Tin Hau Temple is located in Temple Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong 10 days, was built Yu Qingchu, built by the Dai Shi Fan, then known as the "salt Shuen Wan red incense temple", the right to Tin Hau Temple in the industry has remained Dai tribe (Dai Futang Co., Ltd.) owned by the 1928 "Chinese temples Ordinance," the provisions of temples in Hong Kong by the Chinese temples Committee management, but red incense Tin Hau Temple exempt, still Dai ethnic self-managed, is a very special case. Tin Hau Temple, Causeway Bay Tin Hau is commanding the gods, and the other gods to worship the Goddess of Mercy, is the God of Wealth and Bao. The nearby metro station named "Tin Hau station."

Temple architecture

Causeway Bay Tin Hau Temple was originally built on the high sea, backed by Fortress Hill, facing the Victoria Harbor, though after rebuilt several times, the first dynasty, rebuilt in Jia Chen (1844), has kept the Tongzhi seven years (1868) first look at the second large-scale renovation. Tin Hau Temple is a binary style Chinese traditional architecture Miankuo 3, built in brick, roofing green glazed tiles, using symmetrical arrangement, the first housing into the door, main entrance to the veranda former design, the front gate is provided block used as a block evil, patio between the two stamped into the roof and become Hsiang-ting, after convenience is dedicated to the god of the bag as the main hall main hall, with a stone altar Guangxu two years. Liangbang have a Cedian, left for the "Dai Futang" and the right to "hundred temple", side and front of the hall each with independent exit to the patio outside the temple before or after the letter was "Bringing the cloud", "dragon" and former after "on the day" "tiger change" Hsiang-ting around on the door to enter. There are patio screen wall plaster decorative dragon and tiger.

Temple banners "Tin Hau Temple", describe the temple with the words Shiliang external Tongzhi seven years, both sides have Daoguang 25 years (1845) carved lions "Jue Xing Yi Diao" the words, and Guangxu twenty (1902) Treasure copper incense burner and furnace. Kadoya main ridge of the 3 layers, the upper "two dragons fight Pearl," the middle is a Chinese opera characters Shiwan pottery decorated with flower ridge, while the lower layer was painted, but most have been falling off, there are more than two ends decorated with fishes Bogut. Main ridge of the main ridge of the main hall and gatehouse similar, but there is no "two dragons fight beads." Chi head gable ends respectively write "rich" and "Shoukao" bird's gray plastic.

Tin Hau Temple legend

A legend

There is a red flush to today's censer Causeway Bay, local villagers and fishermen believed to be the manifestation of Tin Hau, built a small temple where, with the incense burner to burn incense enshrined, as it is efficacious, the temple looks will develop; Therefore Temple location renamed "red Xianglushan" to incense burner port red renamed the "red incense harbor." And after the "red incense harbor" refers to the area of ​​Hong Kong Island, is also a "Hong Kong" name.

A Tale of Two

Tin Hau Temple, Causeway Bay about in the early eighteenth century, built by Dai family. Dai is a Hakka from Guangdong freshwater, initially settled in Kowloon Bay, a village name "Po Kong," the Dai Chang Island across the sea to the coast of mowing, according to legend his people Picking a statue on the shore, then its Lici worship. Thereafter worshipers, better burgeoning incense, then raise funds to build a formal Tin Hau Temple.

Scenic Area Address: No. 10 Tin Hau Temple Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.

Car lines: from ring 25 by bus to Tin Hau Temple Road; by MTR Line A1 to the outlet station days.