Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong
The following is an incomplete list of the over 100 Tin Hau Temples (at least partially) dedicated to Tin Hau (Mazu) in Hong Kong. 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 a declared monument.[1] The temple has given its name to the MTR station serving it (Island Line), and subsequently to the neighboring area of Tin Hau.
- 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 the popular Temple Street night market.
- The Tin Hau Temple at Joss House Bay is considered the most sacred. Built in 1266, it is the oldest and the largest Tin Hau Temple in Hong Kong.[2] It is a Grade I historic building.
Festivals
Two temples have a marine parade to celebrate the Tin Hau Festival (天后誕; Tiānhòudàn): Tin Hau Temple on Leung Shuen Wan (High Island)[3] and Tin Hau Temple on Tap Mun, which has it once every ten years.[4]
The celebration at Tin Hau Temple, Joss House Bay is attended annually by upwards of 40,000 to 50,000 people. Another large celebration takes place at the Tai Shu Ha temple in Yuen Long District.[5]
List by district
Note 1: Unless otherwise noted, Tin Hau is the main deity of the temples listed below.
Note 2: A territory-wide grade reassessment of historic buildings is ongoing. The grades listed in the table are based on this update (10 September 2013). The temples with no status listed in the table below are not graded and do not appear in the list of historic buildings considered for grading.
Note 3: While most probably incomplete, this list is tentatively exhaustive.
Eastern District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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No. 10, Tin Hau Temple Road, Causeway Bay |
See detailed article | Declared | ||
No. 53, Shau Kei Wan Main Street East, Shau Kei Wan |
The original temple, built in 1845,[6] was destroyed by a typhoon in 1872. A new temple was erected in-situ in 1873.[7] 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.[8] The interior of the temple can be explored with Google Street View. | Grade II | .doc | |
A Kung Ngam Village Road, A Kung Ngam, Shau Kei Wan |
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 | ||
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.[9] |
Not listed | ||
Islands District
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.[10] Situated within the boundary of the Chung Shak Hei Home for the Aged. The temple was probably built around 1767.[7] |
Grade II | ||
Chung Hing Street (Tai Shek Hau), Cheung Chau |
Tai Shek Hau Tin Hau Temple (大石口天后廟).[10] Built some time before the 4th year of the Tongzhi reign (1865) of the Qing Dynasty.[7] |
Grade II | ||
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.[10] Built some time before 1929.[7] |
Grade III | ||
North of Morning Beach aka. Nam Tam Wan (南氹灣),[10] Cheung Chau |
Nam Tam Wan Tin Hau Temple (南氹灣天后廟). | Not listed | ||
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 | ||
Fan Lau Miu Wan, Fan Lau, Lantau Island |
Built during the early Qing Dynasty. Rebuilt in 1820.[11] Repaired in 1820, 1928, 1976.[12] | Grade III | ||
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.[12] A Hoi San Temple (海神古廟) can be found in Yi O. | Not listed | Hoi San Temple | |
San Tsuen, Tai O |
Yim Tin Tin Hau Temple (鹽田天后古廟). Built in 1644,[13] in the early Qing Period, repaired in 1838, 1892, 1895, 1946 and 1972.[12] |
Not listed | ||
Kat Hing Back Street, Tai O |
Adjacent to Kwan Ti temple (right side). Built in 1772.[14] | Grade III | ||
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.[15] (Viewed from the front, the Tin Hau Temple is on the right) | No grade | picture | |
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.[16] Repaired in 1978.[12] Dismantled in 1991 because of the construction of the new airport, and rebuilt in 1994 at its present location.[7][17] | Grade II | ||
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.[12] | Not listed | ||
Nim Shue Wan, Lantau Island |
Built in 1920.[7] The statue of Tin Hau was moved to Peng Chau by the villagers during the Japanese Occupation.[12][18] | No grade | picturepicture | |
Luk Tei Tong, Mui Wo, Lantau Island |
Not listed | |||
Chung Hau, Shap Long, Chi Ma Wan, Lantau Island |
It was rebuilt in 1951.[12] | Not listed | picture | |
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,[12] 1974 and 1995.[19] | Not listed | ||
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.[20] 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.[21] | Grade III | ||
O Tsai, Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Island |
Not listed | |||
Sok Kwu Wan, Lamma Island |
Probably built between 1826 and 1868.[7] | No grade | ||
Luk Chau Village, Lamma Island |
Believed to be built in the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).[7] | No grade | ||
Nos. 69A & 69B, Wing On Street, Peng Chau |
