March 16, 2008

290407 Thian Hock Kheng temple - 02 entrance

Name of the temple above the gate...

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...framed by three gold dragons:

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Interesting how lions are depicted by artists who had never seen a real one (or a photo of it) before:

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Likewise for what looks like a tiger:

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The main door...

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...flanked by two of such side doors...

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...which are in turned flanked by a pair of round windows with bats at four corners:

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Guardians, with some fearsome creature's head as belt buckles, on the door panels:

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Stepping through the entrance, the courtyard in front of the main altar (hidden on the right):

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