Temple Street

It's also called men's street. It's a popular location for movies in Hong Kong. The most famous part of Temple Street is the night market. In fact, Temple Street is just a short street, but it condenses the most authentic Hong Kong culture. There are few people during the day, but at night, the food stalls and various stalls here are enough to enrich your night life. The Xingji baozi rice in Temple Street is worth a try. When shopping, shop around and you can get 3-6% off the counter-offer.

Temple Street

Temple Street is located in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is a distinctive street in Hong Kong and the most famous night market in Hong Kong. Many films have been set on this street. Temple Street is famous for the night market selling cheap goods. It is known as the civilian nightclub in Hong Kong.

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In the Qing Dynasty, there was a Tin Hau Temple in the middle of the Temple Street, that is, the Tin Hau Temple in youmadi. On the other hand, the Temple Street is similar to the women's street in Mong Kok, and the visitors are mainly men, so it is also called "men's street". The younger generation in Hong Kong often use "old temple" as the common name of Temple Street.

history

Temple Street is recorded on the map of Kowloon as early as 1887. At that time, the temple street was divided into two sections. The section to the north of the temple was called "Temple North Street", and the section to the South was called "temple South Street". Since the 1920s, the square opposite Tianhou Temple (commonly known as "rongshutou") began to develop into a large open space, which led to the existence of many sundries and snack stalls near Temple Street. Public square, the street opposite to the square, is also named after this square.

In 1968, the Hong Kong government planned to build the Liang Xianli community service center near the square of Tin Hau Temple, which caused more than 200 mobile hawkers to be dissatisfied with the relocation arrangement. After coordination between Yau Ma Tei neighborhood fair and the Hong Kong Police, the government decided to set aside stalls at Temple Street and Shanghai Street near Yung Shue tau for rehousing, subject to allocation by lot.

In March 1975, the then Urban Council of Hong Kong set up a "hawker recognition area" in Temple Street to systematically manage the original hawkers in Temple Street. The hawker recognition area of Temple Street includes the section from Wenming lane to Zhongfang street and the section from Gansu street to Nanjing street. There are more than 600 designated locations for hawkers. The stalls were originally open in the evening. In mid-1998, the opening hours of some stalls were changed from noon.

characteristic

From the evening of every day, the roadside stalls on Temple Street will open. Those stalls sell a wide range of goods, including men's clothing, handicrafts, tea sets, jade, antiques, and even cheap electronic products. There are also many fortune telling and photo watching stalls near the temple of heaven after, and there will be Cantonese opera performances. In the early years, some martial arts masters Performed Arts and medicine here.

In addition, there are many stalls selling special snacks in Temple Street, such as seafood, casserole rice and various kinds of pasta. The price is not expensive, and the standard is quite good. It is also popular with local residents and even foreign tourists.

Temple Street is not long, but it's crowded during holidays, which is enough for you to walk for a long time. Walk tired, might as well into a dessert shop, drink a bowl of mung bean sand, drive a drive summer. At the end of Temple Street, there are several big stalls. You can sit down to eat seafood, taste Indian flavor, or just stand on the side of the road and chew a few strings of beef balls, fish eggs and so on.

Temple Street also has some sparrow halls, some of which are decades old and have traditional cultural characteristics. Most of them are patrons of the older generation.

Tianhou temple is located at the banyan tree head in Yau Ma Tei, which divides a temple street into two parts. Against the south wall of the temple, it's quiet. There are many stalls for looking at faces and fortune telling. One by one, the stall owners looked like half immortals. Some people really sat down to ask about their future, and some young men and women came to ask about their marriage. If you come early, you might as well walk to the East. There are a group of Cantonese opera fans who play and sing and offer you a piece of original Cantonese opera.

The HK $3 million Temple Street archway was unveiled at 6:30 pm on December 18, 2010. The two archways are located at the junction of Gansu street and Jordan Road. They are 10.5 meters high and 8.9 meters wide. They are the first landmark archways in Hong Kong. The ribbon cutting ceremony was presided over by the director of home affairs, Mrs Pamela tan. Looking south from Jordan Road, the archway couplet on Temple Street reads: "the temple is magnificent, the world rises, the world rises, the industry flourishes."; The streets and thoroughfares are bustling with people from all over the world. The couplet of the archway looking north from the Temple Street: "the temple shows the traditional Chinese culture; the street shows the innovative spirit of Hong Kong. 」

influence

Temple Street appears in many Hong Kong films and some foreign films with Hong Kong scenes. It is usually described as a place full of crime. In addition, this street is also used as the story scene in the TV series "brothers of Temple Street" of TVB.

Some singers in Hong Kong are particularly popular in Temple Street, including Yin Guang and Xia Jincheng. They sang the authentic culture of Temple Street and the aspirations of the common people.

traffic

MTR

Jordan station of Tsuen Wan line (exit a, turn right and go along Jordan Road, then turn right and go straight to Temple Street)

Yau Ma Tei station of Kwun Tong line / Tsuen Wan line (exit C, walk along Wenming lane to Temple Street)

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Address: Yau Ma Tei, Yau Tsim Mong District, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Longitude: 114.1702215

Latitude: 22.3073082

Tour time: 30 minutes, night market at will

Traffic information: turn right from exit a of Jordan station to Jordan Road, walk along Nathan Road to Mong Kok, and turn to Temple Street at Gansu Street (three blocks).

Transportation: MTR Yau Ma Tei station exit C, or MTR Jordan station exit a, turn right and walk along Jordan Road for three blocks

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: all day, 8:00-6:00 the next day

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