TheFongtiantempleisrelatedtoSinganghistory.IntheearlyChingDynasty,Singangwasanimportantharbor.InhabitantsherebelieveinMaZu,aGoddessprotectsallsailingsfromharm.ThefirstMaZutemple,Tianhotemple(Tianhogong),wasestablishedin1700.ItsMaZustatueisalsocalled"Goddessbyboat".Accordingtoafolk-tale,thisstatuewasplacedonboardfrommainlandChina.WhentheboatsailedbySingang,MaZuinstructedtostaynearby,andtheinhabitantsbuilttemplefortheGoddess.Withthefloodingcoast,depositingharborandincreasingfightsamongimmigrants,theinhabitantsmovedtonewarea,NewNangangStreet.Inthisperiod,theTianhotemplewasdestroyedbyfloodin1799,thenrebuiltinlocationnowadays,andnamed"Fongtiangong"(Fongtiantemple).Earthquakesin1840and1905causedgreatdamagetoFongtiantemple,especiallythelater.In1912,themaster,HaitongWu,instructedtherestorationofmainhall,frontdoorandthewings.In1961'sconstruction,thefronthallwasrepaired,andseveralnewhallandbuildingswereestablished.