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CAUSEWAY BAY TIN HAU TEMPLE
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Doors of Tin Hau Temple
Front Door The front door is the usual way for people to enter the temple. On the two wings of the door are the Menshen, who are the...
Columns of Tin Hau Temple
Column Bases Inside the temple, the rock column bases are in arc valve shape. In the protruding part of the oblate column base, it is...
Background of the Temple (Plaques)
Importance of the Plaque Study In most cases, plaques is given due to the significant events: 1. the appreciation from the Emperors 2....
Tile Cap of Tin Hau Temple
Tin Hau Temple make use of the tile cap. We can see that there are some flower on the Wadang. There are two types of Wa dang in the Tin...
Roof Decorations of Tin Hau Temple
The most special roof decoration is called “Bogut” (博古) which is made of stone. It is a very common kind of decoration in Hong Kong. Most...
Main Ridge of Tin Hau Temple
The main ridge of Tin Hau Temple is a full of small sculptures and painting. These kind of ridge is called HuaJi (花脊). It is different...
Structure of the Temple
The temple makes use of beam and column structure design. The whole structure is make by wood and without using a single nail. To connect...
Background of the Temple (Other Gods and Goddess in the Temple)
Apart from Tin Hau, the other gods and goddess (i.e., 觀音大士，財神爺，包公，三十六太歲， 五藏府，土地公公，金童玉女，孫悟空，關公) are used to be put inside the Temple....
Architecture Characteristics of the Temple
Jian(間) and jin(進) were used to identify the hierarchy of the household; and, showed respect to them. The higher position of the...
Appreciation on the Traditional Chinese Architectures
The Tin Hua Temple have renewed for several times. The walls had been cleaned and the roof had been changed. Yet, we can still chase back...
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