User:Underwaterbuffalo/Other/All Hong Kong temples


 * This is not a Wikipedia article: It is an individual user's work-in-progress page, and may be incomplete and/or unreliable.

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.

Hau Wong Temples
There are several temples dedicated to Hau Wong in Hong Kong, including six temples in Yuen Long. These temples can be named Hau Wong Temple or Yeung Hau Temple. The table provides a partial list of these temples.

Note 1: A territory-wide grade reassessment of historic buildings is ongoing. The grades listed in the table are based on these updates  (8 June 2023). The temples with a "Not listed" status in the table below are not graded and do not appear in the list of historic buildings considered for grading. Note 2: While most probably incomplete, this list is tentatively exhaustive.

Hip Tin Temples
There are several Hip Tin Temples 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 and Kwan Tai (aka. Mo Tai, ).

Note 1: A territory-wide grade reassessment of historic buildings is ongoing. The grades listed in the table are based on these updates  (8 June 2023). The temples with a "Not listed" status in the table below are not graded and do not appear in the list of historic buildings considered for grading. Note 2: While most probably incomplete, this list of Hip Tin Temples is tentatively exhaustive.

Hung Shing Temples
Hung Shing Temples or Tai Wong Temples  are temples dedicated to Hung Shing  aka. Hung Shing Ye.

Existing temples
There are several Hung Shing Temples in Hong Kong, including 6 on Lantau Island and one only in urban Kowloon. The table provides a partial list of these temples. Hung Shing Festivals are celebrated on the 13th day of the 2nd month in Chinese calendar at the Hung Shing Temples in Ap Lei Chau, Tai Kok Tsui, Cheung Chau, Sha Lo Wan and Kau Sai Chau.

Note 1: A territory-wide grade reassessment of historic buildings is ongoing. The grades listed in the table are based on these updates  (8 June 2023). The temples with a "Not listed" status in the table below are not graded and do not appear in the list of historic buildings considered for grading. Note 2: While most probably incomplete, this list is tentatively exhaustive.

Former temples
Several temples have been ruined and have disappeared, including:
 * Temple at Mui Wo. Built in the Ming dynasty, repaired in 1843. Completely disappeared.
 * Temple in Tung Chung, inside Tung Chung Fort. Ruined as in 1979.

Kwan Tai Temples
There are several Kwan Tai Temples in Hong Kong. Guan Yu (Kwan Tai in Cantonese) is worshiped in these temples.

Hip Tin Temples are also dedicated to Guan Yu. Man Mo Temples are jointly dedicated to Man Tai and Kwan Tai (aka. Mo Tai, ).

Note 1: A territory-wide grade reassessment of historic buildings is ongoing. The grades listed in the table are based on these updates  (8 June 2023). The temples with a "Not listed" status in the table below are not graded and do not appear in the list of historic buildings considered for grading. Note 2: While most probably incomplete, this list of Kwan Tai Temples is tentatively exhaustive.

Kwun Yam Temples
Kwun Yam Temples or Kwun Yum Temples are dedicated to Guanyin ("Kwun Yam" or "Kwun Yum" in Cantonese)

Lung Mo Temples
Lung Mo Temples in Hong Kong are dedicated to Longmu ("Lung Mo" in Cantonese).

Note: A territory-wide grade reassessment of historic buildings is ongoing. The grades listed in the table are based on these updates  (8 June 2023). The temples with a "Not listed" status in the table below are not graded and do not appear in the list of historic buildings considered for grading.

Man Cheong Temples

 * Man Cheong Temples are dedicated to the civil or literature god Man Tai / Man Cheong . Man Mo Temples are jointly dedicated to Man Tai and Kwan Tai (Guan Yu).

Man Mo Temples

 * Man Mo Temples are jointly dedicated to Man Tai 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.

Pak Tai Temples

 * Pak Tai Temples are dedicated to Pak Tai ( "North Deity" in Cantonese). See Heidi (god)

Note : A territory-wide grade reassessment of historic buildings is ongoing. The grades listed in the table are based on these updates  (8 June 2023). The temples with a "Not listed" status in the table below are not graded and do not appear in the list of historic buildings considered for grading.

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.

Sam Shing Temples
Sam Shing Temples are dedicated to 3 deities.

