Tin Hau Temple, Cha Kwo Ling — Attraction in Hong Kong

Cha Kwo Ling is a blue collar village with a lot of grit and soul. If you are a tourist and you ended up here wow! This is a Temple with a lot of history. Inside, there are pictures of village elders from the 60s-70s and those who donated to the temple. Although this is a historic building, this is not it's original location. The original location was further up the road, they moved the entire building sometime...

茶果嶺天后廟舊址據稱位於觀塘茜草灣畔，道光年間建成，並於光緒十七年(一八九一年)重修。但舊廟在一九一一與一二年間毀於颶風，天后神像寄奉茅舍中達三十年之久，直至一九四一年居民始集資修建舊廟；一九四七年舊廟遭拆卸。政府其後應當地居民的請求，協助於現址重建該廟，重建的石材﹝矩形花崗石，又稱地牛﹞，部份由舊廟而來。

天后

天后又稱媽祖，原是福建人士，名叫林默娘。據稱她天生異稟，十三歲時遇一方士盡授所學，能知未來，起病扶衰；據稱她經常乘一張葦蓆往來海上，拯救一些遇溺的人，人們便尊奉她為保護海上安全的神靈，建廟紀念她。

建築格局

該廟風水位置甚佳，背山面海，堪輿家認為是四水匯流之地，使當地居民興隆不替。廟宇的建築與普通廟宇並無大分別，除正殿外，左右各有一偏殿。廟宇牆身以大麻石建成，在廟宇來說，並不多見。而廟宇正門一對門神浮雕手工精美，造型栩栩如生。

其他神祇

除天后外，此廟亦供奉關帝、太歲、觀音、財神、魯班、華光、孔子、金花娘娘及尉遲敬德多位神祇。

天后誕

本廟於農曆三月廿三日天后誕香客最多。是日漁民及其他善信擠於廟內；進香船隻泊於廟前海旁，更有神功戲及巡遊等活動，場面好不熱鬧。

重修

茶果嶺天后廟舊廟曾於光緒十七年(一八九一年)及一九四一年重修；而新廟則曾於一九...

A quiet village. But it is crowded when there is Tian Hao Festival, which features traditional Chinese lion dance on the street with Chinese drum...