There are several Hip Tin temples () in Hong Kong. Kwan Tai (Guan Yu) is worshiped in these temples.
Kwan Tai temples are also dedicated to Guan Yu. Man Mo temples are jointly dedicated to Man Tai () and Kwan Tai (aka. Mo Tai, ).
Note 1: A territory-wide grade reassessment of historic buildings is ongoing. The grades listed in the table are based on these updates (8 June 2023). The temples with a "Not listed" status in the table below are not graded and do not appear in the list of historic buildings considered for grading. Note 2: While most probably incomplete, this list of Hip Tin temples is tentatively exhaustive.
LocationNotesStatusReferencesPhotographsMa Wan Tsuen (), Lei Yue Mun (Kowloon)The Hip Tin Temple is adjacent to the Tin Hau Temple (鯉魚門天后廟) and was added after 1953.Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Tin Hau Temple, Ma Wan Tsuen, Lei Yue MunGrade III Picture: Tin Hau Temple (left) and Hip Tin Temple (right).Shing Mun San Tsuen (), Kam Tin, Yuen Long DistrictHip Tin Temple, Shing Mun San Tsuen The temple is owned by the Cheng clan. It was probably built around 1920. It was relocated from Shing Mun Valley in the 1920s due to the construction of the Shing Mun Reservoir and the resulting resettlement of Shing Mun San Tsuen.Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Hip Tin Temple, Shing Mun San Tsuen Nil grade Po Sam Pai (), Plover Cove, Tai Po DistrictHip Tin Temple, Po Sam Pai Built in 1823. The temple was renovated in 1889 and 1905.Antiquities Advisory Board. Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings. Item #969 Grade III No. 39 Ting Kok Road, Tai Po Kau HuiTin Hau Temple, Tai Po Kau Hui (大埔舊墟天后宮) Built in 1691. On the left of the Tin Hau Temple is Hip Tin Temple. On its right was Tam Sin Temple () where Tam Kung was revered.Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Tin Hau Temple, Tai Po Kau Hui The Tam Sin Temple was converted into a Shui Yuet Temple () dedicated to Guanyin in the mid-2010s.Grade III No. 53 Cheung Shue Tan (), Tai Po DistrictHip Tin Temple, Cheung Shue Tan (樟樹灘村協天宮) Its year of construction is unknown. The temple was renovated in 1898, 1910 and 1997.Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Hip Tin Temple, Cheung Shue TanThe Tai Po Book, p.40 Grade III North of Ha Tei Ha. Shuen Wan area of Plover Cove, Tai Po District.Hip Tin Temple One of the three temples of the Shuen Wan Temples complex (). The other ones are a Tin Hau Temple and a Temple of Confucius. The Sam Kung Temples complex had been destroyed by a typhoon in 1936 and was reconstructed in 2009."船灣三宮廟修復重光", The Sun, 7 December 2009 Not listed Po Tung Road (), Sai Kung TownTin Hau Temple and Hip Tin Temple (西貢墟天后古廟及協天宮) The two temples are believed to have been rebuilt in the 1910s to 1920s.Antiquities Advisory Board. Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings. Item #398 Grade II Picture: Tin Hau Temple (left) and Hip Tin Temple (right) in Sai Kung.No. 2 Lai Chi Wo, Sha Tau KokHip Tin Temple and Hok Shan Monastery Located on the square of Lai Chi Wo Village.Eco Association (Hip Tin Temple and Hok Shan Monastery) Built in the Qing dynasty, they have a history of more than two hundred years. The two structures are connected. They were jointly built by the seven villages in Sha Tau Kok, Hing Chun Yeuk (), for drawing good fortune and expelling the evils. Hip Tin Temple is for Guan Di in which there is a statue of Guan Di while Hok Shan Monastery is for Guan Yin.Grade III Just opposite the Sha Tau Kok Control Point, Shan Tsui Tsuen (), Sha Tau KokHip Tin Temple, Shan Tsui Tsuen Completed in 1895. It also has been used as a school.Antiquities Advisory Board. Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings. Item #338 Declared Kuk Po, Luk Keng, Sha Tau KokKai Choi School and Hip Tin Temple, Kuk PoAntiquities Advisory Board. Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings. Item #1105 Grade III Nam Chung Cheng Uk, Sha Tau KokHip Tin Temple, Nam Chung ()Not listedYim Tso Ha, Sha Tau KokHip Tin Temple, Yim Tso Ha ()Not listed Wu Shek Kok, Sha Tau KokHip Tin Temple Adjacent to a Tin Hau Temple.Not listed Picture: Tin Hau Temple (left) and Hip Tin Temple (right).
See also Martial temple Man Mo temples in Hong Kong Kwan Tai temples in Hong Kong Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong Places of worship in Hong Kong
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