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Temple
JAMES HAYES
Temples on Hong Kong Island in 1841
1. Tin Hau, Stanley
Objects dated before 1841 Comments
Bell, 1768, Honour Board 1820, Couplet 1820
2. Pak Tai, Stanley
Cloud Gong, 1803
3. Tin Hau, Aberdeen
Bell, 1727
4. Hung Shing, Apleichau
Bell, 1774
5. Tin Hau, Tunglowan
Bell, 1727
6. Sam Shing Kung, Stanley
none
7. Tin Hau, Shek O
none
8. Hung Shing, Sai Wan
none
9. Pak Tai, Wong Nei Chung
none
10. Hoi Sam (Tin Hau), Shau Kei Wan
none
Comments
1. This temple (destroyed in the War) is not shown on Collinson's survey, which specifically marks the other two Stanley temples as "Josshouse”. The site, however, is of fung shui significance, guarding the left-hand entrance to the harbour as the Pak Tai temple guards the right-hand entrance. It was probably in existence in 1841, perhaps, however, only as a small shrine rather than a full-scale temple.
2. Nothing is known of this temple earlier than 1891 when an honour board was hung there. That board does not seem to record the building of the temple, but a providential escape from storm (the board reads "The Sea Shall not Raise Waves"). A building is shown on the approximate site of the temple on Collinson's survey.