Tung Lum Nien Fah Tong, Buddhist temple in Tsuen Wan District, Hong Kong
Tung Lum Nien Fah Tong stands at 29 Tung Lam Terrace on Fu Yung Shan, Lo Wai, Tsuen Wan, beside Chuk Lam Monastery and Nam Tin Chuk Temple. Its mountain gate carries a horizontal plaque donated by Huang Yanhuai and a couplet by the founding monk Ding Sai. Behind the gate is the Tung Lam Home for the Aged, opened in 1970, and the Ji Le Bao Dian building, opened on 26 December 1998, with the Great Compassion Hall and its Thousand-Armed Guanyin on the ground floor and Shakyamuni, Ksitigarbha, Guanyin and the Eighteen Arhats above.
The temple was founded in 1952 and officially registered as Tung Lum Nien Fah Tong Limited in 1962. This establishment reflected the growing Buddhist community in Hong Kong during the postwar period.
The temple belongs to the Pure Land school, founded in 1952 by the monk Ding Sai. Its mountain gate carries a couplet by Ding Sai: "The Pure Land of lotus is entered through this gate; Amitabha Buddha is right before your eyes." The plaque above it was donated by Huang Yanhuai in the yiwei year.
The temple stands at 29 Tung Lam Terrace on Fu Yung Shan, Lo Wai, Tsuen Wan, next to Chuk Lam Monastery and Nam Tin Chuk Temple. Minibus route 85 links Chiu Wo Street in Tsuen Wan with the temple, and a car park is available for drivers and taxis. The main hall sits above the Tung Lam Home for the Aged, which opened in 1970.
Behind the mountain gate stands Tung Lum Home for the Aged, opened in 1970, which makes it one of the earlier Buddhist-run care homes in the Tsuen Wan hills. The main worship building, the Jile Baodian, was inaugurated on 26 December 1998, the day after Christmas.
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