Hip Tin temples in Hong Kong explained

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 https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/en/content_29/AAB-SM-chi.pdf https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/en/content_29/list_new_items_assessed.pdf (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.

LocationNotesStatusReferencesPhotographs
Ma Wan Tsuen, Lei Yue Mun (Kowloon)
22.2862°N 114.2398°W
The Hip Tin Temple is adjacent to the Tin Hau Temple (鯉魚門天后廟) and was added after 1953.[1] Grade IIIhttps://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/1374_Appraisal_En.pdf https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/1374_Photo.pdf

Picture: Tin Hau Temple (left) and Hip Tin Temple (right).
Shing Mun San Tsuen, Kam Tin, Yuen Long District
22.4438°N 114.0669°W
Hip Tin Temple, Shing Mun San Tsuen
The temple is owned by the Cheng clan. It was probably built around 1920.[2] It was relocated from Shing Mun Valley in the 1920s due to the construction of the Shing Mun Reservoir and the resulting resettlement of Shing Mun San Tsuen.[3]
Nil gradehttps://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/1268_Appraisal_En.pdf https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/1268_Photo.pdf http://www.epd.gov.hk/eia/register/report/eiareport/eia_0742002/images/Annex/AnnexF2/SiteA.jpg http://blog.terewong.com/archives/10387
Po Sam Pai, Plover Cove, Tai Po District
22.4711°N 114.2105°W
Hip Tin Temple, Po Sam Pai
Built in 1823. The temple was renovated in 1889 and 1905.[4]
Grade IIIhttp://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/969_Appraisal_En.pdf http://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/969_Photo.pdf https://normanswords.blogspot.com/2016/09/blog-post_5.html
No. 39 Ting Kok Road, Tai Po Kau Hui
22.4544°N 114.1657°W
Tin Hau Temple, Tai Po Kau Hui (大埔舊墟天后宮)
Built in 1691. On the left of the Tin Hau Temple is Hip Tin Temple. On its right was Tam Sin Temple where Tam Kung was revered.[5] The Tam Sin Temple was converted into a Shui Yuet Temple dedicated to Guanyin in the mid-2010s.[6]
Grade IIIhttps://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/1104_Appraisal_En.pdf https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/1104_Photo.pdf http://www.ctc.org.hk/b5/registered_temple_result.asp?tp_ID=11029 https://isletforum.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=15571 https://normanswords.blogspot.com/2023/01/blog-post_91.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130503045604/https://orientalsweetlips.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/tai-po-tin-hau-temple/
No. 53 Cheung Shue Tan, Tai Po District
22.4262°N 114.2004°W
Hip Tin Temple, Cheung Shue Tan (樟樹灘村協天宮)
Its year of construction is unknown. The temple was renovated in 1898, 1910 and 1997.[7] [8]
Grade IIIhttps://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/1101_Appraisal_En.pdf https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/1101_Photo.pdf
Shuen Wan area of Plover Cove, next to Kei Shan Kok between Wai Ha and Ha Tei Ha, Tai Po District.[9]
22.4669°N 114.2042°W
One of the three temples of the Sam Kung Temples complex . The other ones are a Tin Hau Temple and a Temple of Confucius. The Sam Kung Temples complex had been destroyed by a typhoon in 1936 and was reconstructed in 2009.[10] Not listedhttp://www.hkhikers.com/Shuen%20Wan%20Temple%20event.htm http://www.kinhang.org.hk/pic/kwan/FILE3292.jpg
Po Tung Road, Sai Kung Town
22.3811°N 114.2708°W
Tin Hau Temple and Hip Tin Temple (西貢墟天后古廟及協天宮)
The two temples are believed to have been rebuilt in the 1910s to 1920s.[11]
Grade IIhttps://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/398_Appraisal_En.pdf https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/398_Photo.pdf https://www.ctc.org.hk/b5/registered_temple_result.asp?tp_ID=11126
Picture: Tin Hau Temple (left) and Hip Tin Temple (right) in Sai Kung.
No. 2 Lai Chi Wo, Sha Tau Kok
22.527°N 114.2604°W
Hip Tin Temple and Hok Shan Monastery
Located on the square of Lai Chi Wo Village.[12] Built in the Qing dynasty, they have a history of more than two hundred years. The two structures are connected. They were jointly built by the seven villages in Sha Tau Kok, Hing Chun Yeuk, for drawing good fortune and expelling the evils. Hip Tin Temple is for Guan Di in which there is a statue of Guan Di while Hok Shan Monastery is for Guan Yin.
Grade IIIhttps://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/944_Appraisal_En.pdf https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/944_Photo.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20220814220340/http://www.thaiworldview.com/hongkong/newterritories/laichiwo2.htm
Just opposite the Sha Tau Kok Control Point, Shan Tsui Tsuen, Sha Tau Kok
22.5498°N 114.2235°W
Hip Tin Temple, Shan Tsui Tsuen
Completed in 1895. It also has been used as a school.[13]
Declaredhttps://www.amo.gov.hk/en/historic-buildings/monuments/new-territories/monuments_129/index.html https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/338_Appraisal_En.pdf https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/338_Photo.pdf http://www.ctc.org.hk/b5/registered_temple_result.asp?tp_ID=11077
Kuk Po, Luk Keng, Sha Tau Kok
22.5315°N 114.2333°W
Kai Choi School and Hip Tin Temple, Kuk Po[14] Grade IIIhttps://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/1105_Appraisal_En.pdf https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/1105_Photo.pdf
Nam Chung Cheng Uk, Sha Tau Kok
22.5208°N 114.207°W
Hip Tin Temple, Nam Chung Not listedhttps://web.archive.org/web/20170305011624/http://www.openlife.com.hk/%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%BB%9F%E5%AE%87%E5%90%8D%E5%86%8A/%E9%B9%BF%E9%A0%B8%E8%B7%AF%E5%8D%97%E6%B6%8C%E5%8D%94%E5%A4%A9%E5%AE%AE
Yim Tso Ha, Sha Tau Kok
22.5316°N 114.2075°W
Hip Tin Temple, Yim Tso Ha Not listedhttp://isletforum.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=12720 http://www.kinhang.org.hk/pic/kwan/P72000823.jpg
Wu Shek Kok, Sha Tau Kok
22.5364°N 114.2145°W
Hip Tin Temple
Adjacent to a Tin Hau Temple.
Not listedhttp://www.wushikoktianhoug.byethost12.com/ http://www.kinhang.org.hk/pic/kwan/DSCF8810.jpg http://www.ctc.org.hk/b5/registered_temple_result.asp?tp_ID=11094
Picture: Tin Hau Temple (left) and Hip Tin Temple (right).

