Tan Si Chong Su

The Temple also dedicated to Kai Zhang Sheng Wang (開漳聖王), the Patron Deity and founder of Zhangzhou City in China.

The temple is also known as the "Tan Seng Haw" and Po Chiak Keng (保赤宮, also written as Bao Chi Gong and other variants),[2] meaning "palace for the protection of the innocent", reflecting its earlier role as a place that provided help for those in disputes as well as new Chinese immigrants in Singapore.

An ancestral temple like Tan Si Chong Su provides their clan members a place to honour and respect their ancestors.

[3] The temple tackles issues of geomancy, axiality and orientation in relationship with its surrounding buildings, roads and circulation.

For example, geomancy was said that a Chinese temple is not favorable to be allocated at the end of a narrow and tight street due to bad luck and to avoid holy mess.

The curved roof ridges are decorated with ornate ceramic phoenixes , flowers and dragons .
One of the wings of the temple originally housed a boys' school, Po Chiak School, founded in 1889, but was closed in 1949
Two lions , male and female, in granite guard the entrance.