Places of worship in Hong Kong

Hong Kong counts approximately 600 temples, shrines and monasteries. While Buddhism and Christianity are the most widely practiced religions, most religions are represented in the Special Administrative Region.

Buddhist temples and monasteries

• Chi Lin Nunnery (志蓮淨苑)
• Guan Yin Temples (also referred to as Kwan Yin)
  • Kwun Yam Shrine (Repulse Bay)
  • Lin Fa Temple (Tai Hang)
• Po Lin Monastery (Lantau)
• Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery ^[1]
• Tsing Shan Monastery (also called Piu To Temple) (Tuen Mun)
• Miu Fat Buddhist Monastery

Taoist temples and monasteries

Wong Tai Sin Temple

• Ching Chung Koon (Tuen Mun)
• Chong Har Ching Ser (藏霞精舍) (Fanling)
• Fung Ying Seen Koon (Fanling)
• Man Mo Temple (Sheung Wan, Tai Po, Lantau Island)
• Sam Shan Kwok Wong Temple (三山國王廟) (Ngau Chi Wan)
• Shang Sin Chun Tong (省善真堂) (Kowloon Tong)
• Sin Hing Tung (善慶洞) (Tuen Mun)
• Tai Sing Fat Tong (大聖寶廟) (Sau Mau Ping)
• Wong Tai Temple (黃帝祠) (Luen Wo Hui)
• Wong Tai Sin Temple
• Wun Chuen Sin Koon (雲泉仙館) (Ta Kwu Ling)
• Yuen Yuen Institute
• Yuk Hui Temple (Cheung Chau)

Joss houses

Tin Hau temple, Tin Hau, Causeway Bay

Tin Hau temples

Over 100 temples are dedicated, at least partially to Tin Hau. They include:

• Tin Hau temple, located at 10, Tin Hau Temple Road, Causeway Bay, east of Victoria Park, in Eastern District, on Hong Kong Island. It is one of the declared monuments of Hong Kong.^[2] The temple has given its name to the MTR station serving it (Island Line).
• The Tin Hau temple in Yau Ma Tei is also famous in Hong Kong. The public square, Yung Shue Tau before it is surrounded by a night market of Temple Street (a street named after it).
• The Tin Hau Temple at Tai Miu Wan (大廟灣; Joss House Bay) is considered the most sacred. It is one of the Grade I historic building.^[3]

Others

• Che Kung Temples (list)
• Chun Kwan Temple on Tsing Yi Island
• Emperor Guan Temples (dedicated to Guan Yu, also referred to as Kuan Yu, Kwan Tai)
  • Hip Tin Temples (list)
  • Kwan Kung Pavilion on Cheung Chau
  • Man Mo Temples (list), dedicated to Kwan Tai and Man Cheong
• Fan Sin Temple in Sheung Wun Yiu
• Hau Wong Temples and Yeung Hau Temples (list)
• Hung Shing Temples and Tai Wong Temples (list)
• Lam Tsuen wishing trees
• Lo Pan Temple in Kennedy Town
• Pak Tai Temples (list)
• Sam Tai Tsz Temple and Pak Tai Temple complex in Sham Shui Po
• Shing Wong Temples (list)
• Tam Kung Temples a and Tam Tai Sin Temples (list)
• Tu Di Gong, or Earth God shrines

Christian churches

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

Interior of St John's Cathedral

Lifehouse International Church Hong Kong, a Hillsong family church

SKH Crown of Thorns' Church

For Catholic Church, See also List of Catholic Churches in Hong Kong

For Anglican Church, See also List of Anglican Churches in Hong Kong

Hong Kong Island

Central and Western District

• Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic)
• Hop Yat Church (Hong Kong)
• Peak Church (a former Protestant chapel)
• The Vine Christian Fellowship
• St. John's Cathedral, Hong Kong
• Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)

Eastern District

• International Christian Assembly (Pentecostal)
• North Point Alliance Church (Evangelical)

Wan Chai District

• Chinese Methodist Church, at No. 36 Hennessy Road
• Sky City Church, meeting in the Apex of the Central Plaza
• Tung Fook Church (Protestant)

Kowloon and New Kowloon

• Every Nation Hong Kong
• Holy Trinity Cathedral
• Lifehouse International Church Hong Kong (Pentecostal)
• St Andrew's Church, Kowloon
• Rosary Church (Roman Catholic)
• Wing Kwong Pentecostal Holiness Church (Pentecostal)

New Territories

• Christ the Worker Parish (Roman Catholic)
• Crown of Thorns' Church (Anglican)

Sha Tin

• Shatin Anglican Church (Anglican)
• Shatin Baptist Church
• Tao Fong Shan Christian Centre

Tsing Yi Island

• St. Thomas the Apostle Church

Christian monasteries

Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple

• Trappist Haven Monastery (Lantau) - Latin Rite Catholic

Sikh temple

• Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple - at the corner of Queen's Road East and Stubbs Road

Synagogues

• Ohel Leah Synagogue - Robinson Road

Mosques

Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre along Nathan Road.

• Jamia Masjid - Shelley Street, Hong Kong Island
• Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre - Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
• Ammar
• Stanley Mosque
• Chai Wan Mosque
• Ibrahim Mosque

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - photo from June 1997

• Hong Kong China Temple located on Cornwall Street, Kowloon Tong
• Wanchai Meetinghouse, on Gloucester Road, Wan Chai
• Tsing Yi Island
• Yuen Long
• Tuen Mun

See also

• Religion in Hong Kong
• List of buildings and structures in Hong Kong
• Chinese mythology

References

1. Lonely planet 2002 issue page 239 steve Fallon
2. Antiquities and Monuments Office: Tin Hau Temple, Causeway Bay
3. List of Graded Historic Buildings in Hong Kong (as at 6 Jan 2007)