The old "illegal-tolerated" four temples were finally demolished in year 2008. All the temples have to make way for new public estate buildings development at Anderson Road.
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A new land platform next to the junction of Po Lam Road and Sau Mau Ping Road has been created for accommodation of the new temples.
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Its full name is Hoi Kwok Tin Hau Shing Mo Temple (海國天后聖母廟).
The opening ceremony happened in year 2012. The previous one, located on Anderson Road,
was demolished in 2008.
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| Sau Mau Ping local temple - Tin Hau |
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This Tin Hau temple is quite big, being a building with two stories.
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| Sau Mau Ping local temple - Tin Hau |
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This board is covered with nails and was used previously by the spirit
medium. It was used for self-mortification by the spirit medium.
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| Sau Mau Ping local temple - Tin Hau |
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Deities statues are displayed in this new Tin Hau temple.
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| Sau Mau Ping local temple - Tin Hau |
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A new Monkey God Temple has been rebuilt in Sau Mau Ping area also.
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| Sau Mau Ping local temple - Monkey God |
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The new Monkey God Temple is very colorful and nice but it lacks some authenticity
compared to the former old Monkey God Temple complex.
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| Sau Mau Ping local temple - Monkey God |
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When the Monkey God Festival does happen on Day 16 of Eighth Lunar Month, the statue
effigy is removed and put in a temporary altar on a local sport playground where the festival
takes place.
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| Sau Mau Ping local temple - Monkey God |
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The new Monkey God Temple is of course very beautiful but visitors won't get the same
feeling as the old temple having a forty years history.
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| Sau Mau Ping local temple - Monkey God |
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A new modern and colorful Shing Wong Temple has been rebuilt in Sau Mau Ping area also.
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| Sau Mau Ping local temple |
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Shing Wong is the guardian god who protects and watch over cities.
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| Sau Mau Ping local temple - Shing Wong |
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The former dark statues from the previous Monkey God complex have been
replaced by new colorful statues.
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| Sau Mau Ping local temple - Shing Wong |
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Those four statues (two on each side of the main altar) depict the four Heavenly Kings,
who are Buddhist protective deities.
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| Sau Mau Ping local temple - Shing Wong |
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A new Guanyin Temple has been rebuilt in Sau Mau Ping area also.
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| Sau Mau Ping local temple - Guanyin Temple |
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Three Buddha statues are displayed also in the new Guanyin Temple.
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| Sau Mau Ping local temple - Guanyin Temple |
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This is a typical entrance to a Chinese temple featuring the incense sticks and
red lanterns.
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| Sau Mau Ping local temple |
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The four temples are now opened but the new estate buildings development on
Anderson Road are still ongoing.
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