The Hung Shing Temple, Tai Kok Tsui ( Chinese: 大角咀洪聖殿) or Hung Shing Temple, Fuk Tsun Street (福全街洪圣庙) is a Hung Shing Temple located at No. 58 Fuk Tsun Street (福全街), [1] in the Tai Kok Tsui area of Hong Kong. It is the only Hung Shing temple in urban Kowloon. [2]
History
The temple was originally built in 1881 in the village of Fuk Tsun Heung (福全鄉) [2] which was located at the intersection of Boundary Street and Tai Kok Tsui Road. [3] At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Fuk Tsun Heung was 861, the number of males was 610. [4]
In 1928, the Government developed the area and the Village was cleared. [3] In 1930, the temple was rebuilt at the present site, which was named after the Village, and it has since been managed by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, [5] by delegation from the Chinese Temples Committee. [1]
Conservation
The temple is listed as a Grade III historic building. [6]
References
- ^ a b "Delegated Temples - Hung Shing Temple, Fuk Tsun Street". Chinese Temples Committee.
- ^ a b Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Hung Shing Temple Fuk Tsun Street
- ^ a b "History of Hung Shing Temple". Tai Kok Tsui Temple Fair.
- ^ Hase, Patrick (1996). "Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 36: 83. ISSN 1991-7295.
- ^ Tung Wah Group of Hospitals – Services Centres Information
- ^ Antiquities Advisory Board. List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results
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