Probably built in 1792.[7] Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee. The interior of the temple can be explored with Google Street View. |
Grade II | ||
Po Toi Island |
Renovated in 1893.[22] | No grade | ||
Tai A Chau, Soko Islands |
Built in 1828.[23] The Tong Fuk village committee contributed to its renovation in 2000.[24] | Not listed | ||
Siu A Chau, Soko Islands |
Not listed | picture | ||
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.[25] | Not listed | Former | |
Shek Kwu Chau |
Not listed | |||
Kowloon City District
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.[26] Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee. The interior of the temple can be explored with Google Street View. |
Grade III | ||
1/F, 40 Pak Tai Street, To Kwa Wan |
Wah Kwong Tak Yan Tong (華光得因堂). Located in a residential and commercial building. Partly dedicated to Tin Hau. | Not listed | ||
Kwai Tsing District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Chung Mei Lo Uk Village, Tsing Yi Island[27] |
Tin Hau Festival in Tsing Yi lasts from 1st to 5th day of the 4th lunar month each year.[28] 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 | picture | |
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.[7][29] | No grade | ||
Opposite to Chui Kwai House, Kwai Chung Estate, Tai Wo Hau |
Not listed | |||
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 | ||
Kwun Tong District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Ma Wan Tsuen, Lei Yue Mun (Kowloon) |
First built in 1753.[7] | Grade III | ||
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.[30] Opened officially in 1948. Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee.[7] The interior of the temple can be explored with Google Street View. |
Grade III | ||
Off Lei Yue Mun Road, Kwun Tong |
Tin Hau Temple and Sam Shan Kwok Wong Temple (三山國王古廟). | Not listed | ||
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.[31] |
Not listed | ||
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 | |
North District
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 | ||
Sai Ho (西澳), Kat O Island |
Built in 1763.[32][33] | Grade III | picture | |
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 | ||
Ng Uk Tsuen (吳屋村), Ta Kwu Ling |
Not listed | picture | ||
Muk Wu Tsuen, Ta Kwu Ling |
Built around 1912-1913.[34] | Grade III | ||
Ma Mei Ha, Ta Kwu Ling 22°31′04″N 114°10′36″E / 22.517916°N 114.176745°E |
Not listed | |||
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 | ||
No. 41 Hung Kiu San Tsuen, Sheung Shui |
Rebuilt in 1961.[7] | No grade | ||
Wai Loi Tsuen, Sheung Shui Wai, Sheung Shui Item #221 on map: |
Completely renovated to modern structure.[35] | Not listed | ||
Ping Kong, Sheung Shui |
Within a walled village.[36] The temple is featured in Jackie Chan's 1983 film Project A.[37] | Not listed | ||
Yim Liu Ha, Sha Tau Kok |
Not listed | |||
Wu Shek Kok, Sha Tau Kok |
Not listed | |||
Luk Keng Road, Nam Chung |
Nam Chung Tin Hau Temple (南涌天后宮). | Not listed | ||
Sai Kung District
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 | ||
Tin Chau Road, Tin Ha Wan Village (田下灣村), Hang Hau |
Built around 1840.[38] | Grade III | ||
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.[7] | Grade III | ||
Po Tung Road, Sai Kung Town |
Tin Hau Temple and Hip Tin Temple. Built in the 1910s-1920s. | Grade II | ||
Wong Keng Tei, Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung Peninsula |
Not listed | |||
Tai Mong Tsai, 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.[39] | Not listed | ||
Nam Wai |
Not listed | |||
South Ninepin Island (Ninepin Group) |
Not listed | picture Note: the small Tin Hau temple is located at the top of the hill at the centre of the picture => |
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Nam Tong Village (南塘中村), Tung Lung Chau |
Shui Yuet Kung (水月宮), a Hung Shing Temple. Partly dedicated to Tin Hau. | No Grade | ||
Sham Shui Po District
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.[7] Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee. The interior of the temple can be explored with Google Street View. |
Grade III | ||
Southern District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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No. 182 Aberdeen Main Road, Aberdeen |
Built in 1851.[7] Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee. The interior of the temple can be explored with Google Street View. |
Grade III | ||
No. 333 Shek O Village, Shek O |
Believed to be built before 1891.[7] | Grade III | ||
No. 219 Lan Nai Wan Village, Shek O |
Lin Hok Sin Koon (蓮鶴仙觀). Partly dedicated to Tin Hau. | Not listed | ||
Hok Tsui (鶴咀) 22°12′30″N 114°15′36″E / 22.208419°N 114.259869°E |
Not listed | picture | ||
Stanley Plaza, Stanley Main Street, Stanley |
Built in 1767.[7] | No grade | ||
Middle Island[6] |
Not listed | |||
