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Setup of the Temple
Fude Temple on Dianzai Street started out as a tiny temple on the side of the street. After more than three hundred years of renovation, the original ceramic roof décor had been lost. The current roof uses the ‘sculpting and molding’ technique that is common in most temples nowadays. The temple hosts more than ten deities to meet the diverse needs of followers.
Floor Map of the Temple
Hand-drawn pictures: Debbie, Sophie, Candy, Oscar
Setup of the Temple
Ground Floor Residing Deities
| 1. Main hall: Fude Senior, Earth God, Earth God’s Wife, Earth God with the Young Boy, Guanyu, General Xu, General Xiao, Cabinet Baoyi |
| 2. Tiger God |
3. God of Wisdom |
| 4. Mazu, Goddess of Birth, Yuelao |
5. Tai Sui |
| 6. The Hall of Wealth: Five-way Wealth Gods, God of Wealth for People, God of Wealth for Gamblers |
7. Guanyin |
| 10. Maitreya Buddha |
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Second Floor Residing Deities
| 8. The Three Buddha (Gautama Buddha, Amitabha, Medicine Buddha), Skanda, Sangharama |
| 9. Maitreya Buddha |
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Incense Burners
| A. Jade Emperor incense burner |
B. Earth God incense burner |
| C. Tiger God incense burner |
D. Yuelao, God of Wisdom, God of Wealth, and Tai Sui incense burner |
| E. Hall of Wealth God incense burner |
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Followers’ Services
| a. Paper money vending area |
b. Hand washing & fruit cleaning area |
| c. Incense lighting stands |
d. Lighting of perpetual lights, appeasing Tai Sui, explaining divination poem services |
| e. Washrooms |
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Source Text: The Wondrous Temple Expedition │ Photos: The Wondrous Temple Expedition
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