Hung Shing Temple, Tai Kok Tsui Explained

The Hung Shing Temple, Tai Kok Tsui or Hung Shing Temple, Fuk Tsun Street is a Hung Shing Temple located at No. 58 Fuk Tsun Street,^[1] in the Tai Kok Tsui area of Hong Kong. It is the only Hung Shing temple in urban Kowloon.

History

The temple was originally built in 1881 in the village of Fuk Tsun Heung ^[2] which was located at the intersection of Boundary Street and Tai Kok Tsui Road.^[3] At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Fuk Tsun Heung was 861, the number of males was 610.^[4]

In 1928, the Government developed the area and the Village was cleared.^[3] In 1930, the temple was rebuilt at the present site, which was named after the Village, and it has since been managed by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals,^[5] by delegation from the Chinese Temples Committee.^[1]

Conservation

The temple is listed as a Grade III historic building.^[6]

External links

• Antiquities Advisory Board. Pictures of Hung Shing Temple, Fuk Tsun Street

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Delegated Temples - Hung Shing Temple, Fuk Tsun Street . .
2. [Antiquities Advisory Board]
3. Web site: History of Hung Shing Temple . Tai Kok Tsui Temple Fair .
4. Hase. Patrick . Patrick Hase. Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 36. 83. 1996. 1991-7295.
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20140824220425/http://www.tungwah.org.hk/?content=362#.WokscFpua00 Tung Wah Group of Hospitals – Services Centres Information
6. [Antiquities Advisory Board]