Kwan Tai temples in Hong Kong


There are several Kwan Tai temples in Hong Kong. Kwan Tai, the Cantonese spelling of Guan Yu, is worshiped in these temples.
Note 1: A territory-wide grade reassessment of historic buildings is ongoing. The grades listed in the table are based on updates and of 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 Kwan Tai temples is tentatively exhaustive.
LocationNotesStatusReferencesPhotographs
Shau Kei Wan temple cluster. On the hillside of Shau Kei Wan Road. Near No. 8 Chai Wan Road, Shau Kei Wan

Kwan Tai Temple

Built in 1976. Part of a cluster of six temples built on a flattened hilltop by the Shau Kei Wan Kaifong Advancement Association. A statue of Red Hare, Kwan Tai's horse, stands in front of the temple. The temple is adjacent to a Kwun Yam temple.
Nil grade
Near the southern junction of Old Main Street Aberdeen and Aberdeen Main Street, Aberdeen
Kwan Tai and Kwun Yum shrine

Part of the "Guardians of Aberdeen" group of small temples and shrines
Not listed
Nathan Road, Mong Kok

Emperor Guan Temple on Nathan Road, Mong Kok

Temporary shrine erected during the 2014 Hong Kong protests
Not listed
No.158, Hai Tan Street, Sham Shui Po

Mo Tai Temple, Sham Shui Po aka. Kwan Tai Temple

Managed by the Chinese Temples Committee
Grade II
On the hill, off Tai Wo Hau Road, Kwai Chung

Kwan Tai Temple, Tai Wo Hau Not listed
Tsing Chuen Wai, Lam Tei, Tuen Mun District

Village shrine of a walled village. Tin Hau, Kwan Tai, and a Qing official are worshipped in the village shrine.Not listed
Castle Peak RoadSo Kwun Wat, So Kwun Wat, Tuen Mun District

Kwan Shing Tai Kung Not listed
At Western White Tiger Pass aka. Yi Au Tsai

Along MacLehose Trail Section 10, Tai Lam

Kwan Tai Temple
The temple is part of a set of three built by villagers at the north of today's Tai Lam Chung Reservoir, on the main routes to Tin Fu Tsai, Tai Hang Village, and Kan Uk Tei, with a will that their trips to the markets would be safe. The other two temples are Ma Neung Temple, and Pak Kung Temple aka. White Tiger Pass Temple.
Not listed
Ha Tsuen Shi, Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long District

Kwan Tai Temple, Ha Tsuen Shi Grade II
Mong Tseng Wai, Ping Shan, Yuen Long District

Yuen Kwan Tai Temple, Mong Tseng Wai

Dedicated to Yuen Tai/Pak Tai and Kwan Tai
Grade I
No. 121 Shui Tsiu San Tsuen, Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long District

Fuk Hing Tong

A shrine of the walled village, which also acts as the general ancestral hall of the villagers.
Grade III
Shui Tsiu Lo Wai, Shap Pat Heung, Yuen Long District

Kwan Tai Temple, Shui Tsiu Lo Wai Not listed
Cheung Shing Street, Yuen Long Kau Hui

Yuen Kwan Yi Tai Temple

Probably built in 1714. Commonly known as Pak Tai Temple, it is dedicated to Yuen Tai/Pak Tai and Kwan Tai. The temple functions as an ancestral hall and a temple of Sai Pin Wai. Village meetings are also held there.
Grade I
Cheung Po, Pat Heung, Yuen Long District

Kwan Tai Temple, Cheung Po Not listed
Tseung Kong Wai, Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long District


Mo Tai Temple, Tseung Kong Wai
Shrine of the walled village.
Not listed
Jockey Club Road, north of Fanling Wai

Sam Shing Temple

For the worship of three deities: Pak Tai, Kwan Tai, and Man Cheong. The temple was moved to So Kwun Po in the late Ming dynasty and moved back to the present site in 1948.
Grade III
No. 146 Lin Ma Hang Tsuen, Sha Tau Kok

Kwan Tai Temple

Only temple in the village.
Nil grade
Ting Kok, Tai Po District

Mo Tai Temple, Ting Kok

Built in 1785
Grade III
Sheung Wun Yiu, Tai Po

Mo Tai Temple, Sheung Wun Yiu Not listed
Ha Wai, Tap Mun Chau

Kwan Tai Kung
The temple complex comprises three temples in two buildings: the first building is a Tin Hau temple, built in 1737, to which an annex was later added, housing a Kwan Tai temple. On its left, Shui Yuet Kung, built in 1788, is dedicated to Kwun Yam and the Earth God.
Grade II
Cheung Chau

Kwan Kung Pavilion

Built in 1973
Not listed
Kat Hing Back Street, Tai O

Kwan Tai Temple

Adjacent to Tin Hau Temple
Grade II
Tong Fuk, Lantau Island

Kwan Tai Temple, Tong Fuk Not listed