Tin Hau Kung

In this Tsuen Wan Walking Tour, the first place to visit is Tin Hau Kung. Tsuen Wan Tin Hau Kung 天后宮 (also called Wai Tsuen Road Tin Hau Kung). You can experience Chinese traditional beliefs and customs there. It is located at Wai Tsuen Road, Tsuen Wan District, New Territories, Hong Kong. It was built by the villagers during the Kangxi period (1721-1722) with a history of more than 270 years. The original site is located in Sam Tung Uk Resite Village.

Due to the construction of the Tsuen Wan Line, it moved to the current site opposite Luk Yeung Sun Chuen in 1984. Renovation of the Tin Hau Kung Committee was set up in 1984 too. A renovation and opening ceremony was held on 12th December,1984 and Cantonese opera was staged for celebration. Following the conventions of every year on the birthday of Tin Hau (23rd March of the lunar calendar), several Cantonese operas will be staged to celebrate the birthday for paying for God's kindness & entertaining people. In 1995, it was listed as a secondary historical building by the Antiquities and Monuments Office.

The temple is divided into 3 parts: main hall (middle): worships the statue of Tin Hau (Queen of heaven), east and west: Taisui Temple 太歲廟 is set up on both sides. The left side hall is dedicated to Marshal Zhongtan while the right side hall is dedicated to the land and the God of Wealth.

Tsuen Wan was originally named Shallow Bay. The bronze bell inside the Tin Hau Kung is engraved with the history of Tsuen Wan. However, villagers think that fish swimming in shallow water is played by shrimp. The artistic conception of “shallow” is not good, so it is called Quanwan 全灣(which has a perfect meaning). After that, Yang Guorui, a scholar in Yangwu Village, proposed to replace the full character with the vanilla name "Tsuen" until now.

On the left side of the temple, Yiyong Temple was built dedicated to the heroic gods of the township, who defended the land of Tsuen Wan during the Qing Dynasty and died in the Qing Dynasty. In addition to being the main place of folk belief, the temple was also the site of the Tsuen Wan Rural Committee Bureau and the headquarters of the training group, formerly known as the "Global Security Bureau". Every year, representatives of Tsuen Wan Rural Committee Village, together with representatives of government officials, will visit the temple and go to the heroes of the Yiyong Temple.