Cycling route from Tsang Tai Uk to Tai Wai Station

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Tsang Tai Uk > Koon Ngam Ching Yuen > Che Kung Temple > Tai Wai Station

Tsang Tai Uk
Tsang Tai Uk is one of the best-preserved Hakka walled villages in Hong Kong. It was built in 1847 by the stonemason Tsang Koon-man.
The people living inside are all of the Tsang clan, who moved to Hong Kong in the 17th century.
People still live in the village, but you can visit the courtyard, the ancestral hall and the watchtowers at the four corners!

Koon Ngam Ching Yuen
Koon Ngam Ching Yuen, next to Che Kung Temple, is a Buddhist monastery. The Hall of a Thousand Buddhas holds a cylindrical pagoda that rises to the ceiling, topped by the Buddhas of the Five Directions, standing for the worlds of the five directions. The figure in the centre is Vairocana. Below, the pagoda is covered with a thousand small Buddha statues, creating the scene of "a thousand Buddhas surrounding Vairocana". A four-faced Buddha in the monastery is said to be the first four-faced Buddha in Hong Kong, and many devotees come specially for it.

Che Kung Temple
Che Kung Temple in Sha Tin is the best-known temple in the district. When you get there, you have to spin the bronze pinwheels in front of the altar and turn a bit of good luck your way!
It is said that more than 300 years ago, plague swept through Sha Tin. The villagers believed Che Kung had appeared and brought the plague to an end, so they built a temple to him. Che Kung Temple was rebuilt in 1994. The original temple stands behind the present one and is not open on ordinary days.