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Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum

#3sur 8 lieux à visiter à Singapore CitySingapore City, Central Region, Singapore

Aussi appelé Fo Guang Shan Buddha Tooth Relic Temple

L'essentiel

Horaires d'ouverture : Temple: 07:00 - 17:00 daily. L'entrée est gratuite. Comptez 1 hr. Meilleure période : 09:00 - 10:30.

Mis à jour le 18 septembre 2026 · Rédigé par Traveliac, avec assistance IA · 5 min de lecture

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Photo: Qingwu Zhou (周庆武) / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Horaires d'ouverture: Temple: 07:00 - 17:00 daily; Museum floors: 09:00 - 17:00 daily
Prix d'entrée: Gratuit
Durée nécessaire: 1 hr
Meilleur moment de la journée: 09:00 - 10:30
Meilleurs mois: Feb – Apr, Jul – Aug
Adresse: 288 South Bridge Road, Singapore 058840

À propos de Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum

Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum rises five storeys on South Bridge Road in the heart of Chinatown, built in a Tang dynasty architectural style with red-lacquered timber-effect beams and a mandala-patterned roof rather than the greyer, more austere style common to older Hokkien and Teochew temples nearby. The building opened in 2007 as the purpose-built home for a tooth relic said to belong to the historical Buddha, housed in a 320-kilogram solid gold stupa on the top-floor Sacred Light Hall. The relic's authenticity is disputed among Buddhist scholars and the temple itself presents its provenance, traced to a Myanmar monk in the 1980s, as a matter of faith rather than settled historical fact. Below the relic chamber, the temple operates a full public Buddhist museum across four lower floors, covering artefacts, Buddhist art from across Asia, and a rooftop garden housing a large prayer wheel and bonsai collection open to visitors on the same free ticket.

Meilleur moment de la journée : 09:00 - 10:30. The relic chamber on the top floor and the rooftop Hundred Dragons Wall garden are both open and comparatively quiet before Chinatown's midday tourist traffic builds up.

Horaires de Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum

Horaires d'ouverture: Temple: 07:00 - 17:00 daily; Museum floors: 09:00 - 17:00 daily
Fermé le: Ouvert tous les jours

Horaires d'ouverture établis à partir de btrts.org.sg et de sources publiques, mis à jour le 18 septembre 2026. Ils peuvent changer sans préavis — vérifiez avant de partir. Comment nous rédigeons ces guides

Prix d'entrée de Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum

Entry fees for Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum
Billet	Prix
Billet standard	Gratuit
Tarif réduit (étudiant / senior)	Gratuit
Enfants	Gratuit

Free entry to the temple and museum floors; donation boxes are placed throughout but giving is voluntary, as of 2026.

Tarifs établis à partir de btrts.org.sg et de sources publiques, mis à jour le 18 septembre 2026. Ils peuvent changer sans préavis — vérifiez avant de partir. Comment nous rédigeons ces guides

Meilleure période pour visiter Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum

Quiet
Moderate
Busy

07:00 - 09:00
Morning PrayerBest time to go
Resident monks conduct morning chanting; the museum floors are not yet open but the ground-floor temple hall is accessible and quiet.
Quiet
09:00 - 11:00
Late Morning
Museum floors and relic chamber open with minimal queueing; the best window for an unhurried visit to all five floors.
Quiet
11:00 - 15:00
Midday Peak
Tour groups routed through Chinatown converge here; the relic-chamber lift and rooftop garden both see queues.
Busy
15:00 - 17:00
Late Afternoon
Crowds thin as day-tour groups move on to other Chinatown stops; a second, smaller quiet window before closing.
Moderate

Histoire de Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum

The temple's founding traces to Venerable Shi Fa Zhao, a Singapore-based monk of the Fo Guang Shan order, who acquired the claimed tooth relic in the 1980s from a monastery in Myanmar and spent roughly two decades raising funds and planning a permanent home for it in Singapore's Chinatown, chosen specifically for its historic concentration of Chinese religious buildings including the nearby Sri Mariamman Temple and Al-Abrar Mosque.

