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Places of worship in Hong Kong

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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.

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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
  • Tsing Shan Monastery (also called Piu To Temple) (Tuen Mun)
  • Miu Fat Buddhist Monastery
  • Taoist temples and monasteries

  • 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)
  • 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. 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.
  • 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

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

    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

  • 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

  • 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

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

    Places of worship in Hong Kong Wikipedia