{"id":846,"date":"2007-10-29T17:16:16","date_gmt":"2007-10-29T09:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/?p=846"},"modified":"2007-10-29T21:14:14","modified_gmt":"2007-10-29T13:14:14","slug":"lian-shan-shuang-lin-monastery-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/general\/lian-shan-shuang-lin-monastery-singapore-846","title":{"rendered":"Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery, Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently spent an enjoyable afternoon at the Buddhist Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery. It was built in the early 1900s but was in a bad state of disrepair until restoration work in the late 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>The monastery is right next to the busy PIE (Pan-Island Expressway), but you can still find quiet and restful nooks and crannies.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"LianShanShuangLin000_sm\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2007\/10\/lianshanshuanglin000-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Lian Shan Shuang Monastery\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"LianShanShuangLin003_sm\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2007\/10\/lianshanshuanglin003-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Lian Shan Shuang Monastery\" \/><\/p>\n<p>HDB flats surround the monastery on three sides.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"LianShanShuangLin008_sm\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2007\/10\/lianshanshuanglin008-sm.jpg\"  alt=\"Lian Shan Shuang Monastery\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Brand new roofing on an old temple. You expect it to be old and a bit more decrepit.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"LianShanShuangLin010_sm\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2007\/10\/lianshanshuanglin010-sm.jpg\"  alt=\"Lian Shan Shuang Monastery\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>The gardens are a delight:<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"LianShanShuangLin023_sm\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2007\/10\/lianshanshuanglin023-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Lian Shan Shuang Monastery\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Detail of a door knocker.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"LianShanShuangLin041_sm\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2007\/10\/lianshanshuanglin041-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Lian Shan Shuang Monastery\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"LianShanShuangLin049_sm\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2007\/10\/lianshanshuanglin049-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Lian Shan Shuang Monastery\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is one of the largest monasteries in South East Asia and it was modeled after the Xi Chan Si in Fuzhou, China. It is still operating as a monastery.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"LianShanShuangLin057_sm\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2007\/10\/lianshanshuanglin057-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Lian Shan Shuang Monastery\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"LianShanShuangLin017_sm\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/images\/2007\/10\/lianshanshuanglin017-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Lian Shan Shuang Monastery\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"alt\">See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/general\/lian-shan-shuang-lin-monastery-singapore-846#comments\" id=\"comms\">1 Comment<\/a> below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This restored working monastery in Singapore is well worth a visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[125],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.intmath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}