Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda, Historic pagoda in Ping Shan, Hong Kong
Tsui Sing Lau is a three-storey hexagonal pagoda of green brick and granite in Ping Shan, built on a low foundation. Each of its three faces carries a carved stone inscription: "Over the Milky Way" on top, "Tsui Sing Lau" on the middle floor, and "Light Shines Straight Onto the Dippers and the Enclosures" on the ground floor.
A builder named Tang Yin-tung constructed this structure between 1368 and 1398 during the Ming dynasty as a seven-story tower. Over the centuries it became smaller, showing how the building changed through time.
A statue of Fui Shing deity sits on the top floor, traditionally honored by students seeking success in examinations. You can still see devotional offerings left by visitors who come to pray for academic achievement.
The pagoda stands less than 50 metres from Tin Shui Wai MTR station and the Light Rail Tin Shui Wai stop, on the Ping Shan Heritage Trail. It opens daily from 9am to 1pm and 2pm to 5pm, but closes on Tuesdays, Christmas Day, the day after Christmas, New Year's Day and the first three days of Lunar New Year.
This is the only surviving ancient pagoda of its kind in Hong Kong and received monument status in 2001. That recognition makes it a rare example of the region's early architecture that has lasted to the present day.
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