Cheung Chau Pak Tai Temple, also known as Cheung Chau Yu Xugong, Chang Chau in Hong Kong Islands Pak She Street, the north end, was built towards the forty-eight years of Qianlong (1783), there are 200 years of history, it has been assessed as the Antiquities Advisory Board Grade I historical building, is the largest in Hong Kong Pak Tai Temple, in addition to Pak Tai, but also the temple dedicated to Jupiter, the Goddess of Mercy and the Holy. Early Cheung Chau Pak Tai Temple from Cheung Chau residents responsible for the management, administration handed over to the Chinese Temples Committee in 1929.

history

　　Cheung Chau is the origin of Huizhou, Chaozhou and Guangzhou fishermen settlements, they believe in god Poseidon North God and prays for shade, the boats safely. Allegedly, Cheung Chau outbreak occurred in forty-two years of Qianlong (1777), went to the local fishermen Huiyang County basaltic mountains greet Pak Tai Temple in Cheung Chau Pak Tai statue to be removed before the crackdown epidemic. Therefore, the local squire Lin Yuwu Qianlong forty-eight years (1783) led Cheung Chau origin Huizhou, Chaozhou residents to raise Pak Tai temple worship her.

building

　　Pak Tai Temple is a conventional three-building, spacious main hall, centering altar, located on both sides Piandian symmetrical. Before the house has a granite ladder, external door has a stone incense burner and two pairs of stone lions, and Temple tile and eaves, there are also many lions, Hong Kong became the temple, the largest of a lion. Temples were raised in light of two years (1822), Daoguang eighteen years (1838), Xianfeng eight years (1858), Eve Guangxu years (1903) and rebuilt in 1989. Most recently by the Chinese Temples Committee spent more than HK $ 1,300 MN undergoing renovation, works commenced in 1999 and completed until 2003.

Historic

　　Antiquities temple treasures, including Song and big iron sword fish bone edged by the early fishermen have nets Bong in the temple, and a system to Luanyu Guangxu twenty-five years, and a stone incense burner Xianfeng 11-year and Qianlong bell nine years. In addition, to commemorate the British Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon (Earl of Snowdon) Kang Li visited in 1966, a woman surnamed Chung created a special Golden Delicious to mark the grand occasion; and casting the Chinese Temples Committee in 1959 a pair of copper incense burner, white commemorating nursing Governor Kerry in the year to come to visit.

Scenic Area Address: Hong Kong Society Islands north end of the street Mayor Island

Car lines: Cheung Chau Praya Road, walk north from the pier ten minutes