Tai Po District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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No. 39 Ting Kok Road, Tai Po Kau Hui |
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.[7] | Grade III | ||
Nos. 52-53 Tsz Tong Tsuen, Tai Hang, Tai Po |
Adjacent to Man Tai Temple. Built in 1774.[7] | No grade | ||
Fong Ma Po, Lam Tsuen |
Near the Lam Tsuen Wishing Trees. Believed to be built in 1768 or around 1771.[40] The temple was damaged by Typhoon Dot in 1964 and by a fire in 1965. It was extensively renovated in 1967.[41] | Grade II | ||
Shuen Wan area of Plover Cove, next to Kei Shan Kok between Wai Ha and Ha Tei Ha.[42] |
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.[42] The Sam Kung Temples complex had been destroyed by a typhoon in 1936 and was reconstructed in 2009.[43] | Not listed | ||
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, 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.[44] On its left, Shui Yuet Kung, built in 1788, is dedicated to Kwun Yam and the Earth God.[45] | Grade II | ||
Sha Tau, Ping Chau |
Built in 1765. Two other deities are worshipped at its side altars: Hung Shing and Tai Sui.[46] | Grade III | ||
Ko Lau Wan, North Sai Kung Peninsula |
Not listed | picture | ||
Tsuen Wan District
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[47] during the reign of Kangxi (1661–1722) of the Qing Dynasty.[7] | Grade II | ||
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.[48] | Not listed | ||
Nos. 56-58 Castle Peak Road, Tsing Lung Tau |
Built before 1889.[7] | No grade | ||
No. 38 Ma Wan Town, Ma Wan |
It was renovated in 1860.[7] | Grade III | ||
Northern beach, Ma Wan |
Recently rebuilt. Said to have been originally built by the local pirate Cheung Po Tsai. | Not listed |
Tuen Mun District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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Tsing Chuen Wai,[49] Lam Tei |
Not listed | |||
Fuk Hang Tsuen, Fuk Hang Tsuen Path, Lam Tei |
Not listed | |||
Tin Hau Road, Tuen Mun[49] |
See detailed article Called the "Hau Kok Tin Hau Temple", the temple stands by the Tuen Mun River Channel.[50] Subsequent to reclamation, the temple is now enclosed by factories.[7] |
No grade | ||
Castle Peak Road, opposite Sam Shing Estate, Sam Shing Hui, Tuen Mun |
Not listed | picture | ||
Along Castle Peak Road, near Hong Kong Gold Coast |
Tin Hau Temple to be confirmed. | Not listed | picture | |
Yu Chui Street, So Kwun Tan |
Not listed | |||
So Kwun Wat |
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.[7] | No grade | ||
Pak Long, Lung Kwu Tan[49] |
Not listed | |||
Sha Chau |
Probably built in 1846. Rebuilt in 1998.[7] | No grade | ||
Wan Chai District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
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No. 9, Blue Pool 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.[51] Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee. The temple complex can be explored with Google Street View. |
No grade | .doc | |
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.[52] | Not listed | ||
Wong Tai Sin District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
Nga Tsin Wai Tsuen |
Not listed | |||
Yau Tsim Mong District
Location | Notes | Status | References | Photographs |
---|---|---|---|---|
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.[53] |
Grade I | ||
Yuen Long District
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.[54] Probably built in 1786.[7] The celebration taking place there for the Birthday of Tin Hau is one of the biggest in the city.[5] | Grade II | ||
Wang Tat Road, Fung Chi Tsuen, Ping Shan |
Constructed before 1908.[7] | Grade I | ||
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.[55] | Grade III | ||
Sha Kong Tsuen, Ha Tsuen |
Originally built in the 1800s.[7] | Grade III | ||
Wing Ping Tsuen, San Tin |
Called the "Tung Shan Temple" (東山廟), it is dedicated to Tin Hau. It underwent a renovation in 1893.[7] | Grade III | ||
No.62 Shui Mei Tsuen, Kam Tin |
It is believed that the temple was built between 1662–1722 and rebuilt in 1936.[7] | Grade III | ||
Ng Uk Tsuen, Wang Chau |
Rebuilt in 1981.[56] | Not listed | ||
Nam Hang Pai (南坑排), Shap Pat Heung, off Tai Tong Road |
Located along Yuen Tsuen Ancient Trail. | Not listed | ||
Ha Pak Nai |
Not listed | |||
Fung Kat Heung (逢吉鄉) |
Not listed | |||
Hung Shui Kiu |
Not listed | picture | ||
Mai Po Lung Tsuen, San Tin |
Not listed | |||
Ma Tin Pok (馬田壆) |
Not listed | |||
See also
References
- ↑ Antiquities and Monuments Office: Tin Hau Temple, Causeway Bay
- ↑ Chinese Temples Committee: Tin Hau Temple, Joss House Bay
- ↑ Chan, Tin-kuen, Anthony (September 2006). Parade for the queen: safeguarding the intangible heritage of the Tin Hau Sea Ritual in Leung Shuen Wan, Sai Kung (Postgraduate thesis, Master of Science in Conservation). University of Hong Kong.
