Si Yi Temple, Glebe
Date Published
: Temples / Joss House, Districts of Origin / Qiaoxiang / Sze Yap / See Yup / Si Yi / 四邑
: Sydney
: Sydney
: 1904
Sze Yap built - Opera performances, opposition to construction from some in the Chinese community
"The Sze Yup Temple is an item of State heritage significance as a rare and intact example of a Chinese temple in Australia. It is one of only two remaining places of worship for ethnic Chinese in New South Wales that predates the 1960s. It is one of four early (pre-Word War 1) Chinese temples that remain active in Australia, the other being located at Alexandria, (Sydney), in South Melbourne and at Breakfast Creek, Brisbane. The Sze Yup Temple has been continuously used by the Chinese community since it was built, and is a focus for the identity of the Sze Yup community in NSW and for those involved with traditional Chinese culture and belief. This tradition, intact temple is considered to be of both local and international significance."
"The 1898 central hall accommodated the Guan Di shrine, and the 1903 eastern and western halls respectively accommodate an ancestral hall, and a hall dedicated to Cai Bai Xing (Choi Buk Sing), the popular god of wealth. Families with memorial plaques in the Ancestral Hall, or those donating funds or images to the place retain a close connection with the Temple."
https://apps.environment.nsw.gov.au/dpcheritageapp/ViewHeritageItemDetails.aspx?ID=5045668
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/246199486
"A Joss House and MUNICIPAL RATING -During last year a building was erected at Glebe Point by the Chinese, residents of this city to be used by them as a joss house, or place of worship This year the joss-house was assessed in the usual way At the last meeting of the council, however, a letter was read from a firm of solicitors in the city protesting against the imposition of a municipal rate on the grounds that a section of the Municipalities Act provided that places of worship were exempt from municipal taxation Alderman Macnamara moved that the letter be received, and the joss-house be declared exempt as requested."
The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 May 1899, p.5.
Altar Si Yi Temple, Glebe
Temple, Glebe
