Hip Tin Temple, Shan Tsui 山咀协天宫Shānzuǐ Xiétiān Gōng

About Hip Tin Temple, Shan Tsui

A temple to Kwan Tai, rebuilt in 1894–95 to replace an earlier one, and one of the few surviving main temples tied to Tung Wo Market, run by the Shap Yeuk village alliance that dominated the Sha Tau Kok economy from the 1830s to the 1930s. Five stone plaques in the front hall record the rebuilding, and the carved altar, fascia boards and plaster dragonfish corbels survive intact. Part of the building has also served as a village school since 1959, and villagers still mark the Kwan Tai festival on the 13th day of the fifth lunar month.

How to get to Hip Tin Temple, Shan Tsui

In Shan Tsui, Sha Tau Kok, about 0.5 km north-north-east of Sha Tau Kok town; the Antiquities and Monuments Office lists it as open on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, and notes that it lies in the Frontier Closed Area, which the Hong Kong Police Force opens to Closed Area Permit holders on a quota basis, so check its information on access before planning.

Nearby

• Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港 30 km
  Glass towers and green hills around a harbour you can cross in ten minutes
• Victoria Peak 太平山顶 30 km
  Ride the 1888 funicular to the skyline view, then walk the Lugard Road loop
• Tian Tan Buddha & Ngong Ping 天坛大佛与昂坪 50 km
  A giant bronze Buddha on Lantau, reached by a 25-minute cable car ride

Also within 20 km: Chung Ying Street Boundary Stones 中英街界碑 (under 10 km), Fat Tat Tong, Ha Wo Hang 发达堂 (under 10 km), Kang Yung Study Hall 镜蓉书屋 (under 10 km), Residence of Ip Ting-sz, Lin Ma Hang 叶定仕故居 (under 10 km), Cheung Shan Monastery, Ping Che 长山古寺 (under 10 km), Fairy Lake Botanical Garden 仙湖植物园 (under 10 km).

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