This temple began in 1950 as a shrine housed in a kampung shed in Chye Kay Village. It was first called ‘Five Tigers Temple’, after its principal deities. In 1958, the temple relocated to 111/2 milestone at Sembawang Road and was renamed Chu Siang Tong, meaning a place where believers gather.
Registered in 1968, Chu Siang Tong has been involved in social work and has donated to the needy and aged. Due to redevelopment, the temple had to move once again in the 1980s. Chu Siang Tong purchased this piece of land at Yishun Ring Road together with another temple, Chu Siang Wah Sua. The current temple was completed in 1987. Today, the temple is noted for its charitable work, such as granting of bursaries and educational funds to poor students and serving the elderly.