In the 19th century, there were no professional Daoist priests in Singapore. Devotees set up altars and built temples to burn incense and worship in accordance with Chinese tradition by themselves. It was said that the earliest Daoist temple the Shuntian Temple was built in 1796 in Singapore. It enshrined Fujian popular god Reverend Eldest Uncle.
===Other earlier Daoist temples===
#====Sworn Brotherhood Temple. ==== It was said that the chivalrous persons who fought against the Qing army and wanted to restore the Ming government built this temple after they were exiled to Singapore. They swore to become brothers and fight together to recover the Ming dynasty. So they called it Sworn Brotherhood Temple. It enshrined Patriarch Pristine Water and Bao the Clear Sky.#====Heavenly Blessed Temple, it ==== It is the most influential temple in Singapore. All the materials of this temple including stone, girders, bricks, tiles and colored glaze, were shipped to Singapore from Fujian by sailboat. Its construction lasted twenty years. It enshrined Motherly Matriarch. In 1973, Singapore's government listed it as national historic site. #====Loyal and Righteous Temple. ====It enshrines [[Lord Guan]], [[The Great Jade Emperor[[ and Reverend Eldest Uncle, etc. When there were more Chinese immigrant to Singapore, they built different kinds of temples.
==The Second Period==