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A Man Mo temple, or Man Mo Miu, is a temple dedicated to the Chinese folk god of literature, Man Tai (文帝), or Man Cheong (文昌), and the martial god Mo Tai (武帝), or Kwan Tai (關帝). The two deities were commonly patronized by scholars and students seeking progress in their study or ranking in the civil examinations in the Ming and ...
The Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery (Chinese: 萬佛寺; Cantonese Yale: maahn faht dzí; Jyutping: maan6 fat6 zi2; pinyin: wàn fó sì) is a mid-20th century Buddhist temple located in Sha Tin, Hong Kong, at 220 Pai Tau Village.
A temple dedicated to Man Mo is located in Pak Ngan Heung. Probably built before 1901, [2] it is said to have been originally built during the reign of Wanli, emperor of the Ming dynasty (1573–1620). [3] The temple underwent a major renovation in 1960 and was rebuilt in 2001. [2] It is not a graded historic building. [4]
In 1956, the government proposed to reclaim the temple for public housing development. Chairman Wong Wan Tin's pushed for the temple to remain open. [7] Charging a 10-cent admission fee at the main entrance, fees were donated to the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. To facilitate administration and management, the temple was registered as a limited ...
Man Mo Temple or Man Mo Miu (文武廟) is a common sort of temple for worshipping the Man Tai (文帝), Man Cheong and Mo Tai (武帝), Kwan Tai, to pray for good results in examinations in China. The one on the Hollywood Road was built in 1847.
Chi Lin Nunnery (Chinese: 志蓮淨苑; Jyutping: zi3 lin4 zing6 jyun2; Cantonese Yale: Jilìhn Jihng Yún) is a large Buddhist temple complex located in Diamond Hill, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was founded in 1934 as a retreat for Buddhist nuns and was rebuilt in the 1998 following the traditional Tang dynasty architecture.
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The two temples were subsequently torn down and consolidated at the temple's present location in 1938. [1] After the Japanese handed over Taiwan to the Republic of China in 1945, the government invested in developing tourism around the lake. Wen Wu temple was rebuilt again in 1969, increasing its size and constructing it in the Chinese palace ...