Hip Tin Temple

There are several Hip Tin Temples (Chinese: 協天宮) in Hong Kong. Kwan Tai (Guan Yu) is worshiped in these temples. The table provides a partial list of these temples.

Location	Notes	Status	References	Photographs
Shing Mun San Tsuen, Kam Tin, Yuen Long	Hip Tin Temple was relocated from Shing Mun Valley in the 1920s due to the construction of the Shing Mun Reservoir and the resulting resettlement of Shing Mun San Tsuen.[1]	No grade
Po Sam Pai, Plover Cove, Tai Po 22°28′15.6916″N 114°12′38.3862″E / 22.471025444°N 114.210662833°E	The temple was renovated in 1889 and 1905.[2]	No grade
Ting Kok Road, Tai Po Kau Hui, Tai Po	The Tin Hau Temple in Tai Po Kau Hui was built before 1691. On the left of the Tin Hau Temple is a Hip Tin Temple. On its right is a Tam Sin Temple where Tam Sin is revered.[3]	Grade II
No. 53 Cheung Shue Tan Tsuen, Tai Po District 22°25′34″N 114°12′01″E / 22.426073°N 114.200362°E	Its year of construction unknown.[4] The temple was renovated in 1898.[5]	Grade II.[6]
Shuen Wan area of Plover Cove, next to Kei Shan Kok between Wai Ha and Ha Tei Ha, Tai Po District.[7]	One of the three temples of the Sam Kung Temples complex (三宮廟). The other ones are a Tin Hau Temple and a Temple of Confucius.[7] The Sam Kung Temples complex had been destroyed by a typhoon in 1936 and was reconstructed in 2009.[8]	No grade
Po Tung Road, Sai Kung	The Tin Hau Temple and Hip Tin Temple on Po Tung Road is listed as a Grade III historic building.[6] The two temples are believed to have been rebuilt in the 1910s to 1920s.[9]		Picture: Tin Hau Temple (left) and Hip Tin Temple (right) in Sai Kung.
Ma Wan Tsuen, Lei Yue Mun (Kowloon)	The Hip Tin Temple is adjacent to the Tin Hau Temple and was added after 1953.
No. 2 Lai Chi Wo, Sha Tau Kok	The Hip Tin Temple and Hok Shan Monastery are located on the square of Lai Chi Wo Village.[10] Built in the Qing Dynasty, they have a history of more than two hundred years. The two structures are connected. They were jointly built by the seven villages in Sha Tau Kok, Hing Chun Yuek for drawing good fortune and expelling the evils. Hip Tin Temple is for Guan Di in which there is a statue of Guan Di while Hok Shan Monastery is for Guan Yin.	Grade II[6]
Shan Tsui Tsuen, Sha Tau Kok	Completed in 1895. It also has been used as a school.[11]	Grade I[6]
Kuk Po, Luk Keng, Sha Tau Kok	Kai Choi School and Hip Tin Temple, Kuk Po.[12]	No grade
Nam Chung Cheng Uk, Sha Tau Kok
Yim Tso Ha, Sha Tau Kok

See also

• Places of worship in Hong Kong

References

1. Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings, p.1210
2. Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings. Item #969
3. Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings, p.1046
4. Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings, p.1043
5. The Tai Po Book, p.40
6. List of Graded Historic Buildings in Hong Kong (as at 6 November 2009)
7. Wong Wing Ho, "Towards Urbanisation: Shuen Wan and Plover Cove Reservoir", Tai Po Book p. 239
8. "船灣三宮廟修復重光", The Sun, 7 December 2009 (Chinese)
9. Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings, p.350
10. Eco Association (Hip Tin Temple and Hok Shan Monastery) (Chinese)
11. Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings, p.310
12. Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings. Item #1105