Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong

Around 60 temples are (at least partially) dedicated to Tin Hau 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).

• 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 (大廟灣; Tai Miu Wan) 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.^[3]

Contents 1 Festivals 2 Partial list by district 2.1 Eastern District 2.2 Islands District 2.3 Kowloon City District 2.4 Kwai Tsing District 2.5 Kwun Tong District 2.6 North District 2.7 Sai Kung District 2.8 Sham Shui Po 2.9 Southern District 2.10 Tai Po District 2.11 Tsuen Wan District 2.12 Tuen Mun District 2.13 Wan Chai District 2.14 Wong Tai Sin District 2.15 Yau Tsim Mong District 2.16 Yuen Long District 3 See also 4 References

Festivals

Two temples have a marine parade to celebrate the Tin Hau Festival (天后誕): Tin Hau Temple on Leung Shuen Wan (High Island) and Tin Hau Temple in Tap Mun, which has it once every ten years.^[4]

Partial list by district

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Eastern District

Location	Notes	Status	References	Photographs
No. 10, Tin Hau Temple Road, Causeway Bay	(see above) Built in the early 18th century.	Declared	[1]
No. 53, Shau Kei Wan Main Street East, Shau Kei Wan	The original temple was destroyed by a typhoon in 1872 and a new temple was erected in-situ in 1873.[5] The temple was originally situated on a slope with its front part facing the sea. It has undergone renovations in 1876, 1902, 1920, 1948 and 2005.[6]	Grade II	.doc
Chai Wan
Siu Sai Wan, Chai Wan

Islands District

Location	Notes	Status	References	Photographs
Near Pak She San Tsuen, Cheung Chau Wan, Cheung Chau	"Pak She Tin Hau Temple". Located 100m northwest of the Pak Tai Temple.[7] Situated within the boundary of the Chung Shak Hei Home for the Aged. The temple was probably built around 1767.[5]	Grade II
Chung Hing Street (Tai Shek Hau), Cheung Chau	"Tai Shek Hau Tin Hau Temple". Located west on Sai Wan Road.[7] Built some time before the 4th year of the Tongzhi reign (1865) of the Qing Dynasty.[5]	Grade II
Sai Wan, Cheung Chau	"Sai Wan Tin Hau Temple". Located west of Sai Wan (Western Bay), on the southwestern tip of the island.[7] Built some time before 1929.[5]	Grade III
Cheung Chau	"Nam Tan Wan Tin Hau Temple". Located north of Morning Beach.[7]
Fan Lau Miu Wan, Fan Lau, Lantau Island		Grade III
Pui O, Lantau Island
Sha Lo Wan, Lantau Island	It was renovated in 2000.[5]	No grade[5]
Nim Shue Wan, Lantau Island	Built in 1920.[5]	No grade[5]
Kat Hing Back Street, Tai O	Adjacent to Kwan Ti temple. Built in 1722.[8]
Chek Lap Kok New Village, Wong Lung Hang Road, Tung Chung, Lantau Island	Built in 1823 at the north east of Chek Lap Kok. Dismantled in 1991 because of the construction of the new airport, and rebuilt in 1994 at its present location.[9][5]	Grade I[3]
Yung Shue Wan, Lamma Island	Built some time before the 2nd year of Guangxu reign (1876) of the Qing Dynasty.[5]		[2]
Sok Kwu Wan, Lamma Island	Probably built between 1826 and 1868.[5]	No grade[5]	[3]
Luk Chau Village, Lamma Island	Believed to be built in the late Qing Dynasty （1644-1911）.[5]	No grade[5]	[4]
Nos. 69A & 69B, Wing On Street, Peng Chau	Probably built in 1792.[5]	Grade II	[5] [6]
Po Toi Island	Renovated in 1893.[5]

Kowloon City District

Location	Notes	Status	References	Photographs
No. 49 Ha Heung Road, To Kwa Wan	Built in 1885.[5]	Grade III	[7]

Kwai Tsing District

Location	Notes	Status	References	Photographs
Chung Mei Lower Village, Tsing Yi Island[10]	Tin Hau Festival in Tsing Yi lasts from 1st to 5th day of the 4th lunar month each year.[11] 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.
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.[5][12]	No grade[5]
Kwai Chung Estate, Tai Wo Hau

Kwun Tong District

Location	Notes	Status	References	Photographs
Ma Wan Tsuen, Lei Yue Mun (Kowloon)	First built in 1753.[5]	Grade II	[8]
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.[13] Opened officially in 1948. Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee.[5]

North District

Location	Notes	Status	References	Photographs
Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling		Declared	[9] [10]
Sai Ho, Kat O Island	Built in 1863.[14]	Grade I
No. 72 Ping Che, Ta Kwu Ling		Grade II	[11]
Muk Wu Tsuen, Ta Kwu Ling	Built around 1912-1913.[5]
No. 41 Hung Kiu San Tsuen, Sheung Shui	Rebuilt in 1961.[5]	No grade[5]
Ping Kong, Sheung Shui[15]	Within a walled village.
Sha Tau Kok			[12] [13]
Wu Shek Kok, Sha Tau Kok
Nam Chung

