Wong Tai Sin Temple (Hong Kong)

This article is about Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong. For Wong Tai Sin Temple in other cities, see Wong Tai Sin Temple.

Wong Tai Sin Temple
The main altar, 2007
Religion
AffiliationTaoism
DeityWong Tai Sin
Location
Location2 Chuk Yuen Road, Wong Tai Sin, Wong Tai Sin District, New Kowloon, Hong Kong
CountryHong Kong
Wong Tai Sin Temple (Hong Kong) is located in Hong Kong
Wong Tai Sin Temple (Hong Kong)
Location in Hong Kong
Geographic coordinates22°20′33″N 114°11′37″E / 22.342572°N 114.193649°E / 22.342572; 114.193649
Architecture
Completed1921; 103 years ago (1921)
Wong Tai Sin Temple
Traditional Chinese黃大仙祠
Simplified Chinese黄大仙祠
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuángdàxiāncí
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationWòhng daaih sīn chìh
JyutpingWong4 daai6 sin1 ci4
Sidney LauWong4 daai6 sin1 chi4

Wong Tai Sin Temple (Chinese: 黃大仙祠) is a well known shrine and tourist attraction in Hong Kong.[1] It is dedicated to Wong Tai Sin, or the Great Immortal Wong.[2] The 18,000 m2 (190,000 sq ft) Taoist temple is famed for the many prayers answered: "What you request is what you get" (有求必應) via a practice called kau chim. The temple is located on the southern side of Lion Rock in the north of Kowloon.

  1. ^ DeWolf, Christopher "9 Hong Kong tourist traps – for better or worse" CNN Go. 27 October 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2012
  2. ^ NextStopHongKong Travel Guide "Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple" Retrieved 3 March 2012