Construction began in the early 2000s on a site along South Bridge Road, designed in a Tang dynasty style intended to evoke the Buddhist architecture of China's Tang period (618-907 CE) rather than the Hokkien vernacular of most of Singapore's older Chinese temples. The building was completed and officially opened in 2007, with the relic installed in a purpose-built stupa on the top floor. The temple has since become one of Chinatown's most visited religious sites, run as a working monastery with resident monks alongside its public museum function.

Règles et étiquette à Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum

Shoulders and knees must be covered throughout the temple; sleeveless tops, shorts above the knee, and see-through fabric are turned away at the entrance, though free sarongs and capes are available at the door for visitors caught without appropriate clothing. Shoes are not required to be removed except when entering specific prayer halls marked with signage.

The top-floor Sacred Light Hall housing the relic itself restricts photography around the stupa; camera use is generally permitted on the museum floors below but signage at each gallery should be checked, as rules vary by room. Visitors should stay quiet and avoid stepping directly in front of worshippers who are actively praying, particularly during the temple's morning and evening chanting sessions.

The rooftop garden's giant prayer wheel is meant to be turned clockwise only, following Buddhist convention; a queue can form here on weekends and public holidays.

Conseils pour visiter Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum

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Visiting outside the 10:00-15:00 window meaningfully reduces the wait for both the relic chamber lift and the rooftop garden, both of which have limited capacity at any one time. The museum's lower-floor Buddhist art galleries are frequently skipped by visitors heading straight to the relic, but hold a genuinely broad collection worth 20-30 minutes on their own.
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Combine the visit with the block of South Bridge Road and Pagoda Street immediately outside, which holds Chinatown's densest run of shophouse facades, incense shops, and the Chinatown Street Market's souvenir stalls; prices at stalls directly outside the temple run higher than those one or two streets away, a pattern common to most tourist-site perimeters in Singapore.
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A vegetarian canteen operates in the temple basement on some days serving simple donation-based meals; this is not guaranteed daily, so treat it as a bonus rather than a planned stop. No tipping is expected anywhere in the temple or surrounding Chinatown food stalls.

Comment se rendre à Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum

L'étoile rouge indique Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum ; les repères numérotés sont les 7 lieux les plus proches de nos guides, chacun avec son classement dans sa ville. Touchez un repère pour plus de détails.

288 South Bridge Road, Singapore 058840Itinéraire sur Google Maps

Depuis Singapore Changi Airport (SIN)
19 km · 30-40 min
S$2.50-3.50 by MRT; S$28-38 by metered taxi
Depuis Chinatown MRT Station
0.2 km · 3 min walk
Included in standard MRT fare from prior journey
Depuis Merlion Park
1.5 km · 18-20 min walk, 8 min by taxi
Free (walking); S$8-10 by taxi

Aéroport le plus proche

Depuis Singapore Changi Airport (SIN)

19 km, approximately 30-35 minutes by taxi or MRT via the East-West Line and a change to the North-East Line.

Gare la plus proche

Depuis Chinatown MRT (NE4/DT19), Exit A

approximately 3 minutes on foot.

FAQ — Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum

Is there an admission fee for Buddha Tooth Relic Temple?

No. Entry to both the temple and its four-floor museum is free, as of 2026, though donation boxes are placed throughout for those who wish to give.

What is the dress code for visiting?

Shoulders and knees must be covered. Sleeveless tops, above-knee shorts, and see-through clothing are not permitted inside, but free sarongs and capes are provided at the entrance for visitors who need them.

Is the tooth relic confirmed to have belonged to the Buddha?

This is disputed. The relic's provenance, traced by the temple to a Myanmar monastery in the 1980s, is presented by the temple as a matter of religious faith rather than a scientifically or historically verified fact, and its authenticity is not universally accepted among Buddhist scholars.

How much time should be set aside for the visit?

About one hour. This covers the ground-floor temple hall, the museum floors, the top-floor relic chamber, and the rooftop garden, though the museum galleries alone can absorb another 20-30 minutes for visitors with a deeper interest in Buddhist art.

Rédigé avec l'assistance de l'IA à partir de sources officielles et de registres publics, et publié seulement après les vérifications décrites dans Comment nous rédigeons ces guides. Personne chez Traveliac ne s'est rendu sur place. Mis à jour le 18 septembre 2026. Comment nous classons et vérifions les lieux