Places of worship in Hong Kong
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{{Demographics of Hong Kong}}
[[Hong Kong]] counts approximately 600 [[temple]]s, [[shrine]]s and [[monasteries]]. While [[Buddhism]] and [[Taoism]] are the most widely practiced religions, most religions are represented in the [[Special Administrative Region]].
==Taoist koons==
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* [[Ching Chung Koon]]
* [[Wong Tai Sin Temple]]
==Buddhist temples==
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* [[Chi Lin Nunnery]] (志蓮淨苑)
* [[Ling Wan Temple]] (凌雲寺)
* [[Sau Mau Ping Temple]]
* [[Po Lin Temple]]
* [[Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery]] <ref> Lonely planet 2002 issue page 239 steve Fallon </ref>
* [[Po Lin Monastery]]
* [[Wong Tai Sin Temple]]
* [[Tin Hau Temple]]
* [[Chamshan Monastery, Clear Water Bay]]
* [[Western Monastery]] (西方寺)
==Joss houses==
===Che Kung Miu===
* [[Che Kung Miu]]
There are at least 2 temples in Hong Kong.
* 1 temple in [[Tai Wai]], [[Sha Tin]]
* 1 temple in [[Sai Kung]]
===Tin Hau temples===
[[Image:SaiKungTinHauTemple.jpg|thumb|250px|Tin Hau Temple, [[Sai Kung]], [[Hong Kong]]]]
[[Image:Saikung Tin Hau Old Temple Front View.jpg|thumb|250px|Tin Hau Temple in [[Sai Kung]], Hong Kong]]
{{Commons|Category:Tin Hau Temples in Hong Kong|Tin Hau Temples in Hong Kong}}
Around 60 temples are dedicated, at least partially to [[Matsu (goddess)|Tin Hau]]. They include:
* Tin Hau temple, located at 10, Tin Hau Temple Road, [[Causeway Bay]], east of [[Victoria Park, Hong Kong|Victoria Park]], in [[Eastern District, Hong Kong|Eastern District]], on [[Hong Kong Island]]. It is one of the [[declared monuments of Hong Kong]].<ref>[http://www.amo.gov.hk/en/monuments_15.php Antiquities and Monuments Office: Tin Hau Temple, Causeway Bay]</ref> The temple has given its name to [[Tin Hau (MTR)|the MTR station]] serving it ([[Island Line, Hong Kong|Island Line]]).
* The Tin Hau temple in [[Yau Ma Tei]] is also famous in Hong Kong. The public square, [[Yung Shue Tau]] before it is surrounded by a night market of [[Temple Street, Hong Kong|Temple Street]] (a street named after it).
* The Tin Hau Temple at [[Tai Miu Wan]] (大廟灣; [[Joss House Bay]]) is considered the most sacred. It is one of [[List of Grade I historic buildings in Hong Kong| Grade I historic building]].<ref name="AMO">[http://www.amo.gov.hk/form/historical.pdf List of Graded Historic Buildings in Hong Kong (as at 6 Jan 2007)]</ref>
Other locations<ref name="AMO">[http://www.amo.gov.hk/form/historical.pdf List of Graded Historic Buildings in Hong Kong (as at 6 Jan 2007)]</ref> in Hong Kong:
* 1 temple in [[Aberdeen, Hong Kong|Aberdeen]] (Graded as [[List of Grade II historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade II historic building]])
* 4 temples on [[Cheung Chau]] (2 of them were graded as Grade II historic building; 1 of them was graded as [[List of Grade III historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade III historic building]])
* 1 temple in [[Fan Lau]], [[Lantau Island]] (Graded as [[List of Grade III historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade III historic building]])
* 1 temple on [[Kat O]] Island (Graded as [[List of Grade I historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade I historic building]])
* 1 temple in [[Lei Yue Mun]] village ([[Kowloon]]) (Graded as [[List of Grade II historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade II historic building]])
* 1 temple in [[Ma Wan]] (Graded as [[List of Grade III historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade III historic building]])
* 1 temple on [[Peng Chau]] (Graded as [[List of Grade II historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade II historic building]])
* 1 temple on [[Ping Chau]] (Graded as [[List of Grade III historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade III historic building]])
