► Buddhism has the greatest following among Hong Kong's religions. CLOCKWISE: New monks have their heads shaved at the Po Lin Monastery, on Lantau Island; devotees climb towards the Tian Tan Buddha, at 26.4 metres the world's largest outdoor bronze statue of the Buddha, which is at the Po Lin Monastery; an abbot leads a devotional procession during a ceremony at Diamond Hill.
|PREVIOUS PAGE: Large coils of incense burn in Man Mo Temple, on Hollywood Road in Central. It was founded in 1847 and dedicated to the Gods of Literature and Martial Valour. It soon became a meeting place for various community groups and a forum for settling disputes among people who were newly arrived in Hong Kong.
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