Hung Shing Temple, Tai Kok Tsui.
Hung Shing Temple, Tai Kok Tsui, viewed from Fuk Tsun Street.

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

  1. 1 2 "Delegated Temples - Hung Shing Temple, Fuk Tsun Street". Chinese Temples Committee.
  2. 1 2 Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Hung Shing Temple Fuk Tsun Street
  3. 1 2 "History of Hung Shing Temple". Tai Kok Tsui Temple Fair.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Tung Wah Group of Hospitals – Services Centres Information
  6. ↑ Antiquities Advisory Board. List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results
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