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Work in progress. The goal is to create a list with geolocation of all Buddhist, Taoist and traditional Chinese temples and monasteries in Hong Kong.
Che Kung Temples
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Tai Wai, Sha Tin District |
Che Kung Temple, Sha Tin | Grade II (original temple only) | ![]() | |
Ho Chung, Sai Kung District |
Che Kung Temple, Ho Chung | Grade I | ||
Tung Tau Wai (東頭圍), Wang Chau, Yuen Long |
The I Shing Temple (橫洲二聖宮) was built in 1718. It is dedicated to Hung Shing and Che Kung.[1] | Declared (1996)[2] | [2] |
Confucian Temples
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Within the Wong Tai Sin Temple complex, Lung Cheung Road, Wong Tai Sin. |
Confucian Hall (麟閣). Built in 1982. | Grade I (Wong Tai Sin Temple) |
[3] | |
Shuen Wan area of Plover Cove, next to Kei Shan Kok between Wai Ha and Ha Tei Ha, Tai Po District.[3] |
Temple of Confucius. One of the three temples of the Sam Kung Temples complex (三宮廟). The other ones are a Tin Hau Temple and a Hip Tin Temple.[3] The Sam Kung Temples complex had been destroyed by a typhoon in 1936 and was reconstructed in 2009.[4] | Not listed | [4] | |
Hau Wong Temples
These temples can be named Hau Wong Temple or Yeung Hau Temple (楊侯古廟).
Islands District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Tai O, Lantau Island |
The Yeung Hau Temple in Tai O was built in 1699.[5] |
Grade I[6] | ||
Tung Chung, Lantau Island |
This Hau Wong Temple was built in 1765[7] and is the largest Hau Wong temple in Lantau island.[8] | Grade II[6] | [7] | ![]() |
Shek Pik, Lantau Island | Inundated by the Shek Pik Reservoir in 1960.[7] | Non extant | [8] |
Sha Tin District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Tai Wai Village, Tai Wai, Sha Tin District |
Built in 1983.[9] It replaced an earlier temple, probably built in 1884 and demolished in 1982.[10] Pictures of Hau Wong Festival: [9] |
Not listed | [10] | ![]() |
Wong Tai Sin District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Kowloon City area, at the southwestern corner of Wong Tai Sin District. At the junction of Tung Tau Tsuen Road and Junction Road, right opposite the Kowloon Walled City Park. |
(zh) This Hau Wong Temple was built around 1730.[11] Historic characters in the temple are said to have been worked on by Chang Yu-tang, Commodore of Dapeng, general of Kowloon Walled City. It is believed that Emperor Bing of Song and his brother Emperor Duanzong of Song made their last stance in the Song Dynasty.[12] | Previously Grade I,[6] now declared |
Yuen Long District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Hang Tau Tsuen, next to Sheung Cheung Wai, Ping Shan, Yuen Long District |
Yeung Hau Temple, Ping Shan (屏山楊侯古廟). Partly dedicated to Hau Wong. The temple is part of the Ping Shan Heritage Trail.[13][14] | Grade III[6] | ||
Tong Yan San Tsuen (唐人新村), Ping Shan, Yuen Long District | This Yeung Hau Temple is also known as Yee Ling Temple and Za Ling Temple. Situated to the east of Tong Yan San Tsuen near Sha Tseng Road (沙井路),[15] it was built in 1711.[16] | Grade III | [11] [12] | |
Tung Tau Tsuen (東頭村), Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long District |
Yeung Hau Temple, Ha Tsuen (廈村楊侯宮). | Declared[17] | [13] [14] [15] | |
San Wai (新圍), Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long District |
This Yeung Hau Temple is also called the Sai Tau Miu (西頭廟; 'the western temple').[18] It was renovated in 1901. It serves as the social venue which plays the dual roles as a temple and an ancestral hall of San Wai. Basin meal feasts are organized in front of the Temple during Yeung Hau Festival and Lunar New Year.[19] | Nil grade | [16] [17] | |
Sik Kong Wai (錫降圍), Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long District |
This Yeung Hau Temple is situated at Sik Kong Wai, a Tangs' walled village in Ha Tsuen with its name recorded in the Xin'an Gazetteer of 1820.[20] | no grade | [18] | |
No. 26C Cheung Shing Street, Yuen Long Kau Hui, Yuen Long |
Tai Wong Temple, Yuen Long Kau Hui (元朗舊墟大王廟). It was probably built between 1662-1722. It is the main temple of Nam Pin Wai as well as Yuen Long Kau Hui.[21] It was built for the worship of the two "Tai Wongs", Hung Shing and Yeung Hau.[22] Other than for worship, the temple was a venue for solving disputes and discussing market affairs among the villagers.[23] It also once served as a yamen and the officials lived there.[21] | Grade I | ![]() | |
Wong Uk Tsuen, Yuen Long District |
Yi Shing Temple (二聖宮) in Wong Uk Tsuen is conventionally called Tai Wong Temple. It is mainly for the worship of Hung Shing and Yeung Hau deities. Renovation was carried out in 1924. It still acts as an alliance temple of the Tung Tau Alliance formed by the seven villages around Tai Wai Tsuen. In the old days, the temple operated a credit society serving the alliance villages.[24][25] | No grade | [19] | |
Yuen Kong Tsuen (元崗村), Pat Heung, Yuen Long District |
Chung Shing Temple (眾聖宮, Temple of All Saints). The main deity of the temple is Pak Tai with some others including Hau Wong and the Earth God.[26] | Grade III | [20] |
Hip Tin Temples
- There are several Hip Tin Temples (Chinese: 協天宮) in Hong Kong. Kwan Tai (Guan Yu) is worshiped in these temples.
Kwan Tai Temples are also dedicated to Guan Yu. Man Mo Temples are jointly dedicated to Man Tai (文帝) and Kwan Tai (aka. Mo Tai, 武帝).
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Ma Wan Tsuen (馬環村), Lei Yue Mun (Kowloon) |
The Hip Tin Temple is adjacent to the Tin Hau Temple and was added after 1953. | Picture: Tin Hau Temple (left) and Hip Tin Temple (right) in Lei Yue Mun. | ||
Shing Mun San Tsuen (錦田城門新村), Kam Tin, Yuen Long |
Hip Tin Temple was relocated from Shing Mun Valley in the 1920s due to the construction of the Shing Mun Reservoir and the resulting resettlement of Shing Mun San Tsuen.[27] The temple is owned by the Cheng clan. It was probably built around 1920.[28] | No grade | [21] | |
Po Sam Pai (布心排), Plover Cove, Tai Po |
Built in 1823. The temple was renovated in 1889 and 1905.[29] | Grade III | [22] [23] | ![]() |
Ting Kok Road, Tai Po Kau Hui, Tai Po |
(zh) The Tin Hau Temple in Tai Po Kau Hui was built before 1691. On the left of the Tin Hau Temple is a Hip Tin Temple. On its right is a Tam Sin Temple where Tam Sin is revered.[30] | Grade III | ||
No. 53 Cheung Shue Tan Tsuen (樟樹灘), Tai Po District |
Its year of construction unknown.[31] The temple was renovated in 1898.[32] | Grade III | [24] | |
Shuen Wan area of Plover Cove, next to Kei Shan Kok between Wai Ha and Ha Tei Ha, Tai Po District.[3] |
One of the three temples of the Sam Kung Temples complex (三宮廟). The other ones are a Tin Hau Temple and a Temple of Confucius.[3] The Sam Kung Temples complex had been destroyed by a typhoon in 1936 and was reconstructed in 2009.[33] | Not listed | [25] [26] | |
Po Tung Road (普通道), Sai Kung |
The Tin Hau Temple and Hip Tin Temple on Po Tung Road is listed as a Grade III historic building.[6] The two temples are believed to have been rebuilt in the 1910s to 1920s.[34] | Grade II | [27] [28] Picture: Tin Hau Temple (left) and Hip Tin Temple (right) in Sai Kung. |
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No. 2 Lai Chi Wo, Sha Tau Kok |
The Hip Tin Temple and Hok Shan Monastery are located on the square of Lai Chi Wo Village.[35] Built in the Qing Dynasty, they have a history of more than two hundred years. The two structures are connected. They were jointly built by the seven villages in Sha Tau Kok, Hing Chun Yuek for drawing good fortune and expelling the evils. Hip Tin Temple is for Guan Di in which there is a statue of Guan Di while Hok Shan Monastery is for Guan Yin. | Grade III[6] | [29] | |
Just opposite the Sha Tau Kok Control Point, Shan Tsui Tsuen (山咀), Sha Tau Kok |
Completed in 1895. It also has been used as a school.[36] | Grade I[6] | ||
Kuk Po, Luk Keng, Sha Tau Kok |
Kai Choi School and Hip Tin Temple, Kuk Po.[37] | Grade III | ![]() | |
Nam Chung Cheng Uk, Sha Tau Kok |
[30] | |||
Yim Tso Ha (鹽灶下), Sha Tau Kok |
[31] [32] | |||
Wu Shek Kok (烏石角), Sha Tau Kok |
Hip Tin Temple, adjacent to a Tin Hau Temple | Not listed | [33] Picture: Tin Hau Temple (centre) and Hip Tin Temple (right) in Wu Shek Kok. |
Hung Shing Temples
Hung Shing Temples (Chinese: 洪聖廟) or Tai Wong Temples (大王廟) are temples dedicated to Hung Shing.
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Nos. 129–131 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai |
(See detailed article) This Hung Shing Temple was constructed before 1847, and used to overlook the sea front. Purely designed, this tile-roofed temple was built on large boulders against a craggy terrain. Subsequent to a number of land reclamations, it is now surrounded by modern commercial and residential buildings. |
Grade I | [34] | ![]() |
Shau Kei Wan temple cluster. On the hillside of Shau Kei Wan Road. Near No. 8 Chai Wan Road, Shau Kei Wan |
Hung Shing Temple. Built in 1980. Part of a cluster of 6 temples built on a flattened hilltop by the Shau Kei Wan Kaifong Advancement Association (筲箕灣街坊福利促進會), it is adjacent to a Fuk Tak Temple. Originally located at Aldrich Village (愛秩序村), it was moved to the present location when the village was demolished.[38] (on the right on the picture) | No grade | [35] [36] [37] | ![]() |
Ngoi Man Street, Shau Kei Wan |
Hung Shing Temple. | Not listed | [38] | ![]() |
No. 9 Hung Shing Street, Ap Lei Chau |
This Hung Shing Temple is the oldest temple in the Aberdeen and Ap Lei Chau areas. It was built by local residents in 1773.[39] Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee.[40] The interior of the temple can be explored with Google Street View. |
Declared | [39] | |
Northern coast of Ap Lei Chau |
Tai Wong Temple (大王宫) | No grade | [40] | ![]() |
Near the southern junction of Old Main Street Aberdeen and Aberdeen Main Street, Aberdeen |
Tai Wong Kung Temple. Part of the "Guardians of Aberdeen" group of small temples and shrines. | Not listed | [41] [42] | ![]() |
Western end of Stanley Main Street, Stanley |
Tai Wong Temple. The Tai Wong Kung (大王宫) together with To Tei Temple is dedicated to Tai Wong. The date of construction of the building is unknown. The Temple enjoys a good feng shui setting with its entrance oriented to the South, facing the Stanley Bay and backed by a forested knoll. The Temple consists of a row of three small houses which were built in line with the shape of the feng shui rock behind.[41] | No grade | [43] | |
58 Fuk Tsun Street (福全街), Tai Kok Tsui |
Hung Shing Temple, Fuk Tsun Street (福全街洪聖廟). This temple was originally built in 1881 in the village of Fuk Tsuen Heung (福全鄉)[42] which was located at the intersection of Boundary Street and Tai Kok Tsui Road. In 1928, the Government developed the area and the Village was cleared.[43] In 1930, the temple was rebuilt at the present site, which was named after the Village, and it has since been managed by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals.[44] It is the only Hung Shing temple in urban Kowloon.[42] | Grade III | [44] [45] | |
Ngau Chi Wan Village, Wong Tai Sin District 22°20′07″N 114°12′33″E / 22.335392°N 114.209248°E |
Tai Wong Temple. | Not listed | ![]() | |
Near Ha Kwai Chung Tsuen, Kwai Chung. Located across Kwai Chung Road from Kwai Fong Terrace. |
Tin Hau temple. Partly dedicated to Hung Shing. Built prior to 1828, the original temple was relocated to the present site in 1966 to make way for the port reclamation in Kwai Chung.[45][46] | No grade | [46] | |
Top floor, 75 Ham Tin Street, Shek Pik New Village, Tsuen Wan |
Hung Shing Temple. At the time of the construction of the Shek Pik Reservoir on Lantau Island, in the late 1950s, most of the villagers of Shek Pik Village moved into five-storey apartment blocks in the urban Shek Pik New Village (石碧新村) in Tsuen Wan. | Not listed | [47] | ![]() |
Opposite to Chui Kwai House, Kwai Chung Estate, Tai Wo Hau |
Tin Hau temple. Partly dedicated to Hung Shing. | Not listed | [48] | |
No. 31 Shui Tau, Kam Tin |
This Hung Shing Temple was built by the Tang Clan of Kam Tin more than 500 years ago. It was rebuilt in 1984.[47] | Grade III | [49] | |
Hang Mei Tsuen (坑尾村), Ping Shan |
Hung Shing Temple, Hang Mei Tsuen (屏山洪聖宮). Constructed by the Tang Clan residing in Ping Shan. It was probably built in 1767 during the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty. The existing structure was rebuilt in 1866, followed by a substantial renovation in 1963.[48] It is part of the Ping Shan Heritage Trail. | Grade II | ![]() | |
Sha Kong Wai (沙江圍), Ping Shan |
Hung Shing Temple, Sha Kong Wai (元朗沙江圍洪聖公廟) | Not listed | [50] [51] | |
No. 26C Cheung Shing Street, Yuen Long Kau Hui, Yuen Long |
