Nor did the early immigrants forget the gods that protected them on their journey across the seas. The faded walls of the 170-year-old Fukien Temple in Singapore tell the story of the struggles and achievements of the early settlers, even as the skyscrapers towering on either side call us back into the bustling present.
先民在事業有了穩固的基礎後，當然不會忘記曾經庇祐他們渡海而去的神明，有一百七十多年歷史的新加坡天福宮裡，褪色的牆壁訴說著先民奮鬥的事蹟，時間在這裡似乎靜止了下來；而背後的摩天大樓又把我們喚回了車水馬龍的現代都會。與天福宮迥然不同的，就是大伯公廟了。