San Chao Chet

San Chao Chet
Main Gate
Chinese name
Hanyu Pinyin	Qīshèngmā Miào
Wade–Giles	Ch‘i-shêng-ma Miao

Thai nameThaiThai

San Chao Chet is a

San Chao Chet was built by Cantonese in Bangkok in 1882.^[1]

Address

• English: 27 Soi San Chao Chet, Soi Charoen Krung 39, Si Phraya,
  Bang Rak, Bangkok 10500, Thailand
  .
• Thai: ๒๗ ศาลเจ้าเจ็ด (ซิกเซียม่า) ซอยเจริญกรุง ๓๙ ถนนเจริญกรุง เเขวงสี่พระยา เขตบางรัก กรุงเทพมหานคร ๑๐๕๐๐ ประเทศไทย
• Chinese: 泰國, 曼谷大京都, 挽叻縣, 四丕耶區, 石龍軍39街, 七聖廟社 27號, 郵政區號:10500.

• Duilian
  ) beside the entrance: ”七顯功高扶澤國 (Protect the sea); 聖施德厚保唐民 (Take care of Chinese immigrants]).”
• Central Altar: 7 different Mazu statues, made from ceramics, teak and bronze.
• Left Altar: Guanyin (Avalokiteśvara).
  • Couplet (Duilian) beside Left Altar: ”聖水柳枝照大地(Holy water and willow protect the earth); 靈丹寶瓶轉乾坤 (The pills from the vase can let the patient be recovered).”
• Right Altar:
  Tu Di Gong and King Chulalongkorn
  .
  • Couplet (Duilian) beside Right Altar: ”福德英靈保黎庶 (
    Ancestral spirits
    protect people); 伯公顯赫賜財源 (Powerful uncles give financial resources).”

San Chao Chet keeps 6 pieces of historic plaques with Chinese calligraphy:

• “求必有應” (Request must be responded to.)
• Mr. Leung Shi Hing and Ms. Tsang Chai Chun dedicated “威靈顯赫 (Powerful spirits)“ at Mid-Autumn Festival of 1851:
  • origin calligraphy:咸豐元年仲秋吉立:”威靈顯赫”, 弟子梁示興, 曾際春敬酧.
• Mr. Lai Kwan La and Ms. Lun Kwan Tai, 2 Cantonese dedicated ”求則得之 (Pray then get it)” in December 1882:
  • origin calligraphy:光緒八年歲次壬午仲冬吉:”求則得之”, 沐恩弟子廣府黎觀敕雷群大仝敬酬.
• Mr. Wong Kan Ting dedicated ”求則得之 (Pray then get it)” in the early spring of 1884:
  • origin calligraphy:光緒十年孟春吉立:”求則得之”, 沐恩弟子黃庚廷敬酧.
• Mr. Kwok Yi Luk, a Hainanese dedicated ”光澤匯清 (Recover soon)” for his health in autumn of 1886:
  • origin calligraphy:光緒丙戌年秋月吉旦:”光澤匯清”, 沐恩瓊府文邑郭貽祿為求平安敬奉.
• Mr. Lam Hung Kit, a Hainanese merchant dedicated ”慈雲廣被 (Merciful spirits always bless)” in autumn of 1890:
  • origin calligraphy:光緒十六年秋月吉旦:”慈雲廣被”,沐恩瓊府信商林鴻傑敬奉.

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wat San Chao Chet.

• Video clip of San Chao Chet in April 2009
• Photographs of San Chao Chet in April 2010

13°43′48.54″N 100°31′1.84″E / 13.7301500°N 100.5171778°E / 13.7301500; 100.5171778