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Kwun Yam Temple

Kwun Yam Temple, Buddhist temple in Pak Sha Wan Village, Hong Kong

Kwun Yam Temple is a Guanyin temple in Pak Sha Wan, Sai Kung, in the eastern New Territories of Hong Kong, managed by local residents. It is the largest Guanyin temple in the eastern New Territories, though smaller than the Hung Hom Kwun Yam Temple in Kowloon. A bronze bell cast in 1919 (the eighth year of the Republic) is kept inside.

The sources record no founding date for the temple, which is managed by the residents of Pak Sha Wan in Sai Kung. Its oldest documented object is a bronze bell cast in 1919, the eighth year of the Republic of China. The temple is the largest Guanyin temple in the eastern New Territories, though smaller than the Hung Hom Guanyin Temple in Kowloon.

The temple is dedicated to the worship of the goddess Kwun Yam, revered as the Bodhisattva of Mercy by local worshippers. People come to offer incense and prayers at her shrine, making it an active center for personal devotion today.

The temple is reachable by public transport to Pak Sha Wan Village and can be accessed on foot from there. The best time to visit is outside festival periods to enjoy a quieter and more personal experience.

The temple keeps a bronze bell cast in 1919, the eighth year of the Republic of China. Unlike Hong Kong's other Guanyin temples, it holds no "Guanyin opening the treasury" event; instead, on the 19th day of the sixth lunar month, residents mark Guanyin's renunciation of worldly life with a bamboo stage for Cantonese opera.

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