TWGHs Records and Heritage Office

Tin Hau Temple, Yau Ma Tei

The temple comprises five buildings with the Tin Hau Temple in the middle, the Kwun Yam (also known as Kwun Yum) Lau She Tan and Hsu Yuen on the left, and the Shing Wong Temple and Fook Tak Temple on the right.

Grading: Declared Monument

Built around 1865, the largest Tin Hau Temple in Kowloon was originally located at the junction of Pak Hoi Street and Temple Street, and was moved to the current address around 1876. The management of the temple was officially transferred to Kwong Wah Hospital in 1928. The temple comprises five buildings with the Tin Hau Temple in the middle, the Kwun Yam (also known as Kwun Yum) Lau She Tan and Hsu Yuen on the left, and the Shing Wong Temple and Fook Tak Temple on the right. The TWGHs resumed the organisation of large-scale activities to celebrate the birthday of Tin Hau on 8 May 2018 so as to preserve the local traditional culture. The Tin Hau Temple is now managed by the TWGHs under a commission from the Chinese Temples Committee. In 2020, it was declared a monument.

Temple Street/Public Square Street, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon