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Kwun Yum Temple, Hung Hom, Chinese temple in Hung Hom, Hong Kong.

Kwun Yum Temple in Hung Hom is a structure designed in traditional Chinese style, featuring a front pavilion, covered middle hall, and main sanctuary. Inside stand statues of several deities including Tai Sui, Doumu, Hung Shing, and Choi Pak Sing Kwan arranged alongside the principal Kwun Yum statue.

Built in 1873 with funds pooled by residents of the three Hung Hom wards (Hung Hom, Hok Yuen Kok and To Kwa Wan), the temple was repaired in 1889 and again in 1911, as recorded on its stone lintel. It was later rated a Grade I historic building and is managed by the Chinese Temples Committee.

Four Kwun Yum festivals fall on the 19th of the 2nd, 6th, 9th and 11th lunar months, when devotees gather here. On the 26th of the first lunar month, worshippers come to "borrow from the treasury" during Kwun Yum's treasury-opening rite, seeking luck and wealth for the year.

The temple stands on Chatham Road in Hung Hom and can be reached by MTR, bus or minibus. The MTR stop is Ho Man Tin, not Hung Hom station. The site is a working place of worship, so keep voices low and avoid photographing worshippers during prayer.

The temple survived two Japanese air raids: the early hours of 8 December 1941 and the afternoon of 16 October 1944. Nearby buildings, including the Hung Hom Kaifong Association Primary School, were destroyed, yet the temple itself stood undamaged. The gate inscription records a Guangxu-era restoration, and the stone couplet compares the hall's lotus to West Lake in spring.

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