Hong Kong counts approximately 600 temples, shrines and monasteries. While Buddhism and Christianity are the most widely practiced religions, most religions are represented in the Special Administrative Region.

Buddhist temples and monasteries

thumb|Miu Fat Buddhist Monastery.

  • Cham Shan Monastery (), Clear Water Bay Peninsula
  • Chi Lin Nunnery (), Diamond Hill, Kowloon
  • Ling To Monastery (), Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long District
  • Miu Fat Buddhist Monastery (), Lam Tei, Tuen Mun District
  • Po Lin Monastery (), Lantau Island
  • Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery (), Sha Tin
  • Tsing Shan Monastery () (also called Piu To Temple), Tuen Mun
  • Tsz Shan Monastery (), Tung Tsz, Tai Po District
  • Tung Lin Kok Yuen (), Happy Valley
  • Tung Po Tor Monastery (), Lo Wai, Tsuen Wan District
  • Wat Mekatamwanaram or Wat Tai Wo (), Tai Po
  • Wat Hong Kong Dhammaram, Yuen Long

Taoist temples and monasteries

thumb|Wong Tai Sin Temple

  • Ching Chung Koon () (Tuen Mun)
  • Chong Har Ching Ser () (Fanling)
  • Fung Ying Seen Koon () (Fanling)
  • Shang Sin Chun Tong () (Kowloon Tong)
  • Sin Hing Tung () (Tuen Mun)
  • Tai Sing Fat Tong () (Sau Mau Ping)
  • Wong Tai Temple () (Luen Wo Hui)
  • Wong Tai Sin Temple (Sik Sik Yuen) () (New Kowloon)
  • Wun Chuen Sin Koon () (Ta Kwu Ling)
  • Yuen Yuen Institute () (Tsuen Wan District)

Joss houses

thumb|[[Tin Hau Temple, Causeway Bay|Tin Hau temple, Tin Hau, Causeway Bay]]

Tin Hau temples

Over 100 temples are dedicated, at least partially to Tin Hau. They include:

  • Tin Hau Temple (), located at 10, Tin Hau Temple Road, Causeway Bay, east of Victoria Park, in Eastern District, on Hong Kong Island. It is one of the declared monuments of Hong Kong. The temple has given its name to the MTR station serving it (Island line).
  • 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 (a street named after it).
  • Tin Hau Temple () at Tai Miu Wan (大廟灣; Joss House Bay) is considered the most sacred. It is one of the Grade I historic building.
  • Hau Kok Tin Hau Temple (), stands by the Tuen Mun River channel and located next to Tin Hau Road in Tuen Mun.

Others

  • Che Kung Temples (), dedicated to Che Kung() (located in Sha Tin & Sai Kung)
  • Chun Kwan Temple () on Tsing Yi Island, dedicated to Chun Kwan
  • Emperor Guan Temples (dedicated to Kwan Tai, also referred to as Lord Guan & Kuan Kong)
  • Hip Tin Temples (), list of thirteen temples in Hong Kong
  • Kwan Tai Temples (), list of fifteen temples in Hong Kong
  • Man Mo Temples (), dedicated to Kwan Tai and Man Cheong (located in Sheung Wan, Tai Po & Lantau Island)
  • Kwan Kung Pavilion () in Cheung Chau Island
  • Fan Sin Temple () in Sheung Wun Yiu, Tai Po
  • Hau Wong Temples and Yeung Hau Temples (), dedicated to Yeung Hau Tai Wong () (list of thirteen temples in Hong Kong)
  • Hung Shing Temples and Tai Wong Temples, dedicated to Hung Shing Tai Wong () (list of forty-two temples in Hong Kong)
  • Hung Shing Temple, Wan Chai, listed as a Grade I historic building and is part of the Wan Chai Heritage Trail
  • Hung Shing Temple, Tai Kok Tsui, located at No. 58 Fuk Tsun Street and is the only Hung Shing temple in urban Kowloon
  • I Shing Temple () in Tung Tau Wai of Wang Chau, dedicated to Hung Shing and Che Kung
  • Kwun Yam Temples (dedicated to Kwun Yam (), also known as Guan Yin Bodhisattva)
  • Kwun Yam Shrine in Repulse Bay
  • Lin Fa Temple () in Tai Hang
  • Lam Tsuen wishing trees () (located near the Tin Hau Temple in Fong Ma Po Village, Lam Tsuen)
  • Lo Pan Temple () in Kennedy Town, dedicated to Lo Pan
  • Lung Mo Temples, dedicated to Lung Mo () (list of four temples in Wan Chai, To Kwa Wan, Lo Wai and Peng Chau)
  • Pak Tai Temples, dedicated to Pak Tai () (list of fifteen temples in Hong Kong)
  • Yuk Hui Temple () in Cheung Chau Island
  • Pak Tai Temple () in Wan Chai, which is a Declared Monument
  • Sam Tai Tsz Temple and Pak Tai Temple () in Sham Shui Po, dedicated to Sam Tai Tsz and Pak Tai
  • Sam Shan Kwok Wong Temple (), located in Ngau Chi Wan, next to Ping Shek Estate, along Kwun Tong Road
  • Shing Wong Temples (), dedicated to City God () (list of four temples in Shau Kei Wan, Yau Ma Tei, Sau Mau Ping & Tuen Mun District)
  • Tai Wong Temple () in Yuen Long Kau Hui, dedicated to Hung Shing and Yeung Hau
  • Tam Kung Temples and Tam Tai Sin Temples, dedicated to Tam Kung () (list of four temples in Shau Kei Wan, Southern District, Happy Valley and Ping Chau)
  • Tu Di Gong, or Earth God Temples & Shrines (like Fok Tak Temple () in Tsim Sha Tsui)
  • Yuk Wong Bo Din (玉皇寶殿) in Shau Kei Wan, dedicated to Yuk Wong (Jade Emperor)

