{
  "sight": {
    "id": "Q7207742",
    "slug": "poh-ern-shih-temple",
    "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/poh-ern-shih-temple",
    "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7207742",
    "name": "Poh Ern Shih Temple",
    "name_source": "Wikidata",
    "name_ko": "포언시 사원",
    "name_ja": "報恩寺",
    "name_zh_hans": "报恩寺",
    "name_zh_hant": null,
    "category": "temple",
    "heritage": null,
    "planning_area": "Queenstown",
    "address": null,
    "lat": 1.27917,
    "lng": 103.789,
    "position_source": "Wikidata",
    "official_url": null,
    "nearest_station": {
      "slug": "pasir-panjang",
      "name": "Pasir Panjang Station",
      "name_ja": "パシルパンジャン",
      "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/station/pasir-panjang",
      "straight_line_m": 418
    },
    "description_en": "A Buddhist temple set on a small hilltop by Chwee Chian Road, built to remember villagers and Allied and Japanese soldiers who died in the 1942 Battle of Pasir Panjang. Its first abbot, the American monk Sumangalo, was the first Westerner to head a Buddhist temple in Singapore.",
    "description_ko": "추이치안 로드 옆 작은 언덕 위에 자리한 불교 사원으로, 1942년 파시르판장 전투에서 목숨을 잃은 마을 주민들과 연합군 및 일본군 병사들을 기리기 위해 세워졌어요. 초대 주지인 미국인 승려 수망갈로는 싱가포르에서 불교 사원을 이끈 최초의 서양인이었어요.",
    "description_ja": "チュウィー・チアン・ロード沿いの小高い丘の上にある仏教寺院で、1942年のパシルパンジャンの戦いで亡くなった村人たちと、連合軍および日本軍の兵士を追悼するために建てられました。初代住職のアメリカ人僧侶スマンガロは、シンガポールで仏教寺院を率いた初の西洋人でした。",
    "description_zh_hans": "这座佛教寺庙坐落在Chwee Chian Road旁的一座小山丘上，为纪念在1942年巴西班让战役中丧生的村民以及盟军和日军士兵而建。首任住持是美国僧人Sumangalo，他是第一位在新加坡主持佛教寺庙的西方人。",
    "description_zh_hant": "這座佛教寺廟坐落在Chwee Chian Road旁的一座小山丘上，為紀念在1942年巴西班讓戰役中喪生的村民以及盟軍和日軍士兵而建。首任住持是美國僧人Sumangalo，他是第一位在新加坡主持佛教寺廟的西方人。",
    "sources": [
      "Wikidata (CC0)"
    ],
    "photo": null,
    "nearest_exit": {
      "station": "pasir-panjang",
      "exit": "A",
      "straight_line_m": 487
    },
    "areas": [],
    "nearby_sights": [
      {
        "id": "Q6783326",
        "slug": "masjid-ahmad",
        "name": "Masjid Ahmad",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/masjid-ahmad",
        "category": "mosque",
        "straight_line_m": 224
      },
      {
        "id": "nhb-ff69a233",
        "slug": "pasir-panjang-battle",
        "name": "Pasir Panjang Battle",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/pasir-panjang-battle",
        "category": "historic-site",
        "straight_line_m": 531
      },
      {
        "id": "Q647955",
        "slug": "kent-ridge-park",
        "name": "Kent Ridge Park",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/kent-ridge-park",
        "category": "park-garden",
        "straight_line_m": 557
      },
      {
        "id": "Q7307287",
        "slug": "reflections-at-bukit-chandu",
        "name": "Reflections at Bukit Chandu",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/reflections-at-bukit-chandu",
        "category": "museum",
        "straight_line_m": 564
      },
      {
        "id": "Q1018484",
        "slug": "haw-par-villa",
        "name": "Haw Par Villa",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/haw-par-villa",
        "category": "theme-park-view",
        "straight_line_m": 936
      },
      {
        "id": "Q5906603",
        "slug": "hortpark",
        "name": "HortPark",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/hortpark",
        "category": "park-garden",
        "straight_line_m": 1340
      }
    ]
  },
  "source": {
    "nhb": "Monuments (GEOJSON) d_b29c230ec6b609e29ed42f71ca9a8767 and Historic Sites (GEOJSON) d_31e16b12809e66673e90d8b04fdee1b2, National Heritage Board, data.gov.sg, accessed 30 September 2026, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0: names, points, addresses, descriptions.",
    "wikidata": "Wikidata (CC0), read 1 October 2026: names in en, ja, ko, zh, type, official website, image file names (each Commons file carries its own licence).",
    "selection": "English Wikivoyage Singapore guides, revisions of 1 October 2026: which places are listed under See and Do (selection only; no text used).",
    "planning_areas": "Master Plan 2025 Planning Area Boundary (No Sea) d_2cc750190544007400b2cfd5d7f53209, Urban Redevelopment Authority, data.gov.sg, accessed 1 October 2026, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0: the planning area each sight is in.",
    "note": "English names are the National Heritage Board's for the places it lists (name_source: NHB), otherwise Wikidata labels. Korean, Japanese and Chinese names are Wikidata labels or Wikipedia article titles where present. NHB fields keep the Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0; no terms are added to them."
  },
  "not_published": {
    "opening_hours": "No source we use carries them. The official_url is where they are.",
    "walking_time": "Every distance here is a straight line, not a walking route."
  },
  "_meta": {
    "api_version": "1",
    "site": "https://dealsingapore.com",
    "generated_at": "2026-10-01",
    "license": "NHB fields: Monuments and Historic Sites, National Heritage Board via data.gov.sg, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, modified (merged, matched to Wikidata). Names and categories: Wikidata (CC0) or NHB. Planning areas: URA Master Plan 2025, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0. Attribute dealsingapore.com and the National Heritage Board. See /llms.txt and /terms.",
    "docs": "https://dealsingapore.com/llms.txt"
  }
}