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Notes and References

  1. [Antiquities Advisory Board]
  2. Web site: Agreement No CE 31/99. Environmental Impact Assessment . .
  3. [Antiquities Advisory Board]
  4. [Antiquities Advisory Board]
  5. [Antiquities Advisory Board]
  6. Web site: (大埔北區)天后宮主持 致力宣揚道家文化 . 30 August 2020 . homemory.hk . Chinese .
  7. [Antiquities Advisory Board]
  8. http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/tp_d/pdf/TaiPo%20Book%20%28Eng%20Ver%29/TaiPo%20Book%20%28Eng%20Ver%29%2008%20Chap%2003.pdf The Tai Po Book, p.40
  9. Web site: Wong Wing Ho, "Towards Urbanisation: Shuen Wan and Plover Cove Reservoir", Tai Po Book p. 239 . 2011-08-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090718165655/http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/tp_d/pdf/TaiPo%20Book%20%28Eng%20Ver%29/TaiPo%20Book%20%28Eng%20Ver%29%2008%20Chap%2010.pdf . 2009-07-18 . dead .
  10. http://the-sun.on.cc/cnt/news/20091207/00407_036.html "船灣三宮廟修復重光"
  11. [Antiquities Advisory Board]
  12. http://www.eco.org.hk/article-nature-lcw.html Eco Association (Hip Tin Temple and Hok Shan Monastery)
  13. [Antiquities Advisory Board]
  14. [Antiquities Advisory Board]