The Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum stands bold at the corner of Chinatown. According to the Wikipedia article, the architecture is based on a style of the Tang dynasty period. It was built to house the tooth relic of the historical Buddha. It is claimed that this tooth is a relic of Buddha from a collapsed stupa. The tooth, measuring 7.5cm can be viewed by the public at the 4th floor of the temple.
The temple is quite beautifully decorated with nice colour, so perhaps a bit out of character for this blog, but here is a colour photograph.
A huge construction site lies to the South of the Temple.
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