- ↑ Antiquities and Monuments Office. Brief Information on Proposed Grade III Items. Item #617. Tin Hau Temple, Leung Shuen Wan, Sai Kung
- 1 2 Birthday of Tin Hau: Unique Experiences
- 1 2 Siu Kwok Kin, Anthony (1996). "Distribution of Temples on Hong Kong Island as Recorded in 1981" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 36: 241–245. ISSN 1991-7295.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Antiquities and Monuments Office: Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings
- ↑ Chinese Temples Committee: Tin Hau Temple, Shau Kei Wan
- ↑ Hong Kong Housing Authority: Heritage Impact Assessment on Chai Wan Factory Estate at No. 2 Kut Shing Street, Chai Wan, Hong Kong, p.31, April 2013
- 1 2 3 4 Lonely Planet: Tin Hau Temples of Cheung Chau
- ↑ Brief Information on Proposed Grade 3 Items, pp.1051
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Siu, Anthony K.K. (1980). "Distribution of temples on Lantau Island as recorded in 1979" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 20: 136–139. ISSN 1991-7295.
- ↑ Fung Shui of San Tsuen Tin Hau Temple, pp.14-15
- ↑ Brief Information on Proposed Grade 3 Items. Item #856
- ↑ Brief Information on No Grade Items, pp.229-230
- ↑ Geology of Chek Lap Kok. Chapter 8. 1994
- ↑ Exploring Islands - Tung Chung
- ↑ Brief Information on Proposed Grade 2 Items, pp.544-545
- ↑ Environmental Impact Assessment Report for 132 KV Supply Circuit from Pui O via Chi Ma Wan Peninsula via Sea Crossing towards Cheung Chau. Cultural Heritage. 2001
- ↑ Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings, p.873
- ↑ Tin Hau Temple, Yung Shue Wan
- ↑ Brief Information on proposed Grade Nil Items. Item #1254
- ↑ Islands District Council. Paper No. IDC 107/2008
- ↑ Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Receiving Terminal and Associated Facilities. EIA Report. Section 12 Cultural Heritage Assessment. December 22, 2006
- ↑ A Commercial Scale Wind Turbine Pilot Demonstratrion at Hei Ling Chau. EIA Report. November 2006
- ↑ Brief information on proposed Grade III Items. Item #1081
- ↑ Kwai Tsing District Council website (archive)
- ↑ Welcome to 18 Districts - Kwai Tsing District
- ↑ Kwai Tsing: Hong Kong's nucleus of trade
- ↑ Fun in Kwun Tong - Heritage & Attractions
- ↑ Public procession for the opening ceremony of Tin Hau Temple, Po Lam Road
- ↑ Brief Information on proposed Grade III Items. Item #974
- ↑ Welcome to 18 Districts - North District
- ↑ Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings, p.832
- ↑ East Rail Extension Project: Test Pits Results and Cross-Section Drawings
- ↑ Lonely Planet: Ping Kong
- ↑ Hong Kong (& Macau) Film Stuff: Project A - Jackie Chan (1983)
- ↑ Antiquities and Monuments Office: Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings. Item #1111
- ↑ P.H. Hase, "The Historical Heritage of Ho Chung, Pak Kong, and Sha Kok Mei, Sai Kung", June 2003.
- ↑ The Tai Po Book, p.41
- ↑ Brief information on proposed Grade II Items, pp.561-562
- 1 2 Wong Wing Ho, "Towards Urbanisation: Shuen Wan and Plover Cove Reservoir", Tai Po Book p. 239
- ↑ "船灣三宮廟修復重光", The Sun, 7 December 2009 (Chinese)
- ↑ Antiquities and Monuments Office. Brief Information on Proposed Grade III Items. Item #707. Tin Hau Temple, Ha Wai, Tap Mun, Tai Po
- ↑ Antiquities and Monuments Office. Brief Information on Proposed Grade III Items. Item #1035. Shui Yuet Kung, Ha Wai, Tap Mun, Tai Po
- ↑ Brief Information on proposed Grade III Items. Item #1022.
- ↑ Brief Information on Proposed Grade 2 Items, pp.245-246
- ↑ Drainage Improvement in Tsuen Wan and Kwai Chung - Tsuen Wan Drainage Tunnel. Built Heritage and Historic Survey. May 2004
- 1 2 3 Welcome to 18 Districts - Tuen Mun District
- ↑ Film Services Office - Tin Hau Temple (Hau Kok)
- ↑ Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings, p.1355
- ↑ Consultancy Agreement No. NEX/2213. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Study for Shatin to Central Link - Hung Hom to Admiralty Section. Appendix 4.1 Cultural Heritage Baseline Report, p.2. MTR Corporation Limited (archive)
- ↑ Brief Information on proposed Grade I Items. Item #17
- ↑ Welcome to 18 Districts - Yuen Long District
- ↑ Brief Information on Proposed Grade 3 Items, pp.691, 1101
- ↑ Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment, p.10-6
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