Tai Wong Temple, Yuen Long Kau Hui (元朗舊墟大王廟). It was probably built between 1662–1722. It is the main temple of Nam Pin Wai as well as Yuen Long Kau Hui.[21] It was built for the worship Hung Shing and Yeung Hau.[49] Other than for worship, the temple was a venue for solving disputes and discussing market affairs among the villagers.[50] It also once served as a yamen and the officials lived there.[21] | Grade I | ![]() | |
Wong Uk Tsuen, Yuen Long |
Yi Shing Temple (二聖宮) in Wong Uk Tsuen is conventionally called Tai Wong Temple. It is mainly for the worship of Hung Shing and Yeung Hau deities. Renovation was carried out in 1924. It still acts as an alliance temple of the Tung Tau Alliance formed by the seven villages around Tai Wai Tsuen. In the old days, the temple operated a credit society serving the alliance villages.[51][52] | No grade | picture | |
Tung Tau Wai (東頭圍), Wang Chau, Yuen Long |
The I Shing Temple (橫洲二聖宮) was built in 1718. It is dedicated to Hung Shing and Che Kung.[53] | Declared (1996)[2] | [52] | |
No. 73 Tin Liu Tsuen (田寮村), Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long |
The main shrine of the walled village is dedicated to Tai Wong, who is considered to be the protective deity of the village. Rebuilt in 1935, it lies on the central axis of the village together with the Entrance Gate and is a landmark of the village.[54] | Grade III | ||
Hung Leng, Fanling |
This Hung Shing Temple was probably built in 1763. It is the centre of the Four Yeuk (four villages alliance), namely Loi Tung, Lung Yeuk Tau, Lin Ma Hang and Tan Chuk Hang.[55] | Grade III | [53] [54] | |
Ho Sheung Heung, Sheung Shui |
The Hung Shing Temple (left) and Pai Fung Temple (right) were originally two separate buildings built in different times. They were connected by a kitchen in the 1960s. While the construction date of the Hung Shing Temple is unknown, the oldest relics of the temple date to the 16th century. The Pai Fung Temple, originally located in Pai Fung Ling (排峰嶺), was moved to the present site in 1937.[56] | Grade II | ||
Wai Loi Tsuen, Sheung Shui Wai, Sheung Shui Items No. 219 and 220 on map: [55] |
Hung Shing Temple. Completely modern renovation. The temple comprises two halls and a central courtyard.[57] | Not listed | ![]() | |
Sha Tau, Ping Chau |
Tin Hau temple. Partly dedicated to Hung Shing. Built in 1765.[58] |
Grade III | [56] | |
Tsing Yi Lutheran Village, Tsing Yi |
Tai Wong Pak Kung Temple (大王伯公廟) | Not listed | [57] [58] | |
Tsang Tsui (曾咀), Tuen Mun District |
Not listed | [59] [60] | ||
Near Kau Sai Village, southern part of the island of Kau Sai Chau, Sai Kung District |
This Hung Shing Temple was built before 1889.[59] It is constructed in grey bricks with a timber roof frame. The temple has been renovated four times, in 1949, in the 1970s, in 1988 and the last being from August 1999 to February 2000.[60] The restoration was declared an "Outstanding Project" by the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage 2000 Awards.[61] | Declared (2002) | [61] | |
Po Toi O, Clear Water Bay Peninsula, Sai Kung |
Hung Shing Temple. Probably built in 1663. A Kung So (公所) building adjacent to the temple was built in 1740 and was used to deal with village affairs and served as a school until the 1930s.[62] | Grade III | [62] | |
Tai Wong Kung (大王公), across Po Toi O bay from Po Toi O village, Clear Water Bay Peninsula |
Tai Wong Temple (大王宫). | Not listed | ![]() | |
Tai She Wan (大蛇灣), High Island, Sai Kung 22°21′18″N 114°20′31″E / 22.355084°N 114.342023°E |
Hung Shing Temple. | Not listed | [63] | |
Nam Tong (南堂), Tung Lung Chau |
Hung Shing Temple. Built before 1931. Kwun Yam and Tin Hau are housed at the altars of the left and right chambers respectively. A large rock, called Holy Rock (聖石) by the worshippers, is protruding from the rear wall of the right chamber. | Nil grade | [64] [65][66] [67] | ![]() |
Shek Tsai Po Street, Tai O, Lantau Island |
The Tai O Hung Shing Old Temple (大澳洪聖古廟) was built by the indigenous villagers in 1746. | No grade | [68] | ![]() |
Chung Hau (涌口), Shek Pik, Lantau Island |
The temple was in ruins as in 1979.[7] It is a grey brick and granite block-built Chinese pitched roof building with three halls: the main hall and two side halls. The main hall is a two hall structure, while the side halls are one hall structures.[63] | Not listed | pictures [69] [70] | |
Tai Long Wan, West of Shek Pik, Lantau Island |
Hung Hau Temple (石壁洪侯古廟). Built in 1960. Removed from Chung Hau, Shek Pik. | Not listed | [71] [72] [73] | |
Tong Fuk, Lantau Island |
This Hung Shing Temple was founded in 1803, and was rebuilt in 1965 by the local villagers. Two other main deities namely the King of Fish Head and the King of Crystal Palace are also enshrined. | No grade | [74] [75] picture | |
Mui Wo, Lantau Island |
This temple was originally located at Chung Hau but was reconstructed at Luk Tei Tong.[64] | Not listed | [76] [77] | |
Sha Lo Wan, Lantau Island |
Called Ba Kong Temple (把港古廟; 'guarding the bay').[65] Built in 1774.[7] It is located to the right of the Tin Hau Temple, built in 1919. A wall is connecting the two temples at the front façade.[66] (Viewed from the front, the Hung Shing Temple is on the left) | No grade | [78] [79] [80] [81] | |
Fan Lau, Lantau Island |
Ruins. | Not listed | [82] | |
No. 1A Chung Hing Street, Cheung Chau Wan, Cheung Chau |
This Hung Shing Temple was built in 1813. Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee.[67] The interior of the temple can be explored with Google Street View. |
Grade II | [83] | |
Yau Kwong Street, Peng Chau |
Not listed | ![]() | ||
Nos. 69A & 69B, Wing on Street, Peng Chau |
Tin Hau temple. Partly dedicated to Hung Shing. Probably built in 1792.[45] Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee. |
Grade II | [84] [85] | |
Shek Pai Wan (石排灣). Between Tung O and Yung Shue Ha, Lamma Island |
Hung Shing Temple. Relic in this temple shows that it was probably built before 1824. It was built by the fishing and farming community in Tung O. | No grade | [86] [87] |
Kwan Tai Temples
- Kwan Tai Temples (關帝廟) are dedicated to Guan Yu (Kwan Tai in Cantonese)
Hip Tin Temples are also dedicated to Kwan Tai. Man Mo Temples are jointly dedicated to Man Tai (文帝) and Kwan Tai (aka. Mo Tai, 武帝).
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Shau Kei Wan temple cluster. On the hillside of Shau Kei Wan Road. Near No. 8 Chai Wan Road, Shau Kei Wan |
Kwan Tai Temple (關帝廟). Built in 1976. Part of a cluster of 6 temples built on a flattened hilltop by the Shau Kei Wan Kaifong Advancement Association (筲箕灣街坊福利促進會). A statue of Red Hare, Kwan Tai's horse stands in front of the temple. The temple is adjacent to a Kwun Yam temple.[68] | No grade | [88] [89] | ![]() |
Nathan Road, Mong Kok |
Temporary shrine erected during the 2014 Hong Kong protests | Not listed | ![]() | |
No.158, Hai Tan Street, Sham Shui Po |
Mo Tai Temple (深水埗關帝廟) | Grade II | [90] | |
On the hill, off Tai Wo Hau Road, Kwai Chung |
Kwan Tai Temple (關帝廟) | Not listed | ||
Ha Tsuen Shi (廈村市), Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long District |
Kwan Tai Temple, Ha Tsuen Shi | Grade II | ||
Mong Tseng Wai (輞井圍), Ping Shan, Yuen Long District |
Yuen Kwan Tai Temple, Mong Tseng Wai (玄關帝廟). Dedicated to Yuen Tai/Pak Tai and Kwan Tai. | Grade I | [91] [92] | |
No. 121 Shui Tsiu San Tsuen (水蕉新村), Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long District |
Fuk Hing Tong (福慶堂). It is the shrine of the village, which also acts as the general ancestral hall of the villagers. | Grade III | [93] [94] | |
Cheung Shing Street, Yuen Long Kau Hui |
Yuen Kwan Yi Tai Temple (玄關二帝廟) was probably built in 1714. Commonly known as Pak Tai Temple, it is dedicated to Yuen Tai/Pak Tai and Kwan Tai (Guan Yu). The temple functions as an ancestral hall and a temple of Sai Pin Wai. Village meetings are also held there. | Grade I | ||
Jockey Club Road, north of Fanling Wai |
Sam Shing Temple (粉嶺三聖宮). For the worship of three deities: Pak Tai (main deity of the temple), Kwan Tai and Man Cheong (文昌). The temple was moved to So Kwun Po (掃管埔) in the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644) and moved back to the present site in 1948.[69] | Grade III | ![]() | |
No. 146 Lin Ma Hang Tsuen, Sha Tau Kok |
Kwan Tai Temple (關帝宮). It is the only temple of the village.[70] | Nil grade | [95] | ![]() |
Ting Kok, Tai Po District |
Mo Tai Temple, Ting Kok (汀角武帝宮). | Grade III | ||
Sheung Wun Yiu, Tai Po |
Mo Tai Temple, Sheung Wun Yiu (大埔上碗窰武帝殿) | Not listed | [96] | |
Ha Wai (下圍), Tap Mun Chau |
The temple complex comprises three temples in two buildings: the first building is a Tin Hau Temple, built in 1737, to which an annex was later added, housing a Kwan Tai Temple[71] (left side on the picture). On its left, Shui Yuet Kung, built in 1788, is dedicated to Kwun Yam and the Earth God.[72] | Grade II | [97] | ![]() |
Cheung Chau |
Kwan Kung Pavilion (關公忠義亭). Built in 1973. | Not listed | [98] | ![]() |
Kat Hing Back Street, Tai O |
Adjacent to Tin Hau Temple (left side). | Grade II | [99] | |
Kwun Yam Temples
Kwun Yam Temples or Kwun Yum Temples are dedicated to Guanyin ("Kwun Yam" or "Kwun Yum" in Cantonese)
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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No. 7 Tai Ping Shan Street, Sheung Wan |
Shui Yuet Kwun Yam Tong (水月觀音堂) | Not listed | [100][101] | ![]() |
Tai Shan House, No. 34 Tai Ping Shan Street, Sheung Wan |
Tai Ping Shan Kwun Yum Tong (太平山街觀音堂) | Not listed | [102][103] | ![]() |
Lin Fa Kung Street, Tai Hang, Wan Chai District |
Lin Fa Temple | Declared | ||
Nos. 129–131 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai |
(See detailed article) The Kwun Yum temple was constructed as an annex of the Wan Chai Hung Shing Temple, to its left (right hand side when looking at the temples), in 1867. |
Grade I | [104] | ![]() |
Tam Kung Temple Road, in A Kung Ngam, Shau Kei Wan |
Kwun Yum Hall (望海觀音) of the Tam Kung Sin Shing Temple (譚公仙聖廟). Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee. | Grade III (Tam Kung Temple) |
[105] #1053 | ![]() |
On the main breakwater of Shaukeiwan Typhoon Shelter. It is only accessible by boat |
Tin Hau Temple and Kwun Yum Temple (望海觀音古廟) | Not listed | ![]() | |
Shau Kei Wan temple cluster. On the hillside of Shau Kei Wan Road. Near No. 8 Chai Wan Road, Shau Kei Wan |
Kwun Yam Temple (觀音廟). Built in 1971. Part of a cluster of 6 temples built on a flattened hilltop by the Shau Kei Wan Kaifong Advancement Association (筲箕灣街坊福利促進會). The temple is adjacent to a Kwan Tai temple.[73] | No grade | [106] [107] | ![]() |
Off Yiu Hing Road, Shau Kei Wan |
Kwun Yum Temple (観音廟) | Not listed | ![]() | |
Ap Lei Chau Waterfront Promenade |
Shui Yuet Temple, Ap Lei Chau (鴨脷洲水月宮). Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee. | Grade III | [108] | |
Repulse Bay |
Kwun Yam Shrine | Not listed | ![]() | |
Off Cape Road, Stanley |
Kwun Yam Temple | Not listed | ![]() | |
Temple Street, Yau Ma Tei |
Kwun Yum Temple (觀音古廟). One of the five buildings within the Tin Hau Temple Complex. Built in 1894. Formerly named Fuk Tak Tsz (福德祠).[74][75] | Grade I (complex) |
[109] [110] [111] | ![]() |
Shantung Street, Mong Kok |
Shui Yuet Temple (旺角水月宮) | Grade III | [112] | ![]() |
Station Lane, Hung Hom |
Kwun Yum Temple, Hung Hom (紅磡觀音廟) | Grade I | ||
Off Sha Tin Pass Road, Tsz Wan Shan |
Kwun Yum Temple, Tsz Wan Shan (慈雲山觀音廟). Built in 1853. Managed by Tung Wah Group of Hospitals since 1975. | Not listed | [113] [114] [115] picture | ![]() |
Po Lam Road, near the junction with Sau Mau Ping Road, Sau Mau Ping. Near Po Tat Estate. |
Kwun Yum Temple | Not listed | [116] [117] | ![]() |
Butterfly Beach Park (蝴蝶灣公園), Tuen Mun |
Kwun Yam shrine at Butterfly Beach Park (蝴蝶灣望海觀音). Managed by the Buddhist Youth Association (佛教青年協會). | Not listed | [118] [119] | |
Sha Kong Wai (沙江圍), Ping Shan |
Sha Kong Ping An Guan Yin Temple (沙江平安觀音廟) | Not listed | [120] [121] [122] | |
Tung Tau Tsuen, Yuen Long Kau Hui |
It is connected with the Tin Hau Temple at the back, and they are considered as one complex.[76] | Grade III | ||
Sheung Tsuen, Pat Heung, Yuen Long District |
Pat Heung Temple (八鄉古廟) | Grade II | [123] [124] | |
Luk Keng Road, Nam Chung |
Kwun Yam Temple. Part of the Tin Hau Temple Complex, Nam Chung | Not listed | [125] [126] [127] | |
Nam Wa Po (南華莆), Lam Tsuen |
Kwun Yam Temple | Not listed | ||
No. 32 Tung Tsz Road, Ting Kok |
Tung Tsz Kwun Yam Temple (洞梓觀音古廟) | Not listed | [128] [129] | |
86 Pak Sha Wan Village, along Hiram's Highway, Hebe Haven, Sai Kung District |
Kwun Yam Temple (Pak Sha Wan) (白沙灣觀音廟) | Not listed | [130] [131] | |
Ha Wai (下圍), Tap Mun Chau |
Shui Yuet Temple (塔門下圍水月宮). Built in 1788, it is dedicated to Kwun Yam and the Earth God.[72] | Grade III | ||
Kwun Yam Wan, Cheung Chau |
Kwun Yam Temple aka. Shui Yuet Temple (長洲水月宮, 長洲觀音古廟, 長洲三元宮) | Not listed | ![]() | |
Hang Pui (坑背), Lantau Island |
Kwun Yam Temple | Not listed | ||
Lung Mo Temples
Lung Mo Temples are dedicated to Longmu ("Lung Mo" in Cantonese).
