The secrets of a Chinese temple

Rob visits the oldest Chinese temple in Singapore Thian Hock Keng, and explains how its magnificent architecture, ornaments and fittings are used in worship, and there are a couple of puzzles to get you going.
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[@Gunrun808]

I love the casual sacredness of temples like these.

[@kurphyc.danish5669]

I love segments like this. I grew up a decade or two after this was produced, and while it was "stimulating", I don't remember learning much from children's television of the 90's. This format is informative without an ounce of patronization, which seems to be prevalent in similar shows that have come since. I feel like a curiousity for the outdoors, science and culture might have come to me a lot sooner had shows like this been at the forefront of kids' programming.

[@RisingStarL96A1]

Wish they still did something like this today. Very interesting and fascinating video. Thanks

[@rdvrdv8920]

I don’t think I have ever heard Rob say “umm...” or “ah...”. Presentation level 100.

[@CuriosityShow]

Much appreciated - kind of you - Rob

[@midoctor]

Amazing in just 6 minutes, respectful and meaningful all along.. always grateful and indebted. Thank you

[@CuriosityShow]

My pleasure - Rob

[@garrysekelli6776]

THis guy was popular vlogger long before youtube and vlogging were cool.

[@Kalumbatsch]

and before people were pretending that "vlogging" was a goddamn word.

[@HoodRatBass]

Holy shit the world is fucked

[@Maninawig]

Kinda wish you went into the construction. I am facinated how it's built without a nail.

[@CuriosityShow]

There is a limit to what you can fit in to a segment that is meant to be no more than 4 minutes - Rob

[@50centgotshot9times]

My wife is from Thailand and I've visited Thai temples with her and have done that cane stick business multiple times. They're quite nice places - Temples, they feel a lot more positive than European or Russian Orthodox (my religion) churches.

[@ulfnowotny01]

Very interesting! Thanks for uploading!

[@peter_castle]

For people hard of hearing/English as second language: 1:31 "The main deity worshiped in the temple is Mazu (媽祖婆, "Ma Cho Po" in the local dialect)" 2:49 "center of the altar"

[@garrysekelli6776]

nooice longer episode.

[@BarryMcCawkiner]

I really enjoy the segments where you guys visit other locations and give such a detailed presentation. I'm in my 30's and love these clips. Now I just need to try and get my kids into watching them too.

[@CuriosityShow]

Thanks for watching and the kind remarks - Rob

[@KnittycatsKnits]

Enjoyed the video. Thanks for posting! So did it take a few tries with cane sticks before one fell out?

[@CuriosityShow]

Not as I remember - it was all pretty straightforward - Rob

[@EastBurningRed]

丙申were the two characters on the stick. They're actually used as ordinal numbers (the 3rd and 9th respectively).

[@Wonderfeel__]

Thankyou for opening our minds! 💜

[@Chungustav]

Opening them to what? Demonic spirits and false gods?

[@plug4uk696]

All roads lead to Scalextric.. Sorry guys but I couldn't resist that one Lol ;-)

[@somakun1806]

Wow it's hard to find these temples nowadays.

[@alfredm9051]

Reminds me of a magic 8 ball

[@yanikkunitsin1466]

Well, number 4 is considered unlucky by Chinese as it sounds a lot like the word "death". Coincidently, that's how many apples you offered to the goddess/homeless :)

[@89horizon]

Rob doesn't seem unlucky though... maybe the gods/goddesses were in a good mood that day! :O

[@swedensy]

We call it a Horoscope

[@MarkMcCluney]

Sounds like Todd Rundgren did the music for this one.

[@Lushfan]

Early 80's Todd

[@Cahos_Rahne_Veloza]

That "what is it?" segment was the precursor to Tamiya Mini 4WD cars and boy were they way cooler 😊

[@headdragondavidaustinsimmo4025]

Mr Rogers

[@mickmickymick6927]

Fuck mate that was really interesting. I had a girlfriend from Taiwan but she didn't really know the details of the stuff. She told me a few things but this video taught me more. Thanks 70s teacher man

[@snowman333-]

never thought I would find biblical proofs on your show

[@CuriosityShow]

No such thing. Explaining what people do doesn't mean agreement or endorsement - Rob

[@H_E_N_X]

Great to come across a TV show like this from that era that isn't culturally or racially insensitive 👍

[@uriituw]

It’s amazing people believe any of this.

[@usmh]

Almost all segments were about using your intelligence and learning about the mechanics of the world, so it's curious that they would spend time on superstition.

[@CuriosityShow]

It never hurts for people to know about the rest of the world. Explaining and describing how people behave does not mean that you necessarily agree with what they do.

[@usmh]

@@CuriosityShow Agreed! The subject matter really stood out is all.

[@JuliusUnique]

so weird, a bunch of bored people who try to delude themselves with their weird and wrong believe-system

[@sirtanchannel5848]

So your people are the ones with right believe-system?

[@JuliusUnique]

@@sirtanchannel5848 my people? I am an independet human being able to think critically and for myself. But you're right, in the western world, many losers delude themselves too with mindless entertainment and toxic belief-systems which makes them a winner when in reality they are lazy losers