Hip Tin temples in Hong Kong


There are several Hip Tin temples in Hong Kong. Kwan Tai 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.
Note 1: A territory-wide grade reassessment of historic buildings is ongoing. The grades listed in the table are based on these updates . 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.
LocationNotesStatusReferencesPhotographs
Ma Wan Tsuen, Lei Yue Mun
The Hip Tin Temple is adjacent to the Tin Hau Temple and was added after 1953.Grade III
Picture: Tin Hau Temple and Hip Tin Temple.
Shing Mun San Tsuen, Kam Tin, Yuen Long District
Hip 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.
Nil grade
Po Sam Pai, Plover Cove, Tai Po District
Hip Tin Temple, Po Sam Pai
Built in 1823. The temple was renovated in 1889 and 1905.
Grade III
No. 39 Ting Kok Road, Tai Po Kau Hui
Tin Hau Temple, Tai Po Kau Hui
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. 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 District
Hip Tin Temple, Cheung Shue Tan
Its year of construction is unknown. The temple was renovated in 1898, 1910 and 1997.
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.
Not listed
Po Tung Road, Sai Kung Town
Tin Hau Temple and Hip Tin Temple
The two temples are believed to have been rebuilt in the 1910s to 1920s.
Grade II
Picture: Tin Hau Temple and Hip Tin Temple in Sai Kung.
No. 2 Lai Chi Wo, Sha Tau Kok
Hip Tin Temple and Hok Shan Monastery
Located on the square of Lai Chi Wo Village. 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 Kok
Hip Tin Temple, Shan Tsui Tsuen
Completed in 1895. It also has been used as a school.
Declared
Kuk Po, Luk Keng, Sha Tau Kok
Kai Choi School and Hip Tin Temple, Kuk PoGrade III
Nam Chung Cheng Uk, Sha Tau Kok
Hip Tin Temple, Nam Chung Not listed
Yim Tso Ha, Sha Tau Kok
Hip Tin Temple, Yim Tso Ha Not listed
Wu Shek Kok, Sha Tau Kok
Hip Tin Temple
Adjacent to a Tin Hau Temple.
Not listed
Picture: Tin Hau Temple and Hip Tin Temple.