local delicacy!
authentic Burmese food cook by the locals!
i find that its a little like a fusion of vietnamese food!cos they have plates of greenies for you to add on to your noodles!
(after this, both Xing Yu and my camera went dead! but with technology this days, we were saved by Xing Yu's handphone cum camera...Yeay for technology!)
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Did You Know:
1) Founded by U Kyaw Gaung, a Burmese practitioner of traditional medicine, the temple was founded in 1921 when he brought to Singapore a 10-tonne, 11-feet high marble sculpture of the Buddha from Saygin Hill, a quarry north of Mandalay.
2) The sculpture was placed in the temple's original location at 17 Kinta Road, off Serangoon Road and was only moved to its current location on Tai Gin road in 1990.
3) Descendents of U Kyaw Gaung still lives in Singapore and continue to be the trustees of the temple.
4) The figurines of 'spirits' on the walls are called "tha-djar-min" in Burmese. He is also the Guardian of Buddha Sasana (meaning Buddha's teachings). The Lion figurines called "chin-thay".
5) Burmese Roads - One interesting feature of this area is the large number of Burmese-themed roads. It is believed that the suggestions to name the road after Burmese towns and kingdoms came from an old and respected Burmese resident in the area.
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