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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No. 49 Ha Heung Road, To Kwa Wan |
Adjacent to the Tin Hau Temple, To Kwa Wan. Built in 1885. The temple houses the statue of Lung Mo, which was transferred here in 1964, when the temple at Hoi Sham Island was demolished following land reclamation.[77] Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee. The interior of the temple can be explored with Google Street View. |
Grade III | [132] | ![]() |
Lo Wai (老圍), Tsuen Wan District |
Lung Mo Temple, Tsuen Wan (上角山龍母佛堂, 荃灣龍母廟) | Not listed | ![]() | |
Peng Chau |
Lung Mo Temple (坪洲龍母廟) aka. Yuet Lung Sing Yuen (悅龍聖苑) | Not listed | [133], [134], [135] | ![]() |
Man Cheong Temples
- Man Cheong Temples are dedicated to the civil or literature god Man Tai (文帝; Wenchang) / Man Cheong (文昌).
Man Mo Temples are jointly dedicated to Man Tai and Kwan Tai (Guan Yu).
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Within Shang Sin Chun Tong (省善真堂) temple complex. Rutland Quadrant, Kowloon Tong |
Wenchang Hall (文昌殿) | Not listed | [136] | ![]() |
Jockey Club Road, north of Fanling Wai |
Sam Shing Temple (粉嶺三聖宮). For the worship of three deities: Pak Tai (main deity of the temple), Kwan Tai and Man Cheong (文昌). The temple was moved to So Kwun Po (掃管埔) in the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644) and moved back to the present site in 1948.[78] | Grade III | ![]() | |
Nos. 52-53 Tsz Tong Tsuen (祠堂村), Tai Hang, Tai Po |
Tin Hau Temple and Man Tai Temple (天后宮及文帝古廟). The Tin Hau Temple is adjacent to a Man Tai Temple. Built in 1727 and 1884 respectively. | Nil grade | [137] [138] [139] | |
Man Mo Temples
- Man Mo Temples are jointly dedicated to Man Tai (文帝) and Kwan Tai (Guan Yu).
Kwan Tai Temples and Hip Tin Temples are also dedicated to Kwan Tai. Man Cheong Temples are also dedicated to Man Tai.
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Nos. 124-126 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan |
Man Mo Temple, Hollywood Road (東華三院文武廟) | Declared | ||
Fu Shin Street (富善街), Tai Po |
Man Mo Temple, Tai Po (大埔文武二帝廟) | Declared | ||
Pak Ngan Heung (白銀鄉), Mui Wo, Lantau Island |
Man Mo Temple, Mui Wo (梅窩文武廟) | Not listed |
Pak Tai Temples
- Pak Tai Temples are dedicated to Pak Tai (北帝 "North Deity" in Cantonese). See Heidi (god)
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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No. 2 Lung On Street, Wan Chai |
Wan Chai Pak Tai Temple (灣仔北帝廟). Yuk Hui Temple / Pak Tai Temple | Grade I | ![]() | |
A Kung Ngam, south coast of Lei Yue Mun Channel |
Pak Tai Temple | Not listed | [142] | ![]() |
Near the southern junction of Old Main Street Aberdeen and Aberdeen Main Street, Aberdeen |
Pak Tai Temple. Part of the "Guardians of Aberdeen" group of small temples and shrines. | Not listed | [143] [144] | ![]() |
Facing Stanley Bay, Stanley |
Pak Tai Temple | Nil grade | [145] [146] | |
No. 146 Ma Tau Wai Road, Hung Hom |
Pak Tai Temple (紅磡北帝廟) | Nil grade | ![]() | |
Nos. 196 and 198 Yu Chau Street, Sham Shui Po |
Sam Tai Tsz Temple and Pak Tai Temple | Grade III | ||
Mong Tseng Wai (輞井圍), Ping Shan, Yuen Long District |
Yuen Kwan Tai Temple, Mong Tseng Wai (玄關帝廟). Dedicated to Yuen Tai/Pak Tai and Kwan Tai. | Grade I | [147] [148] | |
Cheung Shing Street, Yuen Long Kau Hui |
Yuen Kwan Yi Tai Temple (玄關二帝廟) was probably built in 1714. Commonly known as Pak Tai Temple, it is dedicated to Yuen Tai/Pak Tai and Kwan Tai (Guan Yu). The temple functions as an ancestral hall and a temple of Sai Pin Wai. Village meetings are also held there. | Grade I | ||
Yuen Kong Tsuen (元崗村), Pat Heung, Yuen Long District |
Chung Shing Temple (眾聖宮, Temple of All Saints). The main deity of the temple is Pak Tai with some others including Hau Wong and the Earth God.[79] | Grade III | [149] | |
Jockey Club Road, north of Fanling Wai |
Sam Shing Temple (粉嶺三聖宮). For the worship of three deities: Pak Tai (main deity of the temple), Kwan Tai and Man Cheong (文昌). The temple was moved to So Kwun Po (掃管埔) in the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644) and moved back to the present site in 1948.[80] | Grade III | ![]() | |
Pak She Street, Tung Wan, Cheung Chau |
Yuk Hui Temple aka. Pak Tai Temple. Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee. |
Grade I | [150] [151] | |
Tai Tei Tong, Mui Wo, Lantau Island |
Pak Tai Temple, Tai Tei Tong | [152] [153] | ||
Sam Shan Kwok Wong Temples
Sam Shan Kwok Wong Temples or Temples of the Three Mountain Kings are dedicated to the Lords of the Three Mountains.
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Kwun Tong Road, next to Ping Shek Estate, Ngau Chi Wan, Wong Tai Sin District |
Sam Shan Kwok Wong Temple (三山國王廟 (平山), 牛池灣坪石邨三山國王廟, 牛池灣村三山國王廟) | Grade III | [154] [155] [156] | ![]() |
Rehab Path, off Lei Yue Mun Road. On a hill between Kwun Tong and Lam Tin |
Tin Hau Temple and Sam Shan Kwok Wong Temple, Kwun Tong (三山國王古廟 (觀塘), 觀塘復康徑三山國王廟). | Not listed | [157] [158] [159] [160] [161] [162] | ![]() |
Sham Shek Tsuen (深石村), Lantau Island |
Sam Shan Kwok Wong Temple, Sham Shek Tsuen (深石村三山國王廟). Rebuilt in 1972. | No grade | [163] [164] [165] [166] | ![]() |
North of Sha Po Village (沙埔村), Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Island |
Shan Kwok Wong Temple, Yung Shue Wan (榕樹灣三山國王廟, 沙埔村三山國王廟). Rebuilt in 1969.The temple in a stone platform, covers an area of less than 10 square feet. | No grade | [167] [168] [169] | |
Ko Long (高塱), Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Island |
Sam Shan Kwok Wong Temple, Ko Long (高塱村三山國王廟) | No grade | [170] [171] [172] [173] | |
Pak Kok (北角), Lamma Island |
Sam Shan Kwok Wong Temple, Pak Kok (北角村碼頭三山國王廟) | No grade | [174] [175] [176] | |
Jat's Incline (扎山道), foot of Kowloon Peak |
Sam Shan Kwok Wong Temple, Kowloon Peak (飛鵝山三峰廟) | No grade | [177] [178] [179] |
Sam Shing Temples
Sam Shing Temples (三聖廟) are dedicated to 3 deities.
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Jockey Club Road, north of Fanling Wai |
Sam Shing Temple (粉嶺三聖宮). For the worship of three deities: Pak Tai (main deity of the temple), Kwan Tai and Man Cheong (文昌). The temple was moved to So Kwun Po (掃管埔) in the late Ming dynasty (1368-1644) and moved back to the present site in 1948.[81] | Grade III | ![]() | |
Ng Lau Road, Tuen Tsz Wai (屯子圍), Lam Tei, Tuen Mun District |
Sam Shing Temple (三聖宮). Dedicated to the Marshal Yuen Tan Fuk Fu (玄壇伏虎元帥; 'Tiger Suppressing General'), Hung Shing and Yeung Hau. It was rebuilt in 1993.[82] | Not graded | [180] Picture: To Ancestral Hall (left) and Sam Shing Temple (right) in Tuen Tsz Wai |
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Off Castle Peak Road - Castle Peak Bay, Sam Shing Hui (三聖墟), Castle Peak Bay, Tuen Mun |
Sam Shing Temple (三聖廟) aka. Shing Miu. Built in 1921. Dedicated to the worship of the deities Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.[83] | Grade II | ||
Shing Wong Temples
Shing Wong Temples (城隍廟) are dedicated to Shing Wong, a god who protects a city. See: City God (China).
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Kam Wa Street, Shau Kei Wan, Eastern District |
Shing Wong Temple (筲箕灣城隍廟). Built in 1877. Formerly named Fook Tak Tsz (福德祠), it was renamed "Shing Wong Temple" after an expansion project in 1974. Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee.[84] The interior of the temple can be explored with Google Street View. |
Grade III | [181] [182] | |
Temple Street, Yau Ma Tei |
Shing Wong Temple (城隍廟). Within the Tin Hau Temple Complex. Built in 1878, it is the second largest of the five buildings of the complex, after the Tin Hau Temple.[85] | Grade I (complex) |
[183] [184] | |
Po Lam Road, near the junction with Sau Mau Ping Road, Sau Mau Ping. Near Po Tat Estate, Kwun Tong District |
Shing Wong Temple (城隍廟) | Not listed | [185] [186] | ![]() |
Fu Tei Ha Tsuen (虎地下村), Fu Tei, Tuen Mun District |
Shing Wong Temple (城隍廟). Within the Nam On Buddhist Monastery (南安佛堂). The Shing Wong Temple was built in 1964.[86] | Not graded | [187] | |
Tai Shing Temples
Tai Shing Temples (大聖廟) are dedicated to the Monkey King.
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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San Ha Street (新廈街), Chai Wan |
Tai Shing Temple (柴灣大聖廟) | Not listed | [188] | |
Off Block 4, Shek Pai Wan Estate, 65 Yue Kwong Road, Aberdeen |
Tai Shing Fat Cho Temple (大聖佛祖). It was moved to the present location in 1992. | No grade | [189] [190] [191] | |
Po Lam Road, near the junction with Sau Mau Ping Road, Sau Mau Ping. Near Po Tat Estate. |
Tai Shing Temple aka. Tai Sing Fat Tong (大聖寶廟). Dedicated to the Monkey God and Nezha. | Not listed | [192] [193] | ![]() |
Off Shek Pai Street, Shek Lei, Kwai Chung |
Pak Wan Tung (白雲洞) | Not listed | [194][195] | |
Tai Wong Ye Temples
Temples related to Wang Ye worship.
