Singapore Hin Ann Thain Hiaw Keng held its centenary celebration in October 2025. As this event utilized pre-existing or temporary venues, it offers a valuable case for exploring how ritual and theatre contribute to the generation of sacred space. Through the observation of Taoist rituals, puppet theatre, and Puxian opera featured in this event, and by drawing on Henri Lefebvre’s spatial triad, this paper argues that rituals and theatre do not merely occur in pre-existing sacred spaces. Instead, by multiple practices, including spatial planning and the implementation of ritual and theatrical techniques, they transform residences, commercial premises, and public spaces that originally possess secular attributes into spaces that can be experienced and recognized as sacred.
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