The temple was built in 1928, during the Portuguese control of East Timor, and is still in use today.

Another room is dedicated to Guan Yin, a bodhisattva venerated in Chinese folk religion.

[2] In 1926, the Chinese community who migrated from Macau set up a shrine in a garage where they worshipped a 30 cm high statue of Guan Gong that had been sent from China.

[1] The Guan Di temple was believed to have been built in 1936 or 1937.

A shrine dedicated to Guan Yin was built in 1977.