万山福德祠 my old temple Beside Sims Drive Blk 54
Its quite sad to read from yesterday's papers that my old temple is going to be take down in 2yrs time, for some housing development purposes.
This temple sort of became part of my childhood memories. I can remember going there during my primary, secondary school days whenever there's exams. During eve of Chinese New Year, they would have lion dance too. And when i play badmintion behind the temple, i could smell the incense coming from the temple. The temple may look small from the outside, but inside there's a relatively big space housing many gods. One unique feature there is when you donate, the guy there will knock on the big bronze bell, DONGZ!
Read from the papers that this temple already got 130yrs of history, think it is really quite a pity taking it down.
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Extracted from the news omy.sg
拥有130年历史的庙宇将在两年后被拆除,信徒要求新加坡道教总会写信向部长请愿,将它保留。
位于沈氏通道的万山福德祠,去年接到建屋发展局的来信,指明租约将在2009年5月31日到期,请庙宇在限期前完成搬迁。
庙宇负责人陈先生(75岁,退休人士)说,政府在30年前向福德祠征用土地,并赔偿庙宇8万元。可是,它后来还没有要发展该地区,福德祠就以4万元租金,向当局租下土地30年。
万山福德祠是本地历史最悠久的大伯公庙之一,每年的“惊蛰日”(下一个惊蛰日是2008年3月5日),也就是民间传说的“白虎开口日”,许多善男信女都会到万山福德祠拜祭,也有些信徒来这里“打小人”。
陈先生说:“万山福德祠是芽笼一带的地标,只要说出庙的名字,大多数人都会知道。”
新加坡道教总会在福德祠的要求下,写信给社会青年发展及体育部维文医生,要求当局不要拆除万山福德祠。
建屋局:福德祠原址做住宅用途 建屋发展局发言人受询时说,万山福德祠自1979年6月1日就向政府租用该土地,为期30年。
根据合约,土地租约将在2009年5月31日到期。建屋局2003年制订的总蓝图已将该地区归纳为住宅用途。
该土地所属的住宅邻区,在建屋局的选择性整体重建计划下,将会被拆除,重新发展,以确保土地获得更好的利用. |