Tai Sing Fat Tong, Taoist temple in Sau Mau Ping, Hong Kong
Tai Sing Fat Tong is a Taoist temple in the Kwun Tong District featuring traditional Chinese architectural elements including curved roofs, intricate carvings, and decorative details. The structure was built to serve religious functions for residents of the surrounding neighborhoods.
In 1962 Chung Kam determined the site on Anderson Road by spirit writing, and construction of the Tai Sing Fat Tong began in 1964, completed in 1968. Worshippers came mainly from the Hailufeng area of Guangdong, and the nearby squatter settlement became known as Tai Sing Village. Work on the new temple started on 9 May 2011, with the statues moved, and the new hall, Tai Sing Bou Miu, was consecrated on 8 December 2013.
Worshippers come mainly from the Hailufeng area of Guangdong province. The temple's main festival is the birthday of Sun Wukong on the 16th day of the 8th lunar month, its most elaborate celebration; Cantonese opera performed for the gods in the 10th lunar month and a year-end thanksgiving fixed annually are also held. The main hall door carries the couplet "東島神洲留聖蹟;南瞻部境著威靈."
The temple stands on Po Lam Road in Sau Mau Ping, beside the Sau Mau Ping, Sau Mau Ping South, Po Tat and On Tat estates. Buses serve the area; the MTR does not reach it directly. The main hall's door couplets face the entrance, and the statues were moved here during the 2011–2013 rebuilding.
The temple's name changed with its rebuilding: the original 1968 Tai Sing Fat Tong became Tai Sing Bou Miu when the new hall was consecrated on 8 December 2013. Its main hall door carries a couplet reading "東島神洲留聖蹟;南瞻部境著威靈." The surrounding squatter area was once called Tai Sing Village after the temple.
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