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Wong Chuk Hang |
Tai Wong Ye Temple, Wong Chuk Hang (大王爺廟 (黃竹坑)) | Not listed | [196] [197] | ![]() |
Middle Island |
Tai Wong Yeh Temple (熨波洲大王爺廟). | Not listed | [198] [199] | |
On the hill behind Tsui Ying House of Tsui Ping (South) Estate,[87] Kwun Tong |
Tai Wong Ye Temple, Tsui Ping Estate (大王爺廟 (翠屏邨)). The origin of the temple was a shrine located in present-day Lok Fu. It was relocated to make space for the building of the Lo Fu Ngam Resettlement Area in 1957. The new site was dedicated in 1963.[88] | Not listed | [200] [201] [202] | |
Ah Kung Kok Fishermen Village (亞公角漁民村), A Kung Kok, Sha Tin District |
Tai Wong Yeh Temple, Ah Kung Kok Fishermen Village (亞公角村村尾的大王爺) | Not listed | [203] | <![]() |
Island House Interchange, Yuen Chau Tsai, Tai Po District |
Tai Wong Yeh Temple, Yuen Chau Tsai (大王爺廟 (元洲仔)). It was originally a stone tablet erected on the northern shore of Yuen Chau Tsai by the villagers in Chik Mei Village, located on the north bank of the Shenzhen River, in the mid-Qing Dynasty. Fishermen later raised funds to build the temple at the present location.[89] Renovated in 1988.[89] | Not listed | ||
Tam Kung Temples
(see the Tam Kung article for details about the individual temples)
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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No. 9, Blue Pool Road, at the intersection with Ventris Road, Wong Nai Chung (Happy Valley) |
The Tam Kung Temple, together with the Tin Hau Temple at the back, was relocated from the former Wong Nai Chung Village to the present site in 1901 to pave way for the redevelopment of Happy Valley.[90] Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee. The temple complex can be explored with Google Street View. |
No grade | [204] | |
Tam Kung Temple Road, in A Kung Ngam, Shau Kei Wan |
Tam Kung Sin Shing Temple (譚公仙聖廟). Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee. | Grade III | [205] [206] [207] | |
Shek Pai Wan Road, Tin Wan, Southern District |
Tam Kung Yea Temple (香港仔譚公廟) | Not listed | [208] [209] [210] | |
Sha Tau, Tung Ping Chau |
Tam Tai Sin Temple (譚大仙廟). See Tam Kung. | Grade III | ||
Tin Hau Temples
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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No. 53, Shau Kei Wan Main Street East, Shau Kei Wan |
Shau Kei Wan Tin Hau Temple (筲箕灣天后廟). The original temple, built in 1845,[91] was destroyed by a typhoon in 1872. A new temple was erected in-situ in 1873.[45] Originally situated on a slope with its front part facing the sea. Renovated in 1876, 1902, 1920, 1948 and 2005. Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee.[92] The interior of the temple can be explored with Google Street View. | Grade II | [211].doc | |
A Kung Ngam Village Lane, A Kung Ngam, Shau Kei Wan |
Yuk Wong Temple. Yuk Wong Kung Din (玉皇宮殿) or Yuk Wong Bo Din (玉皇寶殿). Dedicated to the Jade Emperor. Partly dedicated to Tin Hau: altar on the left side of the main altar. Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee. The interior of the temple can be explored with Google Street View. |
Not listed | [212] [213] | ![]() |
On the main breakwater of Shaukeiwan Typhoon Shelter. It is only accessible by boat |
Tin Hau Temple and Kwun Yum Temple (望海觀音古廟) | Not listed | ![]() | |
Formerly on a small island within the former Aldrich Bay Typhoon Shelter, Shau Kei Wan 22°16′53″N 114°13′48″E / 22.281277°N 114.229913°E |
Hoi Shum Temple (海心廟; 'temple in the middle of the sea'). Built in 1845 for the worship of Tin Hau. It was demolished in the 1980s when the Typhoon shelter was reclaimed. Some of the temple pillars and footing stones are now preserved in the Shau Kei Wan Shing Wong Temple. | Not listed Demolished |
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Fei Tsui Road, Chai Wan |
Chai Wan Tin Hau Temple (柴灣天后廟) | Not listed | ||
Lok Kang Po, Siu Sai Wan, Chai Wan 22°15′50″N 114°14′44″E / 22.263924°N 114.245608°E |
Lok Kang Po Tin Hau Temple (樂耕埔天后廟). At the current location since 1967.[93] |
Not listed |
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Near Pak She San Tsuen, Cheung Chau Wan, Cheung Chau |
Pak She Tin Hau Temple (北社天后廟). Located 100m northwest of the Pak Tai Temple.[94] Situated within the boundary of the Chung Shak Hei Home for the Aged. The temple was probably built around 1767.[45] |
Grade II | [214] | |
Chung Hing Street (Tai Shek Hau), Cheung Chau |
Tai Shek Hau Tin Hau Temple (大石口天后廟).[94] Built some time before the 4th year of the Tongzhi reign (1865) of the Qing Dynasty.[45] |
Grade II | [215] | |
Sai Wan, Cheung Chau |
Sai Wan Tin Hau Temple (西灣天后廟). Located west of Sai Wan (Western Bay), on the southwestern tip of the island.[94] Built some time before 1929.[45] |
Grade III | [216] | |
North of Morning Beach aka. Nam Tam Wan (南氹灣),[94] Cheung Chau |
Nam Tam Wan Tin Hau Temple (南氹灣天后廟). | Not listed | [217] | |
Pak She Street, Tung Wan, Cheung Chau |
Yuk Hui Temple aka. Pak Tai Temple. Partly dedicated to Tin Hau: altar on the right side of the main altar. Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee. The interior of the temple can be explored with Google Street View. |
Grade I | [218] [219] | |
Fan Lau Miu Wan, Fan Lau, Lantau Island |
Built during the early Qing Dynasty. Rebuilt in 1820.[95] Repaired in 1820, 1928, 1976.[7] | Grade III | [220] [221] | ![]() |
Yi O (二澳), Lantau Island 22°13′55″N 113°51′07″E / 22.231894°N 113.852016°E |
Listed with the note "no information" in "Distribution of temples on Lantau Island as recorded in 1979", in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch.[7] A Hoi San Temple (海神古廟) can be found in Yi O. | Not listed | Hoi San | |
San Tsuen, Tai O |
Yim Tin Tin Hau Temple (鹽田天后古廟). Built in 1644,[96] in the early Qing Period, repaired in 1838, 1892, 1895, 1946 and 1972.[7] |
Not listed | [222] | |
Kat Hing Back Street, Tai O |
Adjacent to Kwan Ti temple (right side). Built in 1772.[97] | Grade III | [223] [224] [225] | |
Sha Lo Wan, Lantau Island |
Built in 1919. Located on the left of the Ba Kong Temple, which is dedicated to Hung Shing. A wall is connecting the two temples at the front façade.[98] (Viewed from the front, the Tin Hau Temple is on the right) | Nil grade | [226] [227] [228] [229] | |
Chek Lap Kok New Village, Wong Lung Hang Road, Tung Chung, Lantau Island |
Built in 1823 at the north east of Chek Lap Kok. The entire temple was built of granite quarried on the island.[99] Repaired in 1978.[7] Dismantled in 1991 because of the construction of the new airport, and rebuilt in 1994 at its present location.[45][100] | Grade II | [230] [231] | |
Tai Pak (大白), Lantau Island Unknown location, possibly at Discovery Bay |
Listed with the note "no information" in "Distribution of temples on Lantau Island as recorded in 1979", in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch.[7] | Not listed | ||
Nim Shue Wan, Lantau Island |
Built in 1920.[45] The statue of Tin Hau was moved to Peng Chau by the villagers during the Japanese Occupation.[7][101] | Nil grade | picpic [232] [233] | |
Luk Tei Tong, Mui Wo, Lantau Island |
[234] | Not listed | ||
Chung Hau, Shap Long, Chi Ma Wan, Lantau Island |
It was rebuilt in 1951.[7] | Not listed | pic | |
Chi Ma Wan Road (along Lantau Trail Stage 12), Ham Tin Kau Tsuen, Ham Tin, Pui O, Lantau Island |
Built in the Ming Dynasty, rebuilt in 1798 and repaired in 1947,[7] 1974 and 1995.[102] | Not listed | [235] [236] | ![]() |
Tong Fuk, Lantau Island 22°13′41″N 113°55′59″E / 22.228016°N 113.933013°E |
Not listed | |||
No. 1A Yung Shue Wan Main Street, Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Island |
Built some time before the 2nd year of Guangxu reign (1876) of the Qing Dynasty.[103] An uncommon feature of the temple is that it is guarded by two Western lions. They replaced the original Chinese lions which had been damaged in the 1960s.[104] | Grade III | [237] [238] [239] [240] [241] | |
O Tsai, Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Island |
Not listed | |||
Sok Kwu Wan, Lamma Island |
(zh) Probably built between 1826 and 1868.[45] | Nil grade | [242] [243] [244] | |
Luk Chau Village, Lamma Island |
Believed to be built in the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).[45] | Nil grade | [245] | |
Nos. 69A & 69B, Wing On Street, Peng Chau |
Probably built in 1792.[45] Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee. The interior of the temple can be explored with Google Street View. |
Grade II | [247] [248] | |
Po Toi Island |
Tin Hau Temple, Po Toi Island (蒲台島天后廟). Renovated in 1893.[105] | Nil grade | [249] [250] [251] [252] [253] | |
Tai A Chau, Soko Islands |
Built in 1828.[106] The Tong Fuk village committee contributed to its renovation in 2000.[107] | Not listed | [254] | |
Siu A Chau, Soko Islands |
Not listed | [255] pic | ||
Hei Ling Chau 1) Former 2) Current temple: |
There are two Tin Hau temples on the island. One was built in 1925 and was converted into a store room. The current temple was built in 1985.[108] | Not listed | Former[256] | |
Shek Kwu Chau |
Not listed | [257] [258] |
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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No. 49 Ha Heung Road, To Kwa Wan |
Built in 1885. The temple also houses the statue of Lung Mo, which was transferred here in 1964, when the temple at Hoi Sham Island was demolished following land reclamation.[109][110] Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee. The interior of the temple can be explored with Google Street View. |
Grade III | [259] [260] | |
1/F, 40 Pak Tai Street, To Kwa Wan |
Building demolished as of 2016. Wah Kwong Tak Yan Tong (華光得因堂). Located in a residential and commercial building. Partly dedicated to Tin Hau. |
Not listed | [261] Picture: site of the former building. |
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Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Chung Mei Lo Uk Village, Tsing Yi Island[111] |
Tin Hau Festival in Tsing Yi lasts from 1st to 5th day of the 4th lunar month each year.[112] The temple was originally located near Tsing Yi Tong. Upon reclamation of Tsing Yi, it was moved to Ha Ko Tan (下高灘), near today's Chung Mei Lo Uk Village. | Not listed | [262] | |
Near Ha Kwai Chung Tsuen, Kwai Chung. Located across Kwai Chung Road from Kwai Fong Terrace. |
Built prior to 1828, the original temple was relocated to the present site in 1966 to make way for the port reclamation in Kwai Chung.[45][113] | No grade | [263] | |
Opposite to Chui Kwai House, Kwai Chung Estate, Tai Wo Hau |
Tin Hau Temple (天后廟) | Not listed | [264] | |
Near Yan Kwai House, Kwai Chung Estate, Tai Wo Hau |
Kwai Chung Fu Tak Temple (葵涌福德堂) Partly dedicated to Tin Hau. |
Not listed | [265] |
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Ma Wan Tsuen, Lei Yue Mun (Kowloon) |
First built in 1753.[45] | Grade III | [266] | |
Cha Kwo Ling Road, Cha Kwo Ling |
Initially built in Cha Kwo Ling Village during the Qing Dynasty, it was moved to Cha Kwo Ling Road in 1941, and was under maintenance and repair in 1947.[114] Opened officially in 1948. Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee.[45] The interior of the temple can be explored with Google Street View. |
Grade III | [267] [268] | |
Rehab Path, off Lei Yue Mun Road. On a hill between Kwun Tong and Lam Tin |
Tin Hau Temple and Sam Shan Kwok Wong Temple, Kwun Tong (三山國王古廟 (觀塘)). | Not listed | [269] [270] [271] [272] | ![]() |
Po Lam Road, near the junction with Sau Mau Ping Road, Sau Mau Ping. Near Po Tat Estate. |
Hoi Kwok Tin Hau Shing Mo Temple (海國天后聖母廟). The opening ceremony took place on 24 November 2012.[115] | Not listed | [273] | ![]() |
Sau Mau Ping Road, Sau Mau Ping. |
Part of a complex built in 1964 without government approval. Demolished in 2008 to make way for the new On Tat Estate. | Not listed | picture picture [274] [275] [276] [277] |
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling |
Located along the Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail, next to Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall. | Declared | [278] [279] [280] [281] [282] | ![]() |
Sai Ho (西澳), Kat O Island |
Tin Hau Temple, Kat O (吉澳天后宮). Probably built in 1763.[116][117] | Grade III | [283] [284] | ![]() |
No. 72 Ping Che, Ta Kwu Ling |
Ping Yuen Tin Hau Temple (平源天后廟). Probably built in 1756. The temple is flanked by two buildings: the Ping Yuen Community Hall (right) and the Sing Ping She Memorial Hall (left). | Grade III | [286] [287] | |
Ng Uk Tsuen (吳屋村), Ta Kwu Ling |
(to be confirmed) | Not listed | ||
Muk Wu Tsuen, Ta Kwu Ling |
