Kai Ming Temple — Local services in Hong Kong

Founded in 1963, Kai Ming temple (啟明寺) was originally located on Percival Street (波斯富街) and was named "Minnan Buddhist Association" (閩南居士林). In 1971, it purchased the current site and now located in No.119 Pok Fu Lam Rd (薄扶林道 ), Mount Davis (摩星嶺). And changed its name to "Kai Ming Temple", but it was still registered with the government as a non-profit limited company under the name "Minnan Buddhist Association". The temple has five floors in total. The highest floor is directly behind the temple gate, and is the Main Hall or Mahavira Hall (大雄寶殿). The hall is elegant and simple, with three Tathagatas (Ratnasambhava, Amitabha, and Amoghasiddhi)(三如來) (寶生佛、阿彌陀佛與不空成就佛) enshrined in the center and the Thousand-armed (千手觀音) and Thousand-eyed Guanyin (千眼觀音) at the back of the hall. On the right side of the temple gate is the Amitabha Pagoda (無量壽塔) built in 1998. The four floors below the main hall are dormitories, a kitchen and a dining hall; nearly thirty banquets can be held during each Dharma assembly (法會). Kai Ming Temple holds morning and evening classes at 4 a.m. and 3 p.m. every day, chanting sutras (誦經) in the Minnan dialect (閩南話). The temple regularly holds ceremonies, including monthly birthday parties, Guanyin’s birthday (觀音寶誕), Buddha bathing birthday (浴佛寶誕), Amitabha’s birthday (阿彌陀佛寶誕), Yulan Festival (盂蘭節), and Thousand Buddhas Repentance (拜千佛懺). Temples also often invite great masters and other monks to preside over rituals. Kai Ming Temple was originally founded to gather believers from Fujian (閩藉信眾) to worship Buddha, but after moving to its current location, many residents from Wah Fu Village (華富村) and the Southern District have joined, most of whom are believers from Guangdong. During the ceremony of offering sacrifices to the gods on the ninth day of the first lunar month (正月初九供天法會), there were as many as four to five hundred believers participating in the ceremony, with lots of incense being offered to the Buddhist gods. To get to Kai Ming Temple from Central District: Take Island Line MTR to Kennedy Town station, get off, either walk uphill on Smithfield Road, ot take Bus 37A, 90B, 40, 91, 970 and get off at HKCCCU Pok Fu Lam Cemetery stop. Take Bus 90B or 37A from The Landmarkon Des Voeux Road, get off at HKCCCU Pok Fu Lam Cemetery...

創建於1963年，原址位於波斯富街，名為「閩南居士林」。

於1971年購入現址，更名為「啟明寺」，仍以「閩南居士林」於政府註冊為非牟利有限公司。 寺院共建五層，寺門直入為最高一層，內進為大雄寶殿。

寶殿雅潔素靜，中央供奉著三如來，殿後則供有千手千眼觀音。

寺門右側有建立於1998年的無量壽塔。

寶殿樓下四層分別為宿舍、香積廚及齋堂；每於法會時可筵開近三十席齋宴。

啟明寺每天早上四時及下午三時念早晚課，以閩南話誦經。

寺中常辦法會，有每月生日會、觀音寶誕、浴佛寶誕、阿彌陀佛寶誕、盂蘭節及拜千佛懺等。

寺院亦常常邀請大德等法師到寺主持法會。

啟明寺之創建本為聚閩藉信眾禮佛，但遷至現址後，卻增加了不少華富村以及南區的居民，當中更以廣東信眾為主。

而在正月初九的供天法會中，參與法會的信眾更達四、五百人，香火鼎盛。

啟明寺是港島區歷史較悠久的居士林，除弘法不斷外，亦常參與不同類型的慈善活動，如多年來捐助防癆會及參與冬賑活動。

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引用同宗原文：創建於1963年，原址位於波斯富街，名為「閩南居士林」。於1971年購入現址，更名為「啟明寺」，仍以「閩南居士林」於政府註冊為非牟利有限公司。寺院共建五層，寺門直入為最高一層，內進為大雄寶殿。寶殿雅潔素靜，中央供奉著三如來，殿後則供有千手千眼觀音。寺門右側有建立於1998年的無量壽塔。寶殿樓下四層分別為宿舍、香積廚及齋堂；每於法會時可筵開近三十席齋宴。啟明寺每天早上四時及下午三時念早晚課，以閩南話誦經。寺中常辦法會，有每月生日會、觀音寶誕、浴佛寶誕、阿彌陀佛寶誕、盂蘭節及拜千佛懺等。寺院亦常常邀請大德等法師到寺主持法會。啟明寺之創建本為聚閩藉信眾禮佛，但遷至現址後，卻增加了不少華富村以及南區的居民，當中更以廣東信眾為主。而在正月初九的供天法會中，參與法會的信眾更...