Tin Hau Temple in Yau Ma Tei

Tin Hau Temple in Yau Ma Tei

Tin Hau Temple in Yau Ma Tei is the largest Tin Hau Temple in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is located in the area of Yau Ma Tei Temple Street near Chung Fong Street. It is now managed by the Chinese Temple Committee entrusted by the third East China Hospital. It is a secondary historical building in Hong Kong.

history

Tin Hau Temple in Yau Ma Tei was built by local water residents in 1865. It was originally a small temple by the sea in Yau Ma Tei. At that time, it was located around today's Beihai street. In 1870, the residents of Yau Ma Tei formed the five treaties of Yau Ma Tei, rebuilt the temple, and became the local religious center and the most prosperous place. At that time, the land in front of Tianhou temple was the place where fishermen dried the hemp rope on their boats. Many tung oil and hemp rope shops, which operated fishing boats, opened there, which became the origin of the name "Yaumati". However, in 1874, the original temple was destroyed by the wind disaster of 1898. Local residents then raised funds for reconstruction the following year. In 1876, the site was selected to start construction, and it was completed in 1890. In 1887, the streets to the South and north of Tianhou temple were named "miaonan Street" and "miaobi Street" by the government, and then merged into miaojie, which is also the origin of the name "miaojie".

In 1916, the Tin Hau Temple in Yau Ma Tei was repaired again. At the same time, some of its affairs were taken over and managed by Guanghua hospital to subsidize the hospital funds. In 1928, the Chinese Temple Committee officially handed over the temple to Guanghua hospital. In 1931, Donghua Hospital, Guanghua hospital and Donghua east hospital were formally unified into Donghua Third Hospital, which was taken over by Donghua third hospital together with the adjacent Fu Temple in Yau Ma Tei. The Tin Hau Temple in Yau Ma Tei was rebuilt from 1969 to 1972 and merged with the adjacent Yau Ma Tei Town God's Temple, Yau Ma Tei community and Yau Ma Tei college.

Architecture

The Yau Ma Tei temple is located in the middle hall of the temple of heaven. The two sides are built in Yau Ma Tei Guanyin building, Yau Ma Tei Town God's Temple, Yau Ma Tei Guanyin tower and Yau Ma Tei Academy.

There are abundant historical relics preserved in the temple, including stone lions in 1860, temple steles erected in 1865, 1875, 1890 and 1916, bronze bells cast in 1888 and 1897, and many wood and stone carvings. And the 1916 Shiwan tile ridge on the top of the temple still exists today.

Opening Hours

9 am to 5 pm daily.

traffic

Hong Kong Metro: Yau Ma Tei station exit a

Address: Temple Street, Yau Ma Tei, Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong

Longitude: 114.175676

Latitude: 22.307195

Tel. + 852-23850759

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