Tin Hau Temple, Muk Wu (木湖村天后廟). Built around 1912-1913.[118] | Grade III | [288] | ![]() |
Ma Mei Ha (馬尾下), Ta Kwu Ling 22°31′04″N 114°10′36″E / 22.517916°N 114.176745°E |
Not listed | [289] picture picture | ||
Tsung Yuen Ha (松園下), Ta Kwu Ling 22°33′02″N 114°09′20″E / 22.550621°N 114.15554°E |
Not listed | picture picture | ||
No. 41 Hung Kiu San Tsuen, Sheung Shui |
Rebuilt in 1961.[45] | No grade | ||
Wai Loi Tsuen, Sheung Shui Wai, Sheung Shui Item #221 on map: [290] |
Completely renovated to modern structure.[119] | Not listed | ||
Ping Kong, Sheung Shui |
Within a walled village.[120] The temple is featured in Jackie Chan's 1983 film Project A.[121] | Not listed | [291] | |
Yim Liu Ha, Sha Tau Kok |
Not listed | [292] [293] | ![]() | |
Wu Shek Kok, Sha Tau Kok |
Not listed | [294] | ||
Luk Keng Road, Nam Chung |
Nam Chung Tin Hau Temple (南涌天后宮). The temple complex contains also a Kwun Yam Temple and a Dragon King shrine. | Not listed | [295] [296] [297] |
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Joss House Bay (大廟灣; Tai Miu Wan) |
See detailed article Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee. The interior of the temple can be explored with Google Street View. |
Grade I | [298] [299] | ![]() |
Tin Chau Road, Tin Ha Wan Village (田下灣村), Hang Hau |
Built around 1840.[122] | Grade III | [300] [301] | |
Leung Shuen Wan Chau (High Island), Sai Kung District |
Tin Hau Temple, Leung Shuen Wan (糧船灣天后宮). Probably built in 1741. It is located in the original coastal site and is feng shui-oriented.[45] | Grade III | [302] [303] [304] | |
Po Tung Road, Sai Kung Town |
Tin Hau Temple and Hip Tin Temple. Built in the 1910s-1920s. | Grade II | [305] | ![]() |
Wong Keng Tei, Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung Peninsula |
Not listed | |||
Off Tai Mong Tsai Road, Tai Mong Tsai (大網仔), Sai Kung Peninsula |
Not listed | |||
Pak Kong, Sai Kung Peninsula |
Built before 1872. The temple is located on a feng shui marking the eastern edge of the residential area of the village.[123] | Not listed | [306] | |
Nam Wai |
Not listed | [307] | ||
South Ninepin Island (Ninepin Group) |
Not listed | picture [308] Note: located at the top of the hill at the centre of the picture => |
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Nam Tong (南堂), Tung Lung Chau |
A Hung Shing Temple. Partly dedicated to Tin Hau. Built before 1931. Kwun Yam and Tin Hau are housed at the altars of the left and right chambers respectively. A large rock, called Holy Rock (聖石) by the worshippers, is protruding from the rear wall of the right chamber. |
Nil grade | [309] [310][311] [312] | ![]() |
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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No.180-184 Yee Kuk Street, at the corner of Kweilin Street, Sham Shui Po |
Erected in 1901.[45] Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee. The interior of the temple can be explored with Google Street View. |
Grade III | [313] | ![]() |
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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No. 182 Aberdeen Main Road, Aberdeen |
Built in 1851.[45] Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee. The interior of the temple can be explored with Google Street View. |
Grade III | [314] [315] | ![]() |
South of Yuk Fai House (旭暉閣), Yue Fai Court, Aberdeen |
Built around 1955. | Not listed | [316] | |
Middle Island[91] |
Destroyed by Typhoon Hato on August 23, 2017. | Not listed | ||
Stanley Plaza, Stanley Main Street, Stanley |
Built in 1767.[45] | No grade | [317] [318] | |
No. 219 Lan Nai Wan Village, Shek O |
Lin Hok Sin Koon (蓮鶴仙觀). Partly dedicated to Tin Hau. | Not listed | [319] [320] [321] | |
No. 333 Shek O Village, Shek O |
Tin Hau Temple, Shek O (石澳天后廟). Believed to be built before 1891.[45] | Grade III | [322] | |
Hok Tsui (鶴咀) 22°12′30″N 114°15′36″E / 22.208419°N 114.259869°E |
Not listed | picture |
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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No. 39 Ting Kok Road, Tai Po Kau Hui |
(zh) Built before 1691. On the left of the Tin Hau Temple is Hip Tin Temple dedicated to Kwan Tai. On its right is Tam Sin Temple where Tam Sin is revered.[45] | Grade III | [323] [324] | |
Nos. 52-53 Tsz Tong Tsuen (祠堂村), Tai Hang, Tai Po |
Tin Hau Temple and Man Tai Temple (天后宮及文帝古廟). The Tin Hau Temple is adjacent to a Man Tai Temple. Built in 1727 and 1884 respectively. | Nil grade | [325] [326] [327] | |
Fong Ma Po, Lam Tsuen |
Near the Lam Tsuen Wishing Trees. Believed to be built in 1768 or around 1771.[124] The temple was damaged by Typhoon Dot in 1964 and by a fire in 1965. It was extensively renovated in 1967.[125] | Grade II | [330] [331] [332] | |
Shuen Wan area of Plover Cove, next to Kei Shan Kok between Wai Ha and Ha Tei Ha.[3] |
One of the three temples of the Sam Kung Temples complex (三宮廟). The other ones are a Hip Tin Temple, dedicated to Kwan Tai (Guan Yu), and a Temple of Confucius.[3] The Sam Kung Temples complex had been destroyed by a typhoon in 1936 and was reconstructed in 2009.[126] | Not listed | [333] | |
Po Sam Pai (布心排) 22°28′16″N 114°12′35″E / 22.471146°N 114.209671°E |
Not listed | picture | ||
Ha Wai (下圍), Tap Mun Chau |
The temple complex comprises three temples in two buildings: the first building is a Tin Hau Temple, built in 1737, to which an annex was later added, housing a Kwan Tai Temple.[71] On its left, Shui Yuet Kung, built in 1788, is dedicated to Kwun Yam and the Earth God.[72] | Grade II | [334] [335] | ![]() |
Sha Tau, Ping Chau |
Built in 1765. Two other deities are worshipped at its side altars: Hung Shing and Tai Sui.[58] | Grade III | [336] [337] | |
Ko Lau Wan, North Sai Kung Peninsula |
Not listed | [338] [339] | ![]() |
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Wai Tsuen Road, Tsuen Wan Town. Situated at the east of Luk Yeung Sun Chuen, next to Block J. |
Built in 1721[127] during the reign of Kangxi (1661–1722) of the Qing Dynasty.[45] | Grade II | [340] [341] | |
Yau Kam Tau Village, Po Fung Road, Tsuen Wan |
Yau Kam Tau Village was established in 1864. It was resited to the present location in 1984, following the development of the MTR. The temple is a single storey stone house. It lies by the side of the Yau Kam Tau Village Rural Committee, on a terrace built by boulders.[128] | Not listed | ||
Nos. 56-58 Castle Peak Road, Tsing Lung Tau |
Built before 1889.[45] | No grade | ||
No. 38 Ma Wan Main Street, Ma Wan |
It was renovated in 1860.[45] | Grade III | [342] | |
Northern beach, Ma Wan |
Recently rebuilt. Said to have been originally built by the local pirate Cheung Po Tsai. | Not listed | [343] original |
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Tsing Chuen Wai,[129] Lam Tei |
Not listed | |||
Fuk Hang Tsuen Path, Fuk Hang Tsuen (福亨村), Fu Tei |
Fuk Hang Tsuen Tin Hau Temple (泰亨村) | Not listed | [344] [345] [346] [347] | |
Tin Hau Road, Tuen Mun[129] |
See detailed article Called the Hau Kok Tin Hau Temple, the temple stands by the Tuen Mun River Channel.[130] Subsequent to reclamation, the temple is now enclosed by factories.[45] |
No grade | ||
Castle Peak Road, opposite Sam Shing Estate, Sam Shing Hui, Tuen Mun |
Castle Peak Sam Chau Ma Temple (青山三洲媽廟) | Not listed | [348] [349] | |
Along Castle Peak Road, near Hong Kong Gold Coast |
Not listed | [350] | ||
Yu Chui Street, So Kwun Tan |
Not listed | [351] | ||
So Kwun Wat Tsuen Road, So Kwun Wat Tsuen |
Not listed | |||
No. 21 So Kwun Wat San Tsuen (掃管笏新村) |
Not listed | |||
Tai Lam Kok, near Tai Lam Chung, Tuen Mun. Located across Castle Peak Road from the Maritime Services Training Institute. |
Renovated in 1955.[45] | No grade | ||
Pak Long, Lung Kwu Tan[129] |
Not listed | [352] | ||
Sha Chau |
Probably built in 1846. Rebuilt in 1998.[45] | No grade | [353] [354] [355] |
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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No. 10, Tin Hau Temple Road, Causeway Bay |
See detailed article | Declared | [356] [357] [358] | ![]() |
No. 9, Blue Pool Road, at the intersection with Ventris Road, Wong Nai Chung (Happy Valley) |
The Tam Kung Temple, together with the Tin Hau Temple at the back, was relocated from the former Wong Nai Chung Village to the present site in 1901 to pave way for the redevelopment of Happy Valley.[131] Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee. The temple complex can be explored with Google Street View. |
No grade | .doc [359] | |
Moored at the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter |
Floating Tin Hau Temple (水上三角天后廟). It has been docked at its current location since 1955.[132] A new temple on land is planned, following land reclamation. | Not listed | [360] [361] | ![]() |
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Behind Lok Tai House, Lok Fu Estate, Lok Fu |
Tin Hau Temple, Lok Fu (慈德社天后古廟 or 老虎岩(樂富)天后聖母古廟) |
Not listed | [362] [363] | ![]() |
Nga Tsin Wai Tsuen |
Not listed | [364] |
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Temple Street, Yau Ma Tei |
See detailed article The Tin Hau Temple Complex comprises a row of five adjacent temples: a Tin Hau Temple, a Shing Wong Temple, a Kwun Yum temple, Shea Tan and Hsu Yuen. The Shea Tan and Hsu Yuen housed study halls, active until 1955.[133] |
Grade I | [365] [366] [367] | ![]() |
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Off Tai Shu Ha Road, Tai Kei Leng/Nga Yiu Tau, Shap Pat Heung |
Called the Tai Shu Ha Tin Hau Temple (大樹下天后廟), it got its name from being a Tin Hau Temple under a tree.[134] Probably built in 1786.[45] The celebration taking place there for the Birthday of Tin Hau is one of the biggest in the city.[135] | Grade II | [368] | |
Wang Tat Road, Fung Chi Tsuen (鳳池村), Wang Chau |
Tin Hau Temple, Fung Chi Tsuen (鳳池村天后宮). Constructed before 1908.[45] | Grade I | [369] | |
Tung Tau Tsuen, Yuen Long Kau Hui |
It is connected with the Kwun Yum Temple at the back, and they are considered as one complex.[136] | Grade III | [370] | |
Off Deep Bay Road, Sha Kong Tsuen (沙江村), Ha Tsuen |
Tin Hau Temple, Sha Kong Tsuen (沙江天后廟). Originally built in the 1800s.[45] | Grade III | [371] [372] | |
Wing Ping Tsuen, San Tin |
Called the Tung Shan Temple (東山古廟), it is dedicated to Tin Hau. It underwent a renovation in 1893.[45] | Grade III | [373] [374] | |
No.62 Shui Mei Tsuen, Kam Tin |
It is believed that the temple was built between 1662–1722 and rebuilt in 1936.[45] | Grade III | [375] | |
Ng Uk Tsuen (吳屋村), Wang Chau |
Tin Hau Temple, Tai Tseng Wai (大井圍天后古廟). Rebuilt in 1981.[137] | Not listed | [376] [377] [378] | |
Nam Hang Pai (南坑排), Shap Pat Heung, off Tai Tong Road |
Located along Yuen Tsuen Ancient Trail. | Not listed | [379] | |
Ha Pak Nai |
Not listed | [380] [381] [382] | ||
Fung Kat Heung (逢吉鄉) |
Not listed | [383] [384] [385] [386] [387] | ![]() | |
On top of a hill, off Hung Ting Road (洪天路), Hung Shui Kiu |
Tin Hau Temple, Hung Shui Kiu (洪水橋天后廟) | Not listed | [388] [389] [390] [391] On top of the hill on the right of Hung Ting Road => |
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Mai Po Lung Tsuen, San Tin |
Located next to Shek Wu Wai Heroes Temple (米埔隴 英雄古廟) | Not listed | [392] | |
Ma Tin Pok (馬田壆) |
Not listed | [393] |
Tu Di Gong Temples
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Peel Street, Central |
Pak Kung Temple (伯公廟). It has been at this location since the mid-1960s.[138] | Not listed | [394] | |
Water Lane, near the junction with Tai Ping Shan Street, Sheung Wan |
Fude Temple | Not listed | ![]() | |
Sheung Fung Lane 常豐里, Sai Ying Pun |
Earth God shrine. Dates back to the 19th century.[138] | Not listed | ||
Tung Lo Wan Road, Tai Hang, Wan Chai District |
Fuk Tak Temple (大坑福德古廟) | Not listed | [395] [396] | ![]() |
On the hill, off Yiu Hing Road, Shau Kei Wan |
Fook Tak Temple | Not listed | ![]() | |
Shau Kei Wan temple cluster. On the hillside of Shau Kei Wan Road. Near No. 8 Chai Wan Road, Shau Kei Wan |
Fuk Tak Temple (福德祠) (1969). Part of a cluster of 6 temples, it is adjacent to a Hung Shing Temple. The temple has a history of over 100 years. Originally near the eastern end of Shau Kei Wan Road, it was moved to Chai Wan Road in the 1930s. After WWII, the Government developed the area near Chai Wan Road and the temple was relocated to the present site.[139] | No grade | [397] [398] [399] | ![]() |
Between A Kung Ngam Village Road and Tong Wong Road, A Kung Ngam |
Fook Tak Temple (福德祠). Part of a former temple cluster on a small promontory. This temple was extant as of May 2017, while the Queen Mother of the West Temple had been demolished, | Not listed | [400] [401] [402] | ![]() |
Off Haiphong Road, Tsim Sha Tsui |