* 1 temple in Ping Che, [[Ta Kwu Ling]] (Graded as [[List of Grade II historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade II historic building]])
* 3 temples on [[Sai Kung]] other than the one in Joss House Bay (2 of them were Graded as [[List of Grade II historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade II historic building]] and one of them was graded as [[List of Grade III historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade III historic building]])
* 1 temple in Sham Shui Po (Graded as [[List of Grade III historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade III historic building]])
* 1 temple in [[Shau Kei Wan]] (Graded as [[List of Grade I historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade I historic building]])
* 1 temple in Shek O village, [[Shek O]]
* 1 temple on South Ninepin Island ([[Ninepin Group]])
* 1 temple in [[Tai O]], adjacent to [[Kwan Ti]] temple
* 3 temples in [[Tai Po]](both graded as [[List of Grade II historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade II historic building]]; the one in Tsz Tong Tsuen is adjacent to Man Tai Temple)
* 2 temple on [[Tap Mun Chau]] (one was graded as [[List of Grade I historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade I historic building]]; the other was graded as [[List of Grade III historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade III historic building]])
* 1 temple in [[To Kwa Wan]] (Graded as [[List of Grade III historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade III historic building]])
* 1 temple in [[Tsuen Wan]] Town (Graded as [[List of Grade II historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade II historic building]])
* 1 temple in [[Tsing Lung Tau]] (Graded as [[List of Grade III historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade III historic building]])
* 1 temple on [[Tsing Yi Island]]
* 1 temple in [[Tung Chung]] (Graded as [[List of Grade I historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade I historic building]])<ref name="AMO">[http://www.amo.gov.hk/form/historical.pdf List of Graded Historic Buildings in Hong Kong (as at 6 Jan 2007)]</ref>
* 1 temple in [[Lung Yeuk Tau]], [[Fanling]] (declared monument)<ref>[http://www.amo.gov.hk/en/monuments_77.php Antiquities and Monuments Office: Tin Hau Temple, Lung Yeuk Tau]</ref>
===Sam Tai Tsz Temples===
* [[Sam Tai Tsz Temple and Pak Tai Temple]] complex in Sham Shui Po
===Chun Kwan Temple===
* [[Chun Kwan Temple]] on the [[Tsing Yi Island]].
===Mixture of Chinese religions===
*[[Yuen Yuen Institute]]
==Churches==
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:''For [[Catholic Church]], See also [[List of Catholic Churches in Hong Kong]]''
:''For [[Anglican Church]], See also [[List of Anglican Churches in Hong Kong]]''
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===[[Hong Kong Island]]===
====[[Wan Chai District]]====
[[Image:Hong Kong City Church.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Hong Kong City Church lounge area in the Apex]]
[[Image:Hongkongskhsjc.jpg|thumb|250px|St John's Cathedral]]
* [http://hongkongcitychurch.com Hong Kong City Church]
====[[Central and Western District]]====
* [[Community Church Hong Kong]]
* [http://www.islandecc.hk/ Island Evangelical Community Church]
* [http://www.thevine.org.hk/ The Vine Christian Fellowship]
* [[The First Church of Christ, Scientist, Hong Kong]]
* [http://www.faithcommunitychurch.org.hk/ Faith Community Church, Hong Kong]
* [[Immaculate Conception Cathedral of Hong Kong|Immaculate Conception Cathedral]] (Roman Catholic)
* [[St. James Church, Hong Kong]]
* [[St. John's Cathedral, Hong Kong]]
* Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
* [[St. Joseph Church, Hong Kong]]
* [[St. Margarets Mary Church, Hong Kong]]
