Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple

The Sik Sik temple is one MTR stop away from Diamond Hill...so it's quite close to the Nan Lian Gardens. 

We decided to stop off there on our way back to the hotel. We discovered there is actually another garden, behind the temple. The garden was so beautiful. 

Entrance to the temple

Main area of the temple

The architecture of the temple and the colours were boggling...

The carving on the pillars was incredible too. Every inch had been attended to in such detail. 

Once we left the main area, there were other smaller buildings on the sides. They were equally detailed. 

                               

                                                        

After the other buildings, we found the entrance to the garden. It was so picturesque. 

Brad had great fun checking out the turtles. I was so busy snapping pics of everything, I didn't even notice these little critters. They really were quite entertaining to watch! 

The statue in the water, had even been given great detail. 

I really enjoyed the terracing in the garden. There were so many different levels which really made such a difference. 

I'm not into the whole Ying & Yang thing, but it certainly was interesting to see how the symbol had been created using plants. 

                            

                               

                             

The dragon was at the entrance...he's clearly shiny only where people have bid him hello I guess.