Fok Tak Temple (尖沙咀福德古廟). It is the only Chinese temple in Tsim Sha Tsui. | Not listed | ||
Dock Street, near the corner of Po Loi Street and Bulkeley Street, Hung Hom |
Fuk Tak Temple | Not listed | p.39 [403] [404] | |
No. 17A Tong Yam Street, Shek Kip Mei. On the lower northeastern slope of Woh Chai Shan (窩仔山). |
Fook Tak Temple (石硤尾棠蔭街福德古廟) | Not listed | [405] | ![]() |
Near Yan Kwai House, Kwai Chung Estate, Tai Wo Hau, Kwai Chung |
Kwai Chung Fu Tak Temple (葵涌福德堂) Partly dedicated to Tin Hau. |
Not listed | [406] | |
Tsz Wan Shan |
(慈雲山福德古廟) | [407] | ||
Ngau Tau Kok Road, Ngau Tau Kok |
Fook Tak Temple (牛頭角福德廟). Established in 1967. | Not listed | [408] [409] | ![]() |
Near Choi Sing House of Choi Ha Estate, Jordan Valley |
Fook Tak Pak Kung Temple (福德伯公古廟) | Not listed | ![]() | |
Fu Tei Ha Tsuen (虎地下村), Fu Tei, Tuen Mun District |
Fuk Tak Temple (福德祠). Within the Nam On Buddhist Monastery (南安佛堂). The Fuk Tak Temple was built in 1964.[140] | No grade | [410] | |
Off Po Yip Street (寶業街), Kwan Lok San Tsuen (鈞樂新村), Yuen Long |
Tu Di Gong Shrine (鈞樂新村寶業街土地社壇2) | Not listed | [411] | |
Siu Hang Tsuen, Fanling |
Fook Tak Tsz | Not listed | ||
Liu Pok (料壆), North District |
Fook Tak Temple (福德宮) | Not listed | ||
Sha Lo Wan Chung Hau, Lantau Island |
Fuk Tak Temple (福德祠) | Not listed | ![]() | |
Other temples
Central and Western District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Wo On Lane, Central |
Sam Yi Gwan Temple | Not listed | [412] [413] | ![]() |
Ming Fat House, No. 9 Tai Ping Shan Street, Sheung Wan |
Tai Shui Temple. Dedicated to Tai Sui, the 60 heavenly generals. | Not listed | [414] | ![]() |
No. 40 Tai Ping Shan Street, Sheung Wan |
Kwong Fook I Tsz (廣福義祠; 'temple of common benevolence'), also known as Pak Shing Temple or Bak Sing Tsz (百姓祠; 'temple for all folks'). Its deities for worship have been Kshitigarbha Buddha (地藏王), the guardian of the earth who can alleviate people's sufferings, and Tsai Kung (濟公; Ji Gong), commonly known as the Buddha for all requests.[141] | Grade II | [415] [416] | ![]() |
Wing Wah Mansion, off Whitty Street, Shek Tong Tsui |
Temple @ Wing Wah Mansion. Tin Fook Benevolent Society (天福慈善社) | Not listed | ||
15 Ching Lin Terrace, Kennedy Town |
Lo Pan Temple (魯班先師廟) | Grade I | ![]() | |
Victoria Road, Kennedy Town |
To Chi Fat She (道慈佛社). Established in 1954. | Not listed | [417] [418] | ![]() |
Eastern District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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No. 158-160 Electric Road, Tin Hau |
Yue Wong Temple (銅鑼灣岳王古廟). Dedicated to Yue Fei. | Not listed | [419] | ![]() |
Off Kai Yuen Street, North Point |
Chun Chu Temple (崇珠閣) | Not listed | [420] [421] [422] | |
On the hill, off King's Road, Quarry Bay |
Yi Pak Kung Temple (二伯公廟) | Not listed | [423] [424] [425] | |
Mount Parker Road, Quarry Bay |
Kong Yau Kung (降祐宮). Dedicated to Prince Zhao (趙太子) and Lü Dongbin (供奉呂純陽). | Not listed | [426] | ![]() |
Off Yiu Hing Road, Shau Kei Wan |
Kik Lok Tung (極樂洞善堂) | Not listed | ![]() | |
On the hillside of Shau Kei Wan Road. Near No. 8 Chai Wan Road, Shau Kei Wan |
Shau Kei Wan temple cluster. Six temples were built on a flattened hilltop by the Shau Kei Wan Kaifong Advancement Association (筲箕灣街坊福利促進會): Fuk Tak Temple (1969), Kwun Yam Temple (1971), Kwan Tai Temple (1976), Hung Shing Temple (1980), Cheung Fei Temple (1981), Lau Bei Temple (1993). | [427] [428] | ![]() | |
Shau Kei Wan temple cluster |
Cheung Fei Temple (張飛廟). Built in 1981. Dedicated to Zhang Fei.[142] | No grade | ![]() | |
Shau Kei Wan temple cluster |
Lau Bei Temple (劉備廟). Built in 1993. Dedicated to Liu Bei.[143] | No grade | ![]() | |
Between A Kung Ngam Village Road and Tong Wong Road, A Kung Ngam |
Queen Mother of the West Temple (皇母娘娘). Part of a former temple cluster on a small promontory. This temple was extant as of May 2015. It was demolished as of May 2017, while a Fook Tak temple, part of the former cluster, was still extant. | Not listed Demolished |
[429] [430] [431] [432] | |
A Kung Ngam Village Lane, A Kung Ngam, Shau Kei Wan |
Yuk Wong Temple. Yuk Wong Kung Din (玉皇宮殿) or Yuk Wong Bo Din (玉皇寶殿). Dedicated to the Jade Emperor, and partly dedicated to Tin Hau (altar on the left side of the main altar). Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee. The interior of the temple can be explored with Google Street View. |
Not listed | [433] [434] | ![]() |
Tai Tam Road, Chai Wan Gap, Chai Wan |
Not listed | |||
Islands District
According to the Geography Department of The University of Hong Kong, Luk Wu is home to 38 Buddhist temples.[144]
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Sai Wan, Cheung Chau |
Wing Shing Tong (永勝堂). It is a Taoist temple built by Madam Law Cheong-hong and a female Taoist priest Tao Cheong-hing in 1925. Kwun Yum is the principal deity of the temple. | Grade III | ||
Sai Wan, Cheung Chau |
Di Mu Temple (地母廟). Dedicated to Houtu, "Queen of the Earth". | Not listed | Note: smaller temple on the left on the picture | |
Peng Chau |
Seven Sisters Temple (坪洲仙姊廟/坪洲七姐廟). Built in 1954. | Not listed | [435] | |
Peng Chau |
Lady Kam Fa Temple (坪洲金花廟) | Not listed | ||
Peng Chau |
Moral Sin Tong aka. Temple of Morality (道德善堂). First established in Nam Wan, the temple was relocated to its present location in 1963.[145] | Not listed | ||
Luk Tei Tong, Mui Wo, Lantau Island |
Taoist Temple | Not listed | ||
Luk Tei Tong, Mui Wo, Lantau Island |
Seven Sisters Temple | Not listed | ||
Tai Ho, Lantau Island |
Luk Hop Yuen Kung (六合玄宮) | Not listed | [436][437] | |
Shek Mun Kap, Tung Chung, Lantau Island |
Yuen Tan Temple (玄壇古廟) | Not listed | [438] [439] | ![]() |
Ngong Ping |
Ngong Ping Tsuen Bor Yek Yuen | Not listed | ||
Ngong Ping |
Ngong Ping Tsuen Bor Yek Lam | Not listed | ||
Ngong Ping |
Lotus Pond Temple | Not listed | ||
Ngong Ping |
竹林净苑 | Not listed | ||
Ngong Ping |
Sheung Tak Lam | Not listed | ||
Ngong Ping |
Ching Ng Lam | Not listed | ||
Hang Mei (坑尾村), Tai O, Lantau Island |
Lung Ngam Temple aka. Lung Ngam Monastery (大澳龍巖寺) | Not listed | [440] | ![]() |
Hang Mei (坑尾村), Tai O, Lantau Island |
Wah Kwong Temple (大澳華光古廟) | Not listed | ![]() | |
Kowloon City District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Rutland Quadrant, Kowloon Tong |
Shang Sin Chun Tong (省善真堂). Taoist temple. Established in 1952. | Not listed | [441] [442] [443] [444] | ![]() |
No. 61 Cumberland Road, Kowloon Tong |
Buddhist Sarnath (佛教鹿野苑) | Not listed | ![]() | |
No. 24 Cumberland Road, Kowloon Tong |
(大師堂) | Not listed | ![]() | |
No. 53 Cumberland Road, Kowloon Tong |
Tsz Tak Benevolent Society (慈德善社) | Not listed | ![]() | |
8 Surrey Lane / No. 27 Cumberland Road, Kowloon Tong |
Fei Ha Ching Shea (飛霞精舍) | Not listed | ![]() | |
No. 25 Cumberland Road, Kowloon Tong |
(佛教感恩堂). It houses a private columbarium. | Not listed | [445] | ![]() |
Kwai Tsing District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Off Shek Pai Street, Shek Lei, Kwai Chung |
Shun Fung Sin Koon | Not listed | ||
Off Shek Pai Street, Shek Lei, Kwai Chung |
Chat Sing Kung (清七聖宮) | Not listed | [446] | |
Next to No. 18 Tsing Yi Lutheran Village, Tsing Yi |
Ching Tak Tong Tat Mor Cho Sze Temple (清德堂達摩祖師廟). Established in 1950. | Not listed | [447] [448] [449] [450] | |
Tsing Yi Lutheran Village, Tsing Yi |
Tai Yum Leung Leung Temple (太陰娘娘廟) aka. Tai Yam Neung Neung Temple | Not listed | [451] [452] | |
Tsing Yi |
Chun Kwan Temple (真君廟) | Not listed | [453] | |
Kwun Tong District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Off Kai Tin Road, Lam Tin |
Hon Chung Lei Sin Sze Temple (藍田 漢 Chung Lei 仙 Sze) | ![]() | ||
No. 82 Hiu Kwong Street, Sau Mau Ping |
達摩廟, managed by the Luen Kwong Fat Tong association (聯光佛堂). | [454] [455] | ||
Next to Sau Mau Ping Memorial Park, off Tsui Ping Road and Hiu Ming Street | Tei Chong Wong Temple (地藏王古廟). Dedicated to Kshitigarbha (地藏). | [456] [457] [458] [459] | ||
Yau Tong, off Ko Chiu Road, along a path leading to Devil's Peak |
Tsz Tak Benevolent Society (慈德善社) | [460] [461] [462] | ||
North District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Ping Che Road, Ta Kwu Ling |
Wun Chuen Sin Kwoon (雲泉仙館). Taoist temple. | Not listed | ||
Po Kak Tsai Road, Fanling |
Lung Shan Temple (龍山寺). It houses a private columbarium.[146] | Not listed | [463] [464] | |
San Wai (新圍) aka. Kun Lung Wai (覲龍圍), Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling |
Village shrine of a walled village | Not listed | ||
Sha Tau Kok Road, Luen Wo Hui, Fanling |
Wong Tai Temple (黃帝祠) | Not listed | ![]() | |
Within Fanling Hong Lok Park, San Wan Road, Fanling |
Chong Har Ching Ser (藏霞精舍). Taoist temple. | Not listed | ||
Fanling |
Fung Ying Seen Koon (蓬瀛仙館). Founded in 1929. Taoist temple. | Not listed | ![]() | |
Chi Fuk Circuit, Fanling |
Hong Kong Kun Chung Temple (香港觀宗寺) | Not listed | ![]() | |
Sai Kung District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Northern end of Po Toi O village, Clear Water Bay Peninsula |
Group of shrines and temples. | Not listed | ![]() | |
No. 160 Po Lam Road South, Tiu Keng Leng |
The Old Tiu Keng Leng Police Station (前調景嶺警署) aka. Rennie's Mill Police Station was built in 1900. Closed in 1941. Since 1999, it was partially used by the Po Yin Fat Yuen, a monastery founded in 1956, after the original monastery building was torn down with the clearance of the nearby squatter area in 1996. Its function as a monastery ceased in 2015. | Not listed | [465] [466] [467] [468] [469] picture |
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Mang Kung Wo Road, Hebe Haven |
Fat Kwong Temple (佛光寺) | Not listed | [470] [471] | |
No. 3 Mang Kung Wo Road, Hebe Haven |
(白沙臺佛堂) | Not listed | ||
No. 22B Mang Kung Wo Road, Hebe Haven |
(九天玄女義女堂) | Not listed | [472] | |
No. 22C Mang Kung Wo Road, Hebe Haven |
(藥師佛明堂佛廟) | Not listed | [473] | |
Pak Lap Wan (白腊灣), High Island |
(西貢白臘玄壇爺廟) | Not listed | [474] | |
Sha Tin District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Che Kung Miu Road, near Lei Uk Tsuen (李屋村), Tai Wai |
Koon Ngam Ching Yuen, also Ku Ngam Ching Yuen or Ku Au Tseng Yuen or "Wat Tai Wai" (古巖淨苑). It is a Chinese Thai temple[147] established in the early 1990s.[148] | Not listed | ||
Near Pak Tin Village and directly north of Mei Chung Court, Tai Wai |
Puguangming Temple (普光明寺). Contains a controversial private columbarium.[149][150][151] | Not listed | [475] | ![]() |
Near Pak Tin Village and directly west of Mei Chung Court, Tai Wai |
Shun Shin Chee Kit Yin Koon (信善玄宮).[152] It houses a private columbarium.[153] | Not listed | ||
No. 297 Pai Tau Village, Sha Tin. Within Buddhist Poh Yea Home for the Aged (排頭 佛教般若安老院) |
Poh Yea Ching She (沙田般若精舍). Established in 1915. | Not listed | [476] [477] [478] [479] | ![]() |
Pai Tau Village, Sha Tin. Within Buddhist Poh Yea Home for the Aged (排頭 佛教般若安老院) |
Tin Tak Sin Kau Siu Che Fei Tong on Lo Yuen (天德聖教蕭始佛堂安老院). | Not listed | ![]() | |
No. 345 Pai Tau Village, Sha Tin |
(沙田暢林園) | Not listed | [480] [481] | |
Tao Fung Shan, Tai Wai, Sha Tin |
Ching To Yuen (淨土園). It houses a private columbarium.[154] | Not listed | ||
Sheung Wo Che, Sha Tin |
Sai Lam Temple (西林寺). It houses a private columbarium.[155] | Not listed | [482] | |
No. 174A Sheung Wo Che, Sha Tin |
Sam Yuen Kung | Not listed | [483] | |
Sheung Wo Che, Sha Tin |
To Fuk Shan Tsz (道福山祠). It houses a private columbarium. [156] | Not listed | [484] | |
Sham Shui Po District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
---|---|---|---|---|
So Uk. On the hill south of Tai Po Road and north of Ching Cheung Road |
Hong Kong and Kowloon Fuk Tak Buddhist Association (港九福德念佛社) | Not listed | ||
So Uk. On the hill south of Tai Po Road and north of Ching Cheung Road |
Yuen Ching Kwok (元清閣). Dedicated to Wong Tai Sin. | Not listed | ||
So Uk. On the hill south of Tai Po Road and north of Ching Cheung Road |
Tze Yeung Tung Temple (紫陽洞佛堂) | Not listed | ||
Southern District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
---|---|---|---|---|
Pok Fu Lam Road |
Kai Ming Temple (啟明寺) | No grade | [485] | |
Corner of Nam Ning Street and Chengtu Road, Aberdeen |
Temple on Nam Ning Street. Dedicated to Hoi Wong, the King of the Sea. | No grade | [486] | |
Near the southern junction of Old Main Street Aberdeen and Aberdeen Main Street, Aberdeen |
Guardians of Aberdeen. Group of small temples and shrines. | No grade | [487] [488] | ![]() |
Southern end of Stanley Main Street, Stanley |
Shui Sin Temple (水仙古廟) | No grade | [489] [490] | ![]() |
Middle Island[91] |
Not listed | |||
Tai Po District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kau Lung Hang Lo Wai (九龍坑老圍) |
Pun Wong Temple (盤王古廟) | Not listed | [491] [492] | |
