The two-ton bell (above) is kept in its own shrine and is struck every few seconds to
'serve as a link between earth and hell'.
A monk meditates as he tends flowers (above). All monks spend much of their time reading scriptures (below) to beat of a wooden 'fish'.
地平
其同丁花接安评
山高
The monastery is reputed to have the best view in Hong Kong of the sunrise and each week-end in the summer months many hundreds of people—most of them young people stay overnight at Ngong Ping and arise at 3.30 a.m. to climb the nearby peak. As this picture shows, spectacular sunsets can also be seen at the monastery.