Shing Wong Temples
Shing Wong Temples are dedicated to Shing Wong, a god who protects a city. See: City God (China).

Tai Shing Temples
Tai Shing Temples are dedicated to the Monkey King. See also Nam On Buddhist Monastery.

Tai Wong Ye Temples
Temples related to Wang Ye worship.

Tam Kung Temples
(see the Tam Kung article for details about the individual temples)

Tu Di Gong Temples
Worship of Tudigong.

Islands District
According to the Geography Department of The University of Hong Kong, Luk Wu is home to 38 Buddhist temples.

Islands District
See below

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. According to the Geography Department of The University of Hong Kong, Luk Wu is home to 38 Buddhist temples. 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" 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.

Lists

 * Hau Wong
 * Hip Tin temples in Hong Kong
 * Hung Shing Temple
 * Heidi (god)
 * Kwan Tai temples in Hong Kong
 * Longmu (Lung Mo)
 * Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong

Gods and other people

 * Shun Feng Er & Chien Li Yen
 * Shunfeng'er, aka. Shun Fung Yi (順風耳, Wind Accompanying Ears). A Chinese sea and door god. He usually appears with Qianliyan as a guardian of the temples of Mazu.
 * Qianliyan, aka. Chin Lei Ngan (千里眼, He of the Thousand-Mile)

Books

 * 香港諸神——起源、廟宇與崇拜 (2009)

To process

 * Cultural Heritage Resources
 * Chinese Temples Committee: All other temples
 * List of Territory-wide Survey of Historical Buildings
 * Geoinfo Map
 * Processed: Eastern District, Sha Tin District
 * huluhk
 * Facebook page 香港天后廟Tin-Hau-Temples-HK-107433927736535 (first post on 2020-08-05). Processed until 2023-07-28
 * Shrines of Walled villages of Hong Kong
 * zh + zh-yue Wikipedia => Additional articles: 二帝書院 包公廟 (香港) 十方大佛寺
 * Cheung Chau temples
 * The Temple Guy
 * List with 39 entries
 * List with 350 entries
 * [thetempleguy.com/hktp/HKTemples.DOC The Temple Guy - HK Gvt document] (old link)
 * [thetempleguy.com/hktp/HKTemplesDetails.doc The Temple Guy] (old link)
 * (same list as above)
 * [hab.gov.hk/file_manager/en/documents/publications_and_press_releases/publications/temples.doc - HK Gvt document] (gvt list different from above)
 * Fushantang
 * kinhang.org.hk Personal website with list of photographs
 * Tin Hau Kwan Tai Pagodas Tin Hau at Lantau Cha Kwo Ling Man Mo Mui Wo
 * The Temple Trail
 * Private columbaria in Hong Kong
 * hkhikers.com
 * hong-kong-heritage.com
 * https://blog.terewong.com/archives/15522
 * Yanma YT


 * Chinese version Other chapters EN Other chapters ZH


 * Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch


 * Thesis




 * Standardizing the Gods: The Promotion of T'ien Hou ("Empress of Heaven") Along the South China Coast, 960 - 1960


 * Former websites
 * Building search
 * hk-place.com
 * Openlife (website now inactive, only partly archived on archive.org. See also archive.is) Last saved homepage

Processed

 * All temples from Commons
 * All monasteries from Commons
 * Kwun Tong District temples. List of 26 temples in Kwun Ton District, published in late 2010. A number of the temples listed in Sau Mau Ping were in the process of being relocated.
 * HKmyTravel English Chinese
 * Included all graded and non graded temples from List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings and List of new items (up to N428)
 * hkhikers.com
 * Kwan Tai temples
 * Tin Hau Temples
 * Chinese Temples Committee. Chinese Temples Administered temples, Delegated temples
 * Film Services Office . Monasteries. Retreat Centres. Temples
 * Updated grading status for all graded and non graded temples from List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings and List of new items. Included notices
 * Included all declared monuments
 * Yanma Map
 * Yanma Map


 * Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch

Milestones

 * 630 entries as of 27 April 2022 (including duplicates)
 * 633 entries as of 14 May 2022 (including duplicates)
 * 700 entries as of 14 July 2023 (including duplicates)