Sze Yup Temple, Taoist temple in Glebe, Australia

The Sze Yup Temple is a Taoist joss house on Victoria Road in Glebe, built from 1898 to 1904. Its central hall (1898) holds the Kwan Ti shrine, with later eastern and western halls (1903) serving as an ancestral hall and a hall for Caishen. The grounds reflect the architectural style of the Sze Yup counties in Guangdong.

Chinese immigrants from the Sze Yup region in Guangdong established this temple in 1898 on purchased land. The founding represents how newcomers brought their traditions to this part of Australia.

The temple is dedicated to Kwan Ti, the deity based on the Three Kingdoms general Guan Yu, whose birthday is celebrated on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month. The main hall holds his altar with a side altar to Guanyin; the left hall is dedicated to Caishen, god of wealth, and the right hall venerates ancestral tablets of deceased Chinese migrants. The temple keeps ties with the Szeyup Native Place Association in Sydney.

The temple stands on Victoria Road in Glebe, a short walk from the Rozelle Bay foreshore. It opens to worshippers on the first and fifteenth days of each Chinese lunar month, and daily during Chinese New Year. At other times, check access before visiting, as the halls are used for ceremonies.

Two ornately carved columns from 1898 stand inside the temple after proving too tall for a nearby building they were meant for. These columns show how the community adapted and found a new home for materials that could not go to their original destination.