Sai Kung District

Location	Notes	Status	References	Photographs
Joss House Bay (大廟灣; Tai Miu Wan)	see above	Grade I	[14] [15]
Hang Hau, Sai Kung	Built around 1840.[5]	Grade II
Leung Shuen Wan Chau (High Island), Sai Kung	Probably built in 1741. It is located in the original coastal site and is fengshui-oriented.[5]	Grade II	[16]
Po Tung Road, Sai Kung	Tin Hau Temple and Hip Tin Temple	Grade III
Wong Keng Tei, Pak Tam Chung, Sai Kung Peninsula
Tai Mong Tsai, Sai Kung Peninsula
Nam Wai
South Ninepin Island (Ninepin Group)			picture

Sham Shui Po

Location	Notes	Status	References	Photographs
No.180-184 Yee Kuk Street, at the corner of Kweilin Street, Sham Shui Po	Erected in 1901.[5]	Grade III	[17]

Southern District

Location	Notes	Status	References	Photographs
No. 182 Aberdeen Main Road, Aberdeen	Built in 1851.[5]	Grade II
No. 333 Shek O Village, Shek O	Believed to be built before 1891.[5]	Grade III
Stanley Plaza, Stanley Main Street, Stanley	Built in 1767.[5]	No grade[5]
Middle Island[16]

Tai Po District

Location	Notes	Status	References	Photographs
Ting Kok Road, Tai Po Kau Hui	Built before 1691. On the left of the Tin Hau Temple is Hip Tin Temple dedicating to Kwan Tai. On its right is Tam Sin Temple where Tam Sin is revered.[5]	Grade II	[18] [19]
Nos. 52-53 Tsz Tong Tsuen, Tai Hang, Tai Po	Adjacent to Man Tai Temple. Built in 1774.[5]	Grade II
Tai Po
Fong Ma Po, Lam Tsuen, Lam Tsuen	Near the Lam Tsuen Wishing Trees. Believed to be built in 1768. The temple was damaged by a typhoon in 1965 and extensively renovated in 1967.[5]	Grade II
Ha Wai, Tap Mun Chau	The Tin Hau Temple Complex comprises three temples in two buildings: Tin Hau Temple, Kwan Tai Temple and Shui Yuet Temple. Probably erected before 1737.[5]	Grade I
Ha Wai, Tap Mun Chau	Probably built before 1788, the Tin Hau Temple at Tap Mun is dedicated to Kwun Yam and the Earth God.[5]	Grade III
Ping Chau	Built at around 1765.[5]	Grade III
Ko Lau Wan, North Sai Kung Peninsula

Tsuen Wan District

Location	Notes	Status	References	Photographs
Wai Tsuen Road, Tsuen Wan Town	Situated at the east of Luk Yeung San Tsuen, the temple was built during the reign of Kangxi (1661-1722) of the Qing Dynasty.[5]	Grade II
Nos. 56-58 Castle Peak Road, Tsing Lung Tau	Built before 1889.[5]	Grade III
No. 38 Ma Wan Town, Ma Wan	It was renovated in 1860.[5]	Grade III
Northern beach, Ma Wan	Recently rebuilt. Said to have been originally built by the local pirate Cheung Po Tsai
Old Tin Liu Village, Ma Wan

Tuen Mun District

Location	Notes	Status	References	Photographs
Sha Chau	Probably built in 1846. Rebuilt in 1998.[5]	Grade II
Tin Hau Road, Tuen Mun[17]	Called the "Hau Kok Tin Hau Temple", the temple stands by the Tuen Mun River Channel.[18] Subsequent to reclamation, the temple is now enclosed by factories.[5]	No grade[5]
Tai Lam Kok, near Tai Lam Chung, Tuen Mun. Located across Castle Peak Road from the Maritime Services Training Institute.	Renovated in 1955.[5]	Grade III
So Kwun Wat
So Kwun Tan, 18 miles (milestone) Castle Peak Road
Tsing Chuen Wai[17]
Lung Kwu Tan[17]
Sam Shing Hui, Tuen Mun

Wan Chai District

Location	Notes	Status	References	Photographs
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.[5]	No grade[5]	.doc [20]

Wong Tai Sin District

Location	Notes	Status	References	Photographs
Lok Fu
Nga Tsin Wai Tsuen

Yau Tsim Mong District

Location	Notes	Status	References	Photographs
Temple Street, Yau Ma Tei	(see above). The temple comprises the Shing Wong Temple, Fook Tak Temple and Shea Tan. The Hsu Yuen (study hall) is part of the temples and was active until 1955.[5]	Grade II	[21]

Yuen Long District

Location	Notes	Status	References	Photographs
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.[19] Probably built in 1786.[5]	Grade I	[22]
Fung Chi Tsuen, Ping Shan	Constructed before 1908.[5]	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.[5]	Grade II
Sha Kong Tsuen, Ha Tsuen	Originally built in the 1800s.[5]	Grade II
Wing Ping Tsuen, San Tin	Called the "Tung Shan Temple", it is dedicated to Tin Hau. It underwent a renovation in 1893.[5]	Grade II
No.62 Shui Mei Tsuen, Kam Tin	It is believed that the temple was built between 1662-1722 and rebuilt in 1936.[5]	Grade III
Wang Chau

See also

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• Places of worship in Hong Kong

References

• List of Graded Historic Buildings in Hong Kong (as at 6 Jan 2007)