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Long Ya Men (simplified Chinese: 龙牙门; traditional Chinese: 龍牙門; pinyin: lóngyámén; Malay: Batu Berlayar) or Dragon's Teeth Gate, is the name Chinese explorer Wang Dayuan recorded for Batu Belayar, a craggy granite outcrop that formerly stood at the gateway to Keppel Harbour in Singapore.
A dragon kiln (Chinese: 龍窯; pinyin: lóng yáo; Wade–Giles: lung-yao) or "climbing kiln", is a traditional Chinese form of kiln, used for Chinese ceramics, especially in southern China. It is long and thin, and relies on having a fairly steep slope, typically between 10° and 16°, [ 1 ] up which the kiln runs.
The Central Area, also called the City Area, and informally The City, is the main commercial and financial city centre of Singapore.Located in the south-eastern part of the Central Region, the Central Area consists of eleven constituent planning areas: the Downtown Core, Marina East, Marina South, the Museum Planning Area, Newton, Orchard, Outram, River Valley, Rochor, the Singapore River and ...
Middle Road is a road in the Central Area of Singapore, stretching along the Downtown Core and Rochor planning areas. It starts from its junction with Selegie Road and ends at its junction with Nicoll Highway. Middle Road was already in existence in early Singapore, appearing in George Drumgoole Coleman's Map of Singapore in 1836.
The Toa Payoh Dragon Playground was constructed in 1979, in front of 28 Lorong 6 Toa Payoh. The playground was designed by former Housing & Development Board (HDB) interior designer Khor Ean Ghee , as part of a series of animal-themed playgrounds built in HDB public housing estates around Singapore.
[1] [2] The fountain was completed in late 1973, and was originally situated in a playground in a large park behind Block 85 in Whampoa, Singapore. [3] [4] The dragon structure was made from broke China rice bowls. [3] However, in 1985, both the playground and the park were removed due to the construction of the CTE, which ran through the ...
Jurong (/ dʒ uː r ɒ ŋ /) is a major geographical region located at the south-westernmost point of the West Region of Singapore.Although mostly vaguely defined, the region's extent roughly covers the planning areas of Jurong East, Jurong West, Boon Lay, and Pioneer, along with Jurong Island in the Western Islands cluster and the southernmost portions of the Western Water Catchment.
Haw Par Villa (Singapore) – Opened in 1937 and continues as a tourist attraction. Tiger Balm Garden (Fujian) – Located in Yongding County, Fujian Province, China; it was founded in 1946, but the location was abandoned in 1949. It reopened in 1994 as a museum.