* [[St. Paul's Church, Hong Kong]]
* [http://www.unionchurchhk.org/ Union Church, Hong Kong]
* [http://www.thevine.org.hk The Vine Christian Fellowship]
* [http://www.cs.ust.hk/faculty/dimitris/metro/HK.html St Luke's Cathedral] ([[Eastern Orthodoxy|Orthodox Christian]])
* [[Christian Scientists Church (Mid-Levels), Hong Kong]]
* [[Mormon Church (Mid-Levels), Hong Kong]]
* [http://www.ambassador.org.hk/ Ambassador International Church, Hong Kong]
* [[St. Joan of Arc Configuration Chapel (Braemar Hill), Hong Kong]]
===[[Kowloon]]===
* [http://www.ecchk.org/ Evangelical Community Church (ECC) (Kowloon Side)]
* [[St. Andrew's Church (Kowloon)]]
* [[Calvary Church, Hong Kong]]
* [[Holy Trinity Church, Hong Kong]]
* [[Christ Church, Hong Kong]]
* [[St. Mark's Church, Hong Kong]]
* [[Church of The Good Shepherd, Hong Kong]]
* [[Holy Carpenter Church, Hong Kong]]
* [http://www.skhsbc.org.hk/ St. Barnabas' Church, Hong Kong]
* [[Church of St. John The Baptist, Hong Kong]]
* [[Kindly Light Church, Hong Kong]]
* [[All Saints' Church, Hong Kong]]
* [[Kei Oi Church, Hong Kong]]
* [[Rosary Catholic Church (Kowloon), Hong Kong]]
* [[St. Thomas' Church, Hong Kong]]
* [[Truth Lutheran Church (Yaumatei), Hong Kong]]
===[[New Territories]]===
[[Image:CrownOfThornsChurch_03.jpg|thumb|200px|[[SKH]] [[Crown of Thorns' Church]]]]
* [[Crown of Thorns' Church]] (Anglican church)
====[[Sha Tin]]====
* [[Tao Fung Shan Christian Centre]]
* [[Shatin Baptist Church]]
====[[Tsing Yi Island]]====
* [[St. Thomas the Apostle Church]]
====[[Kwai Fong]]====
* [[Revival Christian Church]]
==Monasteries==
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* [[Ching Shan Monastery]] (also called [[Piu To Temple]]) ([[Tuen Mun]])
* [[Ling Yan Monastery]] ([[Lantau]])
* [[Lo Hon Monastery]] (Lantau)
* [[Po Lin Monastery]] (Lantau) - [[Buddhist]]
* [[Trappist Haven Monastery]] (Lantau) - [[Latin Rite]] [[Catholic]]
* [[Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery]] ([[Sha Tin]]) - Buddhist [http://www.10kbuddhas.org]
* [[Tsz Hsing Monastery]] (Lantau)
* [[Yin Hing Monastery]] (Lantau)
*[[Chamshan Monastery, Clear Water Bay]]
==Hindu Temples==
* [[Happy Valley Hindu Temple]]
* [[ISCKON temple]] - [[Tsim Sha Tsui]] / [[Mody Road]]
==Sikh temple==
* [[Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple]] - [[Stubbs Road]] / [[Queen's Road|Queen's Road East]]
==Synagogues==
* [http://www.kehilat-zion.org Kehilat Zion - Hechal Ezra]
* [[Ohel Leah Synagogue]] - [[Robinson Road]]
==Mosques==
[[Image:Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre 2005 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Buses passing the masjid at sunset.]]
* [[Jamia Masjid]] - [[Shelley Street]], Hong Kong Island
* [[Masjid Ammar and Osman Ramju Sadick Islamic Centre]] - Wan Chai
* [[Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre]] - [[Nathan Road]], [[Tsim Sha Tsui]]
* [[Cape Collinson Cemetery Masjid]]
==Latter Day Saint Churches and Hong Kong China Temple==
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[[Image:Hong Kong China Temple.jpg|thumb|150px|Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints - photo from June 1997]]
* [[Hong Kong China Temple]] located on [[Cornwall Street]], [[Kowloon Tong]]
* [[Gloucester Road, Hong Kong|Gloucester Road]], [[Wan Chai District|Wan Chai]]
* [[Tsing Yi Island]]
* [[Shi Guo Bridge]]
* Homantin Chapel
* [[Yuen Long]]
* [[Tuen Mun]]
* Over 10 other chapels are located throughout Hong Kong, Kowloon, and the New Territories
==Others==
* First Church, [[Church of Scientology]]
==See also==
{{Christianity in China Portal}}
* [[Chinese mythology]]
* [[Religion in China]]
* [[List of buildings and structures in Hong Kong]]
==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://www.info.gov.hk/yearbook/2003/english/chapter18/18_00.html Religion and custom in Hong Kong]
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