Fu Lu Shou Complex
{{short description|Shopping center in Bugis, Singapore}}
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{{Infobox shopping mall
| name = Fu Lu Shou Complex
| native_name = {{linktext|福|祿|壽}}
| native_name_lang = zh
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| image = Fu Lu Shou Complex.jpg
| caption = Fu Lu Shou Complex in Bugis, Singapore
| location = Rochor, Singapore
| coordinates = {{Coord|1|18|05.8|N|103|51|15.8|E|display=inline,title|region:SG_type:landmark}}
| address = 149 Rochor Road, Singapore 188425
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| number_of_stores = 140
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| floors = 5 (1 basement level)
| website ={{URL|http://www.fulushoucomplex.com|Official website}}
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Fu Lu Shou Complex is a shopping centre built in 1983 located at Bugis, Singapore that specialises in Daoist and Buddhist 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, incense and so on. The mall is named after the Daoist concept of Fu Lu Shou, meaning, respectively, good fortune (fu, {{linktext|福}}), prosperity (lu, {{linktext|祿}}) and longevity (shou, {{linktext|壽}}), 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 shrines 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 consumers 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
File:Fu Lu Shou Complex, Jan 06.JPG
File:Fu Lu Shou Complex.JPG
File:Fu Lu Shou Complex 2.JPG
File:Fu Lu Shou Icons.jpg|Buddhist icons
File:Fu Lu Shou Si Mian Fo.jpg|alt=Fu Lu Shou Complex Si Mian Fo Shrine.|Indoor Phra Phrom Shrine.
References
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External links
- [http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel_id_2870/travel_site_13493/ Map of Fu Lu Shou Complex]
- [http://www.fulushoucomplex.com/ Fu Lu Shou Complex Website]
{{Singapore malls}}
Category:Shopping malls in Singapore
Category:1983 establishments in Singapore