Fu Lu Shou Complex
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![]() Fu Lu Shou Complex inBugis, Singapore | |
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Location | Rochor,Singapore |
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Coordinates | 1°18′05.8″N103°51′15.8″E/ 1.301611°N 103.854389°E |
Address | 149 Rochor Road, Singapore 188425 |
Opening date | 1983[1] |
No. of stores and services | 140 |
No. of floors | 5(1 basement level) |
Website | Official website |
Fu Lu Shou Complexis ashopping centrebuilt in 1983 located atBugis, Singaporethat specialises inDaoistandBuddhistreligious paraphernalia.[1]
Background[edit]
Like other Singapore malls which cater to a specific commercial market, the Fu Lu Shou Complex gathered together many tenants selling similar items; here tenants purvey items such as lucky stones and gems, ceramicreligious icons,incenseand so on. The mall is named after the Daoist concept ofFu Lu Shou,meaning, respectively, good fortune (fu,Phúc), prosperity (lu,Lộc) and longevity (shou,Thọ), clearly signalling its specialisation to consumers.
While it houses many solely commercial ventures, the Fu Lu Shou Complex is particularly notable in that it also contains functioning religiousshrinesintegrated into certain stores. In their usage of the complex as a source of religious wares and as a site of religious practice, the tenants andconsumershere blur the line between mall and temple. Thus, in visiting the Fu Lu Shou Complex, Chinese religion practitioners can obtain both religious paraphernalia and blessings from propitiated deities.
Gallery[edit]
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Buddhist icons
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IndoorPhra PhromShrine.
References[edit]
- ^ab"Three Fu Lu Shou Complex strata offices up for sale".Retrieved15 October2020.