Temples are an integral part of Chinese life, even in such modern places as Hong Kong and Macau. A wealth of Buddhist and Taoist deities are worshipped here (sometimes side by side in the same temple), and though the buildings themselves are mostly built of stone along similar, fairly spartan lines, they’re usually lively places with red and gold decorations, a host of statues, huge incense coils hanging from the roof and forecourts thick with fortune tellers.
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The most interesting of Hong Kong’s few Buddhist temples, with a host of grotesque sculptures and thousands of Buddha statuettes.
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There are temples all over Hong Kong dedicated to this local deity of fishermen and sailors – the best are at Stanley and Clearwater Bay.
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Hong Kong’s most popular temple, its forecourt crammed with people praying for luck and having their fortunes told.
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Busy shrine in downtown Hong Kong to the complementary Taoist gods of literature and war; it’s smoky and hung with slow-burning incense coils.
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Temples 