Tai Po |
Siu Ling Shan (Ling Hin Fat Yuen) (小靈山(靈顯法院)) | Not listed | [493] | |
Shek Lin Road, Tai Po |
Pun Chun Yuen (半春園, full name 香海蓮社半春園) | Grade III | [494] [495] | |
Mui Shue Hang Tsuen, Tai Po |
Po Yea Ching Shea (般若精舍). Originally known as Prajna Monastery and founded in 1915 as an abode for Buddhist nuns, it was renovated into a private colombarium. | Not listed | ||
43-45 Kam Shan Road (錦山路), Tai Po |
Buddhist Cheung Ha Temple (長霞浄院). Houses a private columbarium. | Not listed | [496] | |
29 Kam Shan Village, Tai Po |
Yan Lo (隱廬) | Not listed | [497] [498] | |
No. 43 Ma Wo (馬窩), Tai Po |
Chung Woo Ching Sai (忠和精舍) | Not listed | [499] | |
Ting Kok Road, Tai Po |
Sing Kung Cho Tong (省躬草堂). Taoist temple. | Not listed | ||
Sheung Wun Yiu, Tai Po |
Fan Sin Temple aka. Fan Sin Kung or Fan Sin Miu (樊仙宮) | Declared | ||
Pun Shan Chau |
Fung Loi Leung Yuen | Not listed | [500] | |
Kwun Hang (官坑), Shap Sze Heung, Ma On Shan |
Chat Shing Temple or Tsat Shing Kung Temple (七聖古廟) | No grade | [501] [502] [503] | |
Tsuen Wan District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lo Wai (老圍), Tsuen Wan District |
Yuen Yuen Institute (圓玄學院) | Not listed | [504] | ![]() |
Lo Wai (老圍), Tsuen Wan District |
Tung Lum Nieh Fah Tong (東林念佛堂). Buddhist temple. | Not listed | ||
Lo Wai (老圍), Tsuen Wan District |
Heung Hoi Che Hong (香海慈航) | Not listed | [505] | ![]() |
Cheung Pei Shan Road (象鼻山路), Lo Wai (老圍) |
Yuk Ha Kok (玉霞閣) | Not listed | [506] | |
Off Fu Yung Shan Road, Fu Yung Shan (芙蓉山), Tsuen Wan District |
Nam Tin Chuk Temple (南天竺寺) | Not listed | ||
Off Castle Peak Road - Tsuen Wan |
Wang Fat Ching She (弘法精舍). Buddhist temple. | Not listed | ![]() | |
Tuen Mun District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fu Tei Ha Tsuen (虎地下村), Fu Tei |
Sin Fat Hang Yuen (仙佛行轅; 'guest house of Buddha'). Within the Nam On Buddhist Monastery (南安佛堂). It is located at the back of the monastery building.[157] | Not graded | [507] | |
Tuen Mun |
Ching Chung Koon (青松觀; 'Green Pine Temple'). Taoist temple. Originally opened as a rural retreat in 1949. | Grade II | ||
No. 132 Tsing Shan Tsuen (青山村), Tuen Mun |
Sze Lo Temple (尸羅精舍) | Not listed | [508][509] | ![]() |
No. 25 Yeung Tsing Road (楊青路), Tsing Shan Tsuen (青山村) |
Filial Park (思親公園). Taoist temple. Houses a columbarium. | Not listed | [510] | ![]() |
No. 181 Tsing Shan Tsuen (青山村), Tuen Mun |
(妙宗寺) | Not listed | [511] | |
Yeung Tsing Road (楊青路), Tuen Mun |
Tin Tak Shing Kau to Tong - Tuen Mun (天德聖教道堂). See also: Tiandi teachings | Not listed | [512] | |
Tsing Shan Tsuen (青山村), Tuen Mun |
Cheung Ming Ching Shea (長明精舍) | Not listed | [513] | |
Tsing Shan Tsuen (青山村), Tuen Mun |
Fo Tzu Ching Buddhist Temple (佛慈淨寺) | Not listed | [514] | |
Tsing Shan Tsuen (青山村), Tuen Mun |
Ho Shek Tsing She (荷石精舍) | Not listed | [515] [516] [517] | |
Wan Chai District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Wong Tai Sin District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
---|---|---|---|---|
No.20 Ma Chai Hang Road, Wong Tai Sin |
Kiu Kong Chiu Chow Po Hing Lin Fat She aka. Pohing Temple (僑港潮州普慶念佛社, 普慶念佛社紀念堂) | Not listed | [518] [519] | ![]() |
Lung Cheung Road, Wong Tai Sin |
Wong Tai Sin Temple | Grade I | ![]() | |
Shatin Pass Road, Tsz Wan Shan |
Fat Jong Temple (慈雲山法藏寺). Buddhist temple established in 1948, rebuilt in 1990. | Not listed | ![]() | |
Tsz Wan Shan Road, Tsz Wan Shan |
Tsz Wan Kok Temple (香港慈雲閣). Taoist temple. | Not listed | [520] | ![]() |
On the hill, off Fung Wah Street, north of Tsz Ching Estate, Tsz Wan Shan |
Tai Yum Leung Leung Temple (太陰娘娘廟) | Not listed | [521] [522] | |
Yuen Long District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
---|---|---|---|---|
Off Deep Bay Road, Lau Fau Shan |
Wan Fou Sin Koon (雲浮仙觀) | Not listed | [523] | |
Deep Bay Road, Lau Fau Shan |
(紫雲仙苑). Contains a controversial private columbarium.[158] | Not listed | ||
Sha Kong Wai (沙江圍), Ping Shan |
Chi Hong Po Jai (慈航普濟). Constructed before 1662, it is the village temple of Sha Kong Wai. | Grade III | [524] | ![]() |
Tin Sam Tsuen (田心村), Hung Shui Kiu |
Village shrine | Grade III | [525] [526] | |
Off Tong Yan San Tsuen West Road, Tong Yan San Tsuen, Ping Shan |
Kam Lan Koon (金蘭觀) | Not listed | [527] [528] | |
Tai Tseng Wai (大井圍), Wang Chau |
Village shrine | Not listed | ![]() | |
Shui Pin Tsuen (水邊村), Wang Chau |
Village shrine. Probably built in the early 19th century. The Earth God and Shennongshi (神農氏) are worshipped at the shrine, that also acts as an ancestral hall for the Wongs (黃氏) of the village. | Grade III | [529] [530] | |
Along Yuen Tsuen Ancient Trail |
Not listed | ![]() | ||
Off Chuk Yau Road (近竹攸路), Ngau Tam Mei |
Wat Buddhadhamaram (วัดพุทธธรรมาราม) (泰國佛堂). Thai temple. | Not listed | [531] | |
Wing Lung Wai, Kam Tin |
Chung Shing Temple (眾聖宮; 'Temple of All Saints'), the village shrine of Wing Lung Wai. Eleven deities are worshiped in the temple, including Kwun Yam, Hung Shing and Che Kung.[159] | Grade III | ![]() | |
Kam Tin |
Tin Tak Kung (天德宮) | [532] | ||
Monasteries
Islands District
See below
Kwun Tong District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
---|---|---|---|---|
No. 82 Lei Yuen Mun Praya Road, Yau Tong |
Buddhist Nunnery, Yau Tong (油塘的華嚴閣) | [533] | ![]() | |
North District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ho Sheung Heung, Sheung Shui |
Sin Wai Nunnery (仙慧庵). Built in 1919.[160] | Grade III | [534] | ![]() |
Ping Che, Fanling |
Cheung Shan Monastery (長山古寺) | Declared | [535] | ![]() |
Off Wilson Trail Section 10, Shek Pan Tam (石板潭), Nam Chung |
Wan Jing Jai Temple - The Temple of Peace & Tranquility (蘊貞精舍). A former nunnery. Buildings have been restored. Includes Kwun Yam and Shing Wong Temples and a garden. | Not listed | [536] [537] [538] | |
Sai Kung District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
---|---|---|---|---|
73 Lung Ha Wan Road, Clear Water Bay |
Cham Shan Monastery. Built in 1964. | Not listed | [539] | ![]() |
Sha Tin District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
---|---|---|---|---|
Next to Che Kung Temple and San Tin Village (新田村) in Tai Wai |
Chi Hong Ching Yuen, also Tze Hong Monastery (慈航靜苑). It is a Buddhist nunnery established in the early 20th century.[148][161] | Not listed | [540] | ![]() |
Sha Tin |
Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery | Grade III | ![]() | |
Nos. 97, 98, 100 Pai Tau Village, Sha Tin |
Wai Chuen Monastery (慧泉寺). Founded in the 1950s. | Not listed | [541] [542] | ![]() |
No. 101 Pai Tau Village, Sha Tin |
(佛教證覺精舍(證覺園)) | Not listed | ||
No. 148 Pai Tau Village, Sha Tin |
Chi Ha Yuen (紫霞園 (安孝祠)) | Not listed | ||
No. 167 Pai Tau Village, Sha Tin |
Ching Lin Temple (凈蓮精舍) | Not listed | [543] [544] [545] | |
No. 179 Pai Tau Village, Sha Tin |
To Wing Yuen (道榮園). Founded in 1899. It houses a private columbarium.[162] | Not listed | [546] [547] | |
No. 184 Pai Tau Village, Sha Tin |
(蓮坤園) | Not listed | ||
No. 186 Pai Tau Village, Sha Tin |
Chi Ha Toi (紫霞台 (安樂祠)) | Not listed | ||
No. 188 Pai Tau Village, Sha Tin |
(閬苑圓圃) | Not listed | [548] [549] | |
No. 190 Pai Tau Village, Sha Tin |
To Hop Yuen aka. Dao Hop Monastery (道合園) | Not listed | [550] | |
Tai Po District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
---|---|---|---|---|
No. 51 Pun Chun Yuen (半春園), Tai Wo |
Wat Mekthumvanaram aka. Wat Mak Tham Vanaram (วัดเมฆธรรมวนาราม) aka. Wat Tai Wo (太和泰國寺; 'Tai Wo Thai Monastery'). A Thai forest temple. | Not listed | [551] [552] | |
No. 30 Ma Wo (馬窩), Tai Po |
Po Kok Monastery (寶覺禪院). The building was built in the 1930s, initially as a residence. | Nil grade | [553] [554] | |
No. 53 Ma Wo (馬窩), Tai Po |
Ting Wai Monastery (定慧寺). Built in 1921. Formerly known as Lan Yeuk Yuen (蘭若園). | Nil grade | [555] [556] | |
Tung Tsz, Tai Po District |
Tsz Shan Monastery (慈山寺). Opened in 2015. It features a 76m high outdoor bronze statue of Guanyin, the second highest in the world. | Not listed | ![]() | |
Tsuen Wan District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fu Yung Shan Road, Fu Yung Shan (芙蓉山), Tsuen Wan District |
Chuk Lam Sim Yuen (竹林禪院, lit. "Bamboo Forest Monastery"). The foundation was laid in 1928. Construction work of the main hall and the side halls was completed in 1932. | Grade II | [557] [558] [559] [560] | |
Lo Wai (老圍), Tsuen Wan District |
Western Monastery (西方寺) | |||
Tsuen Wan District |
Fat Kwong Ching She (佛光淨舍) | |||
Tsuen Wan District |
Kuen Yuen Tung Monastery (先覺祠坤堂乾元洞) | |||
Tsuen Wan District |
Po Kwong Yuen Monastery (普光園) | Not listed | [561] [562] [563] [564] | |
Lo Wai (老圍), Tsuen Wan District |
Tung Po Tor Monastery (東普陀講寺). Buddhist monastery established in 1929.[163][164] | Grade II | [565] [566] [567] | |
Tuen Mun District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
---|---|---|---|---|
At the foot of Castle Peak, Tuen Mun |
Tsing Shan Monastery aka. Castle Peak Monastery (青山禪院) | Grade I | ||
No. 51 Yeung Tsing Road (楊青路), Tsing Shan Tsuen (青山村), Tuen Mun |
Yuan Ming Monastery (圓明寺) | Not listed | [568] [569] | |
Tuen Fat Road, Tuen Mun |
Sin Hing Tung (屯門善慶洞). A hostel for monasticism.[165] | Not graded | [570] [571] | |
Tuen On Lane, Tuen Fu Road, Fu Tei |
Ching Leung Fat Yuen (清涼法苑). Buddhist nunnery. | Grade III | [572] | |
Tuen On Lane, Tuen Fu Road, Fu Tei |
Gig Lok Monastery (極樂寺) | Not listed | [573] | ![]() |
Fu Tei Ha Tsuen (虎地下村), Fu Tei |
Nam On Buddhist Monastery (南安佛堂). Its main deity is the Monkey King. It comprises four buildings: the Main temple, Sin Fat Hang Yuen (仙佛行轅, guest house of Buddha ), Fuk Tak Temple (福德祠) and Shing Wong Temple (城隍廟).[166] | No grade | [574] [575] | |
Lam Tei |
Miu Fat Buddhist Monastery (妙法寺). Built in 1950. | Not listed | ![]() | |
Wan Chai District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
---|---|---|---|---|
No.15 Shan Kwong Road, Happy Valley. |
Tung Lin Kok Yuen | Grade II | ||
Wong Tai Sin District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
---|---|---|---|---|
5 Chi Lin Drive, Diamond Hill |
Chi Lin Nunnery (志蓮淨苑) | Not listed | ![]() | |
No. 99 Ngau Chi Wan Village |
Man Fat Nunnery (萬佛堂). Taoist nunnery. Constructed between 1912 and 1915 and dedicated to deities including Kwun Yum. | Grade III | [576] [577] [578] [579] | |
No. 60 Hammer Hill Road, Ngau Chi Wan |
Po Kok Ching Ser aka. Bun Ha Tung (賓霞洞). Taoist monastery founded in 1935. | Nil grade | [580] [581] | |
Yuen Long District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ha Tsuen |
Ling To Monastery or Ling To Tsz (湛山寺) | Grade II | [582] | |
Sha Tseng Road, Tong Yan San Tsuen, Ping Shan |
Chuk Lam Ming Tong (竹林明堂) | Not listed | [583] | |
Wang Tat Road, Fung Chi Tsuen, Wang Chau |
Lung Wah Yuen (龍華園). Former Buddhist nunnery, founded in the 1930s.[167] | Grade III | [584] | |
Lui Kung Tin (雷公田), Pat Heung |
Yuen Tung Tsz (圓通寺) | Not listed | ||
Kwun Yam Shan (觀音山), Sheung Tsuen (上村), Pat Heung |
Ling Wan Monastery (凌雲寺). Buddhist nunnery.[168] | Grade III | [585] [586] | |
Islands District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
---|---|---|---|---|
Peng Chau |
Yuen Tung Monastery (圓通講寺) | |||
Lantau
In the late 1970s, there were 500 monks living in 135 Buddhist monasteries on Lantau, and the island was sometimes called the Island of Prayer.[169] According to the Geography Department of The University of Hong Kong, Luk Wu is home to 38 Buddhist temples.[144] Ngong Ping, Luk Wu, Keung Shan, Tei Tong Tsai and Ling Wui Shan (Man Cheung Po) are collectively known as the "Five Major Buddhist Woodlands" (五大禪林) of Lantau Island. There are more than 80 temples in Lantau, mainly clustering in Ngong Ping, Luk Wu and Keung Shan areas. There are 26 Taoist monasteries in Keung Shan.[170]
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
---|---|---|---|---|
No. 38 Sham Wat Tsuen, Sham Shek Tsuen (深石村) |
Shing Kok Ha Yuen (勝覺下苑). Buddhist monastery. | Not listed | ![]() | |
Shek Mun Kap, Tung Chung, Lantau Island |
Lo Hon Buddhist Monastery (東涌羅漢寺) | Not listed | ![]() | |
Along Tei Tong Tsai Country Trail aka. Fat Mun Ancient Path, Lantau Island |
Tung Lam Monastery (東林精舍). Ruined. | Not listed | [587] | |
Along Tei Tong Tsai Country Trail aka. Fat Mun Ancient Path, Lantau Island |
Fat Lam Zen Monastery (法林禪院) | Not listed | [588] | |
Along Tei Tong Tsai Country Trail aka. Fat Mun Ancient Path, Lantau Island |
Wah Yim Kok Monastery (古樸的華嚴閣) | Not listed | [589] [590] | |
Along Tei Tong Tsai Country Trail aka. Fat Mun Ancient Path, Lantau Island |
Fa Hong Monastery (法航精舍) | Not listed | ||
Along Tei Tong Tsai Country Trail aka. Fat Mun Ancient Path, Lantau Island |
Po Lam Monastery (寶林寺) | Not listed | [591] | ![]() |
Ngong Ping, Lantau Island |
