Ying Fo Fui Kun, Hakka clan building in Telok Ayer Street, Singapore
Ying Fo Fui Kun is a two-story building on Telok Ayer Street with Doric columns at its entrance and natural granite supports. The roof features detailed timber carvings depicting scenes from Chinese mythology.
The association was founded in 1822 by Liu Lok Teck and started as a temple under a tree. It later became Singapore's first Hakka clan association and grew into a central hub for immigrants of that heritage.
The building reflects the experience of Hakka immigrants who arrived from five Guangdong regions and created a community here. Visitors can still sense how the space served as a gathering point for people sharing the same origins.
The building sits on Telok Ayer Street, a busy central thoroughfare that is easy to reach on foot. Visitors can admire the exterior architecture and explore the surrounding neighborhood filled with temples and heritage sites.
Between 1905 and 1970, the building housed Ying Xin School, which provided classes for children not fluent in English. This school showed how the community supported education in their own language and way of learning.
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