Friday, August 17, 2012

Fung Ying Sin Koon Temple : Ying and Yang Gateway


Fung Ying Sin Koon Temple : Ying & Yang Gateway


It actually never occurred to us to pay this taoist temple a visit, even though we have practically been passing by it for decades. Mind you, it's just a 5 minute walk from Fan Ling train station.

Time to make amends then and see what the fuzz is all about because the temple does feature heavily in tourist brochures and must visit websites of Hong Kong.






Apparently built in 1929, almost a century ago, it's a place of worship for the devout taoist community, ofcourse intertwined with regional folklore and other aspects of local religious practices.



For Laetitia and me, honestly, we couldn't care less, because of our ignorance.....our sincere apologies.



Apart from the beautiful shrines and majestically lavishly decorated structures, it was the pure sense of calmness that struck us whilst we were on these grounds. A tranquil getaway from the beehive that is synonymous with Hong Kong.


In addition to the main temple structures, we were informed that located at the back were the ancestral halls, or in other words, the urns containing the ashes of the deceased were stored there, albeit at the expense of a considerable sum of money.


Heaven and Earth, Earth and Heaven.......Ying and Yang, the essential cornerstone of the Taoist philosophy.

A fitting place for the devout and the spirits of the deceased to be interconnected to the 'two worlds'


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