Ying Fo Fui Kun (Chinese: 应和会馆) is a historic building in Singapore, and is located at Telok Ayer Street in the Outram Planning Area, within the Central Area, Singapore's central business district.
The Ying Fo Fui Kuan building was constructed in 1881-1882. Ying Fo Fui Kuan was the first Hakka association in Singapore and once housed the Ying Sin School from 1905 to 1971.
Established in 1822-1823, Ying Fo Fui Kuan is one of the first clan associations in Singapore. At a time when development in Singapore was in its infancy, Ying Fo Fui Kuan's clan house was amongst the first buildings in Telok Ayer, where the island's earliest Chinese settlements were located.
Ying Fo Fui Kuan began life as a temple, serving the needs of Hakka immigrants from Jia Ying prefecture in Canton. Its founder, Liu Runde, envisaged Ying Fo Fui Kuan as a public institution that will not only provide welfare services — the conventional role of a clan association — but also act as a kinship bridge between the Hakka community in Singapore and China. Ying Fo Fui Kuan looked after the welfare of its members, finding accommodation and jobs for newly-arrived Hakkas and making funeral arrangements for deceased clan members. In 1905, Ying Fo Fui Kuan opened what was then considered a modern Chinese school.
Ying Fo Fui Kuan's clan house has since been rebuilt several times, but it has always remained at its original site in Telok Ayer. The clan house features inscribed stone tablets and carved boards from the nineteenth century. The clan's oldest surviving artefact is an 1846 inscribed board.
On the ground floor are meeting and administration rooms, while the upper level houses an altar dedicated to Guan Ti (关帝), the god of war. A popular deity revered by many clan associations, Guan Ti embodies the qualities of courage and loyalty — two virtues close the hearts of the early Chinese immigrants.
The clan building has been well preserved; a 1997 renovation restored the intricate beam carvings to their original splendour.