A Visit to an Hundred Year Old Temple - Qing Long Gong (拜訪百年老廟青龍宮)

Yesterday, after my dearest Taoist Classmate visited our newly set-up Office, I suggested to him that we were pay a visit to this very Special Temple located somewhere near by and with a great delighted reply from my Classmate, we set off to visit the Temple before we head-off for our Breakfast.

Upon arriving at the Temple, we saw that the main Gate was locked, so we assumed that the Temple-keeper might not had arrived at the Temple and so, we just stood outside trying to peep into the Temple and suddenly, a friendly and compassionate-looking Uncle walked out of the Temple and immediately, we asked for permission to enter the Temple and with a delightful reply, we were warmly being ushered in by the Uncle.

This was the Temple that I had been searching for quite sometime, Qing Long Gong (青龍宮) aka Green Dragon Temple (not the one located at West Coast, but the one in Sims Drive - Aljunied) that honored Bao Sheng Da Di, the Lord of Chinese Physician (保生大帝).

After entering into the Temple, we were totally attracted by the Ancient Looking Temple, with the nicely painted Walls, neatly maintained Hundred-year Altars and the Nicely Frame-up Statues on the Antique Wooden Altars.

With an emotion of touched and moved, suddenly my child-hood memories appeared in my mind… this is the type of old houses and antique furniture that I used to see during my younger days.

While I’m doing my first round of wandering around in the Temple, my Classmate had got his set of Offerings and started to make his respect to the Deities.

At the same time, I was there to do chit chat with the Uncle. After a quick introduction, I was told that he was the 3rd Generation Descendant of the Temple Founder. Now, the Temple was still being taken care of by the 3rd and 4th Generation Descendants. And on every year, the 15th Day of Lunar 3 Month (Manifestation Anniversary of Bao Sheng Da Di), the whole Family would gather in the Temple to do celebration for the Deity – this is the Unique Bonding of a Traditional Taoist Family.

After the introduction, the Uncle led me to the Side Altar that dedicated to his Grandparent. Upon arriving at the Altar, a very strong warm Energy and a very peaceful feeling approached me and while my Classmate came to join us, he felt that too. Immediately, we knew that something Spiritually had occurred around that area.

While we enjoying the Warm Energy, the Uncle told us that his Grandfather, which was the Founder of the Temple, was actually a Chinese Physician from China. Many many Years ago, while his Grandfather came over to Singapore, he also brought over the statue of Bao Sheng Da Di from China and from then, the Family started to dedicate a place for Bao Sheng Da Di till today.

Time flies while people chat. After checking the timing, I found that we had stayed in the Temple for about an hour and so, at about 11.00Am, we made our leave from the Temple to head for our late Breakfast.

Just as we about to leave the Temple, we promised to visit the Temple next year to join in the Celebration of Bao Sheng Da Di.

PS: Upon granting my wishes, the Uncle allowed me to take photos of the Temple, just that no shooting on the Statues and so, in the following, you wont be able to see any pictures of the Statues. But if you are interested in seeing the statues, I will advised you to go down to the Temple yourself, cos you will have a very different feeling in there.