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The Pak Tai temple
Lung On St, South off Queen’s Rd East along Stone Nullah Lane. Dawn to dusk. Free. The Pak Tai Temple is dedicated to Pak Tai, Emperor of the North, whose task it is to maintain harmony on earth (and prevent flooding). It’s a beautiful temple, especially the roof, which is decorated in the classic southern Chinese manner with green-and-blue porcelain figurines of heroes and undulating dragons. Inside the main hall, Pak Tai is represented by a tall, seventeenth-century copper statue, seated on a throne facing the door. Up the steps behind, four guardian figures flank a second image of the ebony-faced and bearded god, resplendent in an embroidered jacket. In a room off to the left, craftsmen construct burial offerings from paper and bamboo - everything from houses to cars - that are burned in order to equip the deceased for the afterlife.
 
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