Po Lin Monastery | Not listed | ![]() | |
Lower Keung Shan (下羌山), Lantau Island |
Ng Chun Nunnery (悟真) aka. Ng Chun Red House (悟真紅屋). Buddhist nunnery founded in 1927. The name Ng Chun (悟真) literally means the awakening of Buddhist truth.[171] | Grade III | [592] | |
Lower Keung Shan (下羌山), Lantau Island |
Po Lin Shut (寶蓮室). Buddhist nunnery founded in 1916.[172][173][174] | Grade III | [593] [594] [595] | |
Lower Keung Shan (下羌山), Lantau Island |
Chi Chuk Lam (紫竹林). Buddhist nunnery founded in 1918.[175][176] | Grade III | [596] [597] | |
Lower Keung Shan (下羌山), Lantau Island |
Ling Yan Monastery (靈隱寺). Buddhist nunnery founded in 1928. | Not listed | [598] [599] | |
Luk Wu, Lantau Island |
Yin Hing Monastery (延慶寺). It houses a private columbarium.[177] | Not listed | ||
Luk Wu, Lantau Island |
Ng Chit | Grade III | ||
Luk Wu, Lantau Island |
Fat Chuen Chi (佛泉寺). Buddhist monastery built in 1933.[178] | Grade III | [600] [601] | |
Luk Wu, Lantau Island |
Luk Wu Ching She or Luk Wu Ching Ser (鹿湖精舍). Built in 1883 as a Taoist establishment before being given to the Caodong school of Chan Buddhism. It was originally named "Shun Yeung Fairy Cave" (純陽仙洞).[179][180][181][182][183][170] | Grade II | [602] [603] [604] [605] [606] [607] [608] | |
Luk Wu, Lantau Island |
Chuk Yuen Ching Ser | Grade III | ||
Luk Wu, Lantau Island |
Wai Sau Yuen (慧修院). Buddhist nunnery dedicated to Kwun Yam. Built in 1933.[184][185] | Nil Grade | [609] [610] [611] | |
Lantau Island |
Tsu Hing Monastery (慈興寺) | [612] | ||
List of walled villages
Remaining walled villages in Hong Kong include:
North District
Sha Tin District
Name | Alternate name | Area | Notes | Photo | Coordinates References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tsang Tai Uk (曾大屋) |
Shan Ha Wai (山下圍) |
Sha Tin | (see "Notable walled villages" above) | 22°22′26″N 114°11′26″E / 22.3738°N 114.1906°E | |
Chik Chuen Wai (積存圍) |
Tai Wai (大圍) |
Tai Wai | 22°22′35″N 114°10′44″E / 22.376275°N 114.178783°E | ||
Tin Sam Wai (田心圍) |
Tai Wai[203] | Tin Sam Wai was founded in the late Ming dynasty as a Punti walled village.[203] A moat was built for its protection, and was later filled up and used as a fish pond. Historic buildings in the village include the Choi Ancestral Hall, built around the 1920s, the Leung Ancestral Hall, largely rebuilt,[204][148] the Liu Ancestral Hall, and the Entrance Gate, built during the Qing dynasty.[205] Two rectangular holes are above the front doorways of the Gate for feng shui benefit and for security watching.[206] | ![]() |
22°22′09″N 114°10′40″E / 22.369298°N 114.177826°E |
Tai Po District
Name | Alternate name | Area | Notes | Photo | Coordinates References |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pan Chung (泮涌) |
Tai Po | A multi-clan village. | 22°26′43″N 114°09′57″E / 22.445308°N 114.165748°E | ||
Tai Po Tau Shui Wai (大埔頭水圍) |
Tai Po Tau Lo Wai (大埔頭老圍) |
Tai Wo | 22°27′09″N 114°09′27″E / 22.452524°N 114.157438°E | ||
Chung Sum Wai (中心圍) |
Tsing Chuen Wai (青磚圍) |
Tai Hang | 22°28′09″N 114°08′59″E / 22.469228°N 114.149808°E | ||
Fui Sha Wai (灰沙圍) |
Tai Hang | The walls of Fui Sha Wai were built by the local villagers in the mid-Ming dynasty. Four watchtowers were built in each corner for fortification. Nowadays, Fui Sha Wai still remains as a village exclusively for the Man clan. | 22°28′12″N 114°09′06″E / 22.469915°N 114.151535°E | ||
Ng Tung Chai (梧桐寨) |
Lam Tsuen | 22°26′15″N 114°07′41″E / 22.437389°N 114.127917°E | |||
Kei Ling Ha Lo Wai (企嶺下老圍) |
Shap Sze Heung | 22°24′40″N 114°16′27″E / 22.410999°N 114.274119°E | |||
Kei Ling Ha San Wai (企嶺下新圍) |
Shap Sze Heung | 22°24′58″N 114°16′13″E / 22.41611°N 114.27028°E |
Tsuen Wan District
Name | Alternate name | Area | Notes | Photo | Coordinates References |
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Sam Tung Uk (三棟屋) |
Tsuen Wan | The former Hakka walled village has been converted into the Sam Tung Uk Museum, and is now a declared monument. | 22°22′19″N 114°07′13″E / 22.371934°N 114.120223°E |
Tuen Mun District
Name | Alternate name | Area | Notes | Photo | Coordinates References |
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Chung Uk Tsuen (鍾屋村) |
Kwong Tin Wai (廣田圍) |
Lam Tei | The Chungs of Chung Uk Tsuen moved from Dongguan during the Ming dynasty.[207] | 22°25′44″N 113°59′33″E / 22.428791°N 113.992418°E | |
Lam Tei Tsuen (藍地村) |
Wing On Tsuen (永安村) |
Lam Tei | Established by the To (陶) Clan[208] | 22°25′09″N 113°59′02″E / 22.419186°N 113.984023°E | |
Nai Wai (泥圍) |
Wong Kong Wai (黃崗圍) |
Lam Tei | Established by the To (陶) Clan[208] | 22°25′24″N 113°59′19″E / 22.423307°N 113.988609°E | |
Sun Fung Wai (順風圍) |
順豐圍 | Lam Tei | A multi-lineage village established around 300 years ago.[209] | 22°25′28″N 113°59′19″E / 22.424334°N 113.988679°E | |
Tsing Chuen Wai (青磚圍) |
Mak Yuen Wai (麥園圍) |
Lam Tei | Established by the To (陶) Clan about 300 years ago. There is a Tin Hau Temple in the village. | 22°25′22″N 113°58′55″E / 22.422667°N 113.981861°E | |
Tuen Mun San Tsuen (屯門新村) |
Tai Yuen Wai (大園圍 |
Lam Tei | Established by the To (陶) Clan[208] | 22°25′06″N 113°59′04″E / 22.418229°N 113.984436°E | |
Tuen Tsz Wai (屯子圍) |
Tin Tsz Wai (田子圍) |
Lam Tei | Established by the To (陶) Clan[208] | 22°25′18″N 113°58′53″E / 22.421537°N 113.981319°E |
Wong Tai Sin District
Name | Alternate name | Area | Notes | Photo | Coordinates References |
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Nga Tsin Wai Tsuen (衙前圍村) |
Wong Tai Sin | (see "Notable walled villages" above) | 22°20′06″N 114°11′36″E / 22.335042°N 114.193354°E |
Yuen Long District
Name | Alternate name | Area | Notes | Photo | Coordinates References |
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Kiu Tau Wai (橋頭圍) |
Ping Shan | One of the "Three Wais" of Ping Shan.[210] | 22°26′35″N 114°00′15″E / 22.443011°N 114.004257°E | ||
Fui Sha Wai (灰沙圍) |
Ping Shan | One of the "Three Wais" of Ping Shan.[210] | |||
Sheung Cheung Wai (上璋圍) |
Sheung Cheung Wai (上章圍) |
Ping Shan | One of the "Three Wais" of Ping Shan.[210]
Built about 200 years ago by a line of the Tang Clan that branched out from nearby Hang Tau Tsuen, it is the only walled village along the Ping Shan Heritage Trail. The moat that once surrounded the village has been filled.[211] |
22°26′48″N 114°00′24″E / 22.446739°N 114.006539°E | |
Shek Po Tsuen (石埔村) |
Shek Po Wai (石步圍) |
Ping Shan | ![]() |
22°26′27″N 113°59′46″E / 22.440731°N 113.996217°E | |
Lam Hau Tsuen (欖口村) |
Ping Shan | 22°26′06″N 114°01′06″E / 22.434992°N 114.018248°E | |||
Shan Ha Tsuen (山下村) |
山廈村 | Ping Shan[212] | 22°25′56″N 114°00′59″E / 22.432301°N 114.016279°E | ||
Tin Sam Tsuen (田心村) |
Tin San Wai )田心圍) |
Hung Shui Kiu | 22°26′07″N 113°59′31″E / 22.435152°N 113.991898°E | ||
Shui Pin Wai (水邊圍) |
鴨乸圍 | Wang Chau | 22°26′41″N 114°01′07″E / 22.444826°N 114.01853°E | ||
Chung Sam Wai (中心圍) |
Wang Chau | 22°27′14″N 114°01′37″E / 22.453761°N 114.026896°E | |||
Tai Tseng Wai (大井圍) |
Wang Chau | ![]() |
22°27′47″N 114°01′14″E / 22.462993°N 114.020643°E | ||
Ng Uk Tsuen (吳屋村) |
Wang Chau | ![]() |
22°27′53″N 114°01′17″E / 22.464680°N 114.021255°E | ||
Sha Kong Wai (沙江圍) |
Nam She (蚺蛇) |
Ha Tsuen[213] | 22°27′50″N 113°59′27″E / 22.463893°N 113.990761°E | ||
Mong Tseng Wai (輞井圍) |
Ha Tsuen | 22°28′39″N 114°00′12″E / 22.477555°N 114.003347°E | |||
Sik Kong Wai (錫降圍) |
Ha Tsuen | 22°26′57″N 113°59′31″E / 22.449158°N 113.991985°E | |||
Tseung Kong Wai (祥降圍) |
Lo Wai (老圍) |
Ha Tsuen | |||
Nam Pin Wai (南邊圍) |
Yuen Long Kau Hui | ![]() |
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Sai Pin Wai (西邊圍) |
Yuen Long Kau Hui | ||||
Tai Wai Tsuen (大圍村) |
Yuen Long Kau Hui | ||||
Ying Lung Wai (英龍圍) |
Yuen Long Kau Hui | ||||
Ma Tin Tsuen (馬田村) |
Shap Pat Heung | 22°26′22″N 114°01′25″E / 22.439415°N 114.023600°E | |||
Tin Liu Tsuen (田寮村) |
Shap Pat Heung | The main shrine of the village is dedicated to Tai Wong, who is considered to be the protective deity of the village. Rebuilt in 1935, it lies on the central axis of the village together with the Entrance Gate (pictured).[214] | 22°25′58″N 114°01′29″E / 22.432659°N 114.024738°E | ||
Muk Kiu Tau Tsuen (木橋頭村) |
Shap Pat Heung | ||||
Shui Tsiu San Tsuen (水蕉新村) |
Shap Pat Heung | Front gate was destroyed and rebuilt in 2017 by village residents. Some ruins from original buildings still remain. | 22°25′32″N 114°01′41″E / 22.425522°N 114.028128°E | ||
Yeung Ka Tsuenbr>(楊家村) | Shap Pat Heung | ||||
Pak Sha Tsuen (白沙村) |
Shap Pat Heung | 22°25′17″N 114°01′17″E / 22.421452°N 114.021485°E | |||
Kat Hing Wai (吉慶圍) |
Fui Sha Wai (灰沙圍) |
Kam Tin | (see "Notable walled villages" above) | 22°26′23″N 114°03′50″E / 22.43971°N 114.064011°E | |
Tai Hong Wai (泰康圍) |
Kam Tin | ![]() |
22°26′27″N 114°03′55″E / 22.440821°N 114.065154°E | ||
Wing Lung Wai (永隆圍) |
Kam Tin | The village was founded in the Chenghua reign (1465-1487). The enclosing wall was built in the Kangxi reign (1661-1722). The moat was reclaimed in the 1960s. The village was earlier called Sha Lan Mei (沙欄尾) or Wing Lung Wai (永龍圍; 'Everlasting Dragon'). The name was changed into the present name in 1905.[159] | 22°26′24″N 114°04′02″E / 22.440042°N 114.067235°E | ||
Kam Hing Wai (錦慶圍)[215] |
Kam Tin | 22°26′36″N 114°03′41″E / 22.443324°N 114.061466°E | |||
Sha Po Tsuen (沙埔村) |
Kam Tin | ![]() |
22°27′12″N 114°03′17″E / 22.453374°N 114.054795°E | ||
Wang Toi Shan Wing Ning Lei (橫台山永寧里) |
Pat Heung | ||||
Tung Chan Wai (東鎮圍) |
San Tin | ||||
Yan Shau Wai (仁壽圍) |
San Tin | ||||
Wing Ping Tsuen (永平村) |
San Tin | ||||
Shek Wu Wai (石湖圍) |
San Tin | ||||
Pok Wai (壆圍) |
San Tin | ||||
Mai Po Lo Wai (米埔老圍) |
San Tin |
Active estates
The following factory estates, owned by the Hong Kong Housing Authority, are still active as of January 2014:[216]
Name and location | Notes | References | Photographs |
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Chun Shing Factory Estate (晉昇工廠大廈) Kwai Fuk Road, Kwai Chung |
Built in 1982. 1 block. 26 storeys.[217] 1,646 factory units. Total floor area: 41,079 m2. With lift service.[218] |
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Hoi Tai Factory Estate (開泰工廠大廈) Kin Fat Street, Tuen Mun |
Built in 1982. 1,764 factory units. Total floor area: 44,663 m2. With lift service.[218] |
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Kwai On Factory Estate (葵安工廠大廈) Tai Lin Pai Road, Kwai Chung |
Built in 1979. 766 factory units. Total floor area: 19,210 m2. With lift service.[218] |
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Sui Fai Factory Estate (穗輝工廠大廈) Shan Mei Street, Fo Tan |
Built in 1982. 1,597 factory units. Total floor area: 41,725 m2. With lift service.[218] |
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Wang Cheong Factory Estate (宏昌工廠大廈) Lai Chi Kok Road, Cheung Sha Wan |
Built in 1984. 1,020 factory units. Total floor area: 26,648 m2. With lift service.[218] |
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Yip On Factory Estate (業安工廠大廈) Wang Hoi Road, Kowloon Bay |
Two blocks built in 1980 and 1981. 1,440 factory units. Total floor area: 36,378 m2. With lift service.[218] |
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- ^ East Rail Extension Project: Test Pits Results and Cross-Section Drawings. Items #219, 220, 221 on map: [1]
- ^ Antiquities and Monuments Office: Ho Sheung Heung: History
- ^ Lonely Planet: Ping Kong
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- ^ SCL - NEX/2206 EIA Study for Tai Wai to Hung Hom Section. Environmental Impact Assessment Report. Appendix 4.3. Built Heritage Survey. October 2011
- ^ SCL - NEX/2206 EIA Study for Tai Wai to Hung Hom Section, Final Environmental Impact Assessment Report, Figure 4.2.1. Locations of Known Built Heritages (Sheet 1 of 8), October 2011. Shows the location of the historic buildings of Tin Sam Village.
- ^ Antiquities and Monuments Office: Brief Information on No Grade Items. Items #1176, 1256. Archived 17 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Brief Information_ on proposed Grade III Items. Item #689 Archived 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c d Antiquities and Monuments Office: Tsing Chuen Wai: History
- ^ Brief Information on proposed Grade III Items. Item #875 Archived 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c Antiquities and Monuments Office:Tang Ancestral Hall
- ^ Antiquities and Monuments Office: Sheung Cheung Wai
- ^ Brief history of Shan Ha Tsuen
- ^ zh:沙江圍
- ^ Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings, p.913
- ^ Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings. Item #505
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- ^ Hong Kong Housing Authority: Chun Shing Factory Estate
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