Fu Lu Shou Complex is a

shopping centre A shopping center in American English, shopping centre in English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English (see American and British English spelling differences#-re, -er, spelling differences), shopping complex, shopping arcade, ...

built in 1983 located at

Bugis, Singapore Bugis (; Kampong Bugis in Malay language, Malay) is an area in Singapore that covers Bugis Street, now located within the Bugis Junction shopping mall. Bugis Street was renowned internationally from the 1950s to the 1980s for its nightly gath ...

that specialises in

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and

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religious paraphernalia.

Background

Like other Singapore malls which cater to a specific commercial market, the Fu Lu Shou Complex gathered together many tenants selling similar items; here tenants purvey items such as lucky stones and gems, ceramic religious icons,

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and so on. The mall is named after the Daoist concept of

Fu Lu Shou The Sanxing ()) are the gods of the three celestial bodies considered essential in Chinese astrology and mythology: Jupiter, Ursa Major, and Canopus. Fu, Lu, and Shou (), or Cai, Zi and Shou () are also the embodiments of Fortune (Fu (character ...

, meaning, respectively, good fortune (''fu'', ), prosperity (''lu'', ) and longevity (''shou'', ), clearly signalling its specialisation to consumers. While it houses many solely commercial ventures, the Fu Lu Shou Complex is particularly notable in that it also contains functioning religious

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s integrated into certain stores. In their usage of the complex as a source of religious wares and as a site of religious practice, the tenants and

consumer A consumer is a person or a group who intends to order, or use purchased goods, products, or services primarily for personal, social, family, household and similar needs, who is not directly related to entrepreneurial or business activities. ...

s here blur the line between mall and temple. Thus, in visiting the Fu Lu Shou Complex, Chinese religion practitioners can obtain both religious paraphernalia and blessings from propitiated deities.

Gallery

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Shrine.

References

External links

Map of Fu Lu Shou Complex

Fu Lu Shou Complex Website
{{Singapore malls Shopping malls in Singapore 1983 establishments in Singapore Shopping malls established in 1983 20th-century architecture in Singapore