Christian churches

thumb|[[Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Hong Kong)|Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception]]

thumb|Interior of St John's Cathedral

thumbnail|right|[[Lifehouse International Church Hong Kong, a Hillsong family church]]

thumb|[[Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui|SKH Crown of Thorns' Church]]

Note: Only churches with wiki articles are listed on this list

Hong Kong Island

Central and Western District

  • Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic)
  • Hop Yat Church (Hong Kong)
  • Peak Church (a former Protestant chapel)
  • St John's Cathedral (Hong Kong)
  • Union Church
  • The Vine Christian Fellowship
  • St. Joseph's Church
  • St. Margaret Mary's Church

Wan Chai District

  • Chinese Methodist Church, at No. 36 Hennessy Road
  • Island Baptist Church (Protestant, Independent)
  • Sky City Church, meeting in the Apex of the Central Plaza
  • Tung Fook Church (Protestant)

Southern District

  • St. Anne's Church

Kowloon and New Kowloon

  • Holy Trinity Cathedral
  • Kowloon Tong Alliance Church (Butterfly Valley), in Christian Alliance International School
  • Kowloon Union Church
  • Lifehouse International Church Hong Kong (Pentecostal)
  • Rosary Church (Roman Catholic)
  • St Andrew's Church, Kowloon
  • Wing Kwong Pentecostal Holiness Church (Pentecostal)

New Territories

  • Christ the Worker Parish (Roman Catholic)
  • Crown of Thorns' Church (Anglican)
  • Resurrection Church Sai Kung (Anglican)

Sha Tin

  • Shatin Anglican Church (Anglican)
  • Shatin Baptist Church
  • Tao Fong Shan Christian Centre

Christian monasteries

  • Trappist Haven Monastery, Lantau - Catholic Church (Latin Church)
  • Béthanie (Hong Kong) (former sanatorium and monastery)

Sikh temple

thumb|[[Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple]]

  • Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple - at the corner of Queen's Road East and Stubbs Road

Synagogues

  • Ohel Leah Synagogue - Robinson Road

Mosques

thumb|Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre along [[Nathan Road.]]

  • Jamia Masjid - Shelley Street, Hong Kong Island
  • Kowloon Masjid and Islamic Centre - Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
  • Ammar
  • Stanley Mosque
  • Chai Wan Mosque
  • Ibrahim Mosque

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

thumb|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

See also

  • Air pollution in Hong Kong#Joss paper and incense burning
  • Hong Kong Government Lunar New Year kau chim tradition
  • Taai Ping Ching Jiu (太平清醮)
  • Cheung Chau Bun Festival
  • Zhizha & Papier-mache offering shops in Hong Kong
  • Religion in Hong Kong
  • List of buildings and structures in Hong Kong
  • Chinese folk religion
  • Chinese ritual mastery traditions

References