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Chinese Temple of Dili

Chinese Temple of Dili

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The Chinese Temple of Dili is a temple used by the Chinese diaspora of Dili, East Timor. The temple was built in 1928, during the Portuguese control of East Timor, and is still in use today.[1]

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The main shrine of the temple is dedicated to Lord Guan, a historical Chinese general from the 3rd century, who is popularly worshipped in Chinese folk religion, Confucianism, and Chinese Buddhism. Another room is dedicated to Guan Yin, a bodhisattva venerated in Chinese folk religion.[2]

History

In 1926, the Chinese community who migrated from Macau set up a shrine in a garage where they worshipped a 30 cm high statue of Guan Gong that had been sent from China. In 1928, after getting funding from both the Portuguese government[3] and the Chinese diaspora,[4] they built the current temple and enshrined the statue inside the temple.[1] The Guan Di temple was believed to have been built in 1936 or 1937. A shrine dedicated to Guan Yin was built in 1977.

The temple survived the Japanese occupation during World War II and the Indonesian occupation without being vandalized.[2]

  • Chinese New Year 2018
  • Shrine for Guan Yu
  • Statue of a Deity
  • Plaque with tribute to three benefactors
  • Benefactors: Lieutenant Manuel M. Oliveira; Lieutenant Eurico Correa Lemos; Merchant Leong Heng Hia (1937)

References

  1. [1]
    "THE CHINESE TEMPLE". Archived from the original on November 25, 2015. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  2. [2]
    "东帝汶:帝力关帝庙 (in English "East Timor: Dili Guandi Temple")". Archived from the original on 2018-04-01. Retrieved 2018-04-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. [3]
    Real, Jose Fernando (16 September 2015). "Photo of Portuguese memorial plaque found in the temple".
  4. [4]
    Real, Jose Fernando (16 September 2015). "Photo of Chinese memorial plaque".


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