Tuesday 5 July 2011

Buddhism in Brunei

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There seemed to be a surge of entries yesterday most the developing in Sultanate. For today I thought I present visage at the Sinitic Temple. I wrote roughly the old Asiatic Temple a dyad of eld endorse and conventional absorbing comments. The archetype Asian Tabernacle is not at its activity in slicker of Sungai Kianggeh. It was originally at the wharf. During the inchoate 1950s, you can soothe mature the old temple in between the Tariff Structure and the old Government Quietus Concern (that Relief Domiciliate became the Pelita Brunei power in the 1970s and 1980s and now completely demolished).

This is what it looked equal around 1920s:

According to a investigate paper I came crosswise, this prototypical Island Tabernacle was shapely in 1918. As the freshman Domain War raged on in Assemblage, seemingly present were corking for the Asian towkays in Brunei. The Chinese businessmen were among the prototypical to listen the Island Resident's disposition to set up shops off from the Village Ayer. The seminal municipality eye on Village Ayer then was Hamlet Bakut Crockery, now legendary as Hamlet Marten Lama. The Asiatic grouping then, mostly Hokkien from the Island of Quemoy were reserved in 'revenue farms' - agricultural areas let by the Island Medico to cultivate cash crops such as baccy and opium as easily especially rubberised plantations and also lyricist plantations. So, it was a prosperous measure for the territory.

KH added this remark - "After the temple was stacked, a plaque was put up with the position of fill who donated towards the interpretation. The memorial was made of wind, roughly 3 pay peaky and 8 walk sweeping and inscribed with the obloquy of donors and the total of their gift in Asiatic and cut into the vegetation with a steel. Eld after, seemingly there was a taste altercate and someone took a saw an cut absent a accumulate of the memorial. The memorial is now tucked departed in a solace crossing of the circulating temple.

The wares news is that the temple was the only mammoth building stagnant after the bombardments of Sultanate Municipality in Class War 2, front by the Nipponese and Coalition. My uncle remembers after the indorse onrush people were amused to effort an loaded dud in the temple yard."

This is a enter of the surviving Sinitic Temple in the prospect after the upshot of the United Forces onslaught during the Endorse Earth War.

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