Blue Sky seems to be a treasure in the 21st Century, particularly in Hong Kong (or some other Asian cities). Our sky is occupied by dust, smog and black cloud, because of fume discharged by vehicles or dirt from the mainland (some people say so). Sometimes we really forget that there is still blue sky in Hong Kong. When there is blue sky, it is definitely a heartening experience for city dwellers. Herebelow are some photos with blue sky taken in different districts in Hong Kong.
Morrison Hill Road, Wanchai.
Canal Road and Times Square, Causeway Bay.
Central Post Office in Central
Hang Seng Bank, Main Branch, Central.
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Kweilin Street (桂林街) is a street in Sham Shui Po (深水埗). It runs parallel to Yen Chow Street (欽州街) and Pei Ho Street (北河街), and between Tung Chau Street (通州街) and Castle Peak Road (青山道). It is the street where there are four exits of MTR Sham Shui Po Station (深水埗站). Residential buildings are mostly of less than 10 storeys.
On the street, there are shops of electrical applicances, computer accessories, eateries and mobile phone sellers. There are also stalls on both sides of the street and in front of the shops, selling second-handed electrical applicances and clothes.
Sham Shui Po Tin Hau Temple
The stalls selling second-handed electrical applicances, clothes and daily accessories.
There is a pedestrian tunnel under Cheung Sha Wan Road.
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Hong Kong Red Swastika Society Free Clinic (香港紅卍字會贈診所) is a three-storeyed construction in Tin Hau. The address is "25 Dragon Road, Tin Hau, Hong Kong" (香港天后皇龍道25號).
The building was construction in April 1940. It is now a clinic, providing free medical service in area of dentistry, eye, and general out-patient. At first glance, it is quite different from other buildings in Hong Kong and its nearby area. It is like a Hong Kong construction, it is like an Indian construction, it is also like a Middle East construction. It is in fact a composition of five construction styles.
The
ground floor is elevated, it is not on the same level as that of the
road surface. Instead, there are two symmetrical staircases leading to
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Causeway Bay Walkway (銅鑼灣行人天橋) should be one of the landmarks in Causeway Bay, beside Sogo Department Store and Times Square. It is located at the junction of Yee Wo Street (怡和街), Sugar Street (糖街) and Pennington Street (邊靈頓街), connecting the pavements of all these three streets and also the tramway station in Yee Wo Street.
The most prominent specialty of this walkway is its circular shape, its pink colour and its M-shaped pattern on the main part of the walkway. At night, the walkway is like a shining ring and can highlight the prosperity of Hong Kong.
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Yuen Yuen Institute (圓玄學院) was established in 1950. It is located in Sam Dip Tam (三疊潭) in Tsuen Wan (荃灣). Yuen Yuen Institute, being a mixture of temple, pavilions, monasteries and niches (骨灰龕), is the only temple in Hong Kong dedicated to all three major Chinese religions: Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism.Yuen Yuen Institute is to promote
- to spread the principles of the three religions, Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism;
- to uphold the eight virtues (i.e. filial piety, respect, loyalty, fidelity, propriety, justice, honesty and honour);
- to promote social welfare.
This is the main building at the Institute, which is a replica of the Temple of Heaven (Tian Tan) in Beijing.There is a restaurant offering vegetarian meal in the Institute.
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Tin Hau Temple @ Lei Yue Mun (鯉魚門天后廟)
We
do not know apart from eating seafood, seafood restaurants and seafood
street, there is a Tin Hau Temple at the far end of Lei Yue Mun. This is
the first time to visit this temple. The first impression is that it is
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Hong Chong Road (康莊道) is a wide road (eight-lane two-way) of one mile long in Kowloon, connecting the Cross Harbour Tunnel (海底隧道) and Princess Road (公主道) / Chatham Raod (漆咸道). It was in use in 1970s. Since traffic at Hong Chong Road has already saturated, there is always congestion, particularly during peak hours.
It should be one of the busiest roads in Hong Kong. Many a citizen has to pass-by Hong Chong Road for cross harbour transports or taking MTR at Hung Hom Station. It is also a place connecting the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (香港理工大學) and Tsim Sha Tsui East.
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Tokwawan (土瓜灣) is an area in the eastern part of Kowloon peninsula. It is mainly a mixture of residential area and light industry factory buildings. Old buildings in Tokwawan are not high, they are not more than 20 storeys and mostly of about 10 storeys. Old buildings can also easily found in Tokwawan. Because of urban re-development, old buildings will be demolished gradually. In order to retain a memory of old Tokwawan, some photos are taken mainly along Kowloon City Road (九龍城道) and Ma Tau Kok Road (馬頭角道).
Junction of Kowloon City Road and Ma Tau Kok Road
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The grand opening of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre (香港文化中心) was on 08 November 1989. It has 24 years history in 2013. It commands a waterfront position in Tsim Sha Tsui, on the west next to the Star Ferry Pier, and on the east next to the Space Museum.
Occupying an area of 5.2 hectares, it has a concert hall and grand theatre, entertaining about 2000 and 1700 audience respectively. It does have studio theatre, exhibition gallery and rehearsal rooms. Cultural Centre is a multipurpose performance facility for a wide variety of cultural performance.
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The Buddhist Festival was organized by The Hong Kong Buddhist Association (香港佛教聯合會). The event was held in Hong Kong Coliseum (紅磡體育館) on 13 May 2013. Apart from demonstration, money donation, sales counter on the podium of the coliseum, there was an large scale evening ceremony inside the coliseum. Some photos in the ceremony were taken and posted at the end.
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Po Lam Monastery (寶林禪寺) is a temple located at the half foot of Lantau Peak (Fung Wong Shan 鳳凰山) of Lantau Island (大嶼山), facing Tung Chung and Hong Kong International Airport. It was built in 1980, occupying an area of 40,000 square feet. It takes about one hour to walk to Ngong Ping (昂坪), or half an hour to walk to Tung Chung (東涌). No public transport is accessible to the temple directly, all visitors have to visit on foot.
Po Lam Monastery does not like some temples, it does not have very splendid main hall. It has four main constructions. Inside the main hall,
"a thousand-arm Guan Yin (千手觀音)" and the precious relic of the Gautama Buddha (釋迦牟尼) are worshiped (where precious relics is an ash of cremated Buddha, delivered from Sri Lanka in 1997). Though Po Lam Monastery is not very large, there are about 60 monks and nuns in the temple. It may have a maximum of ~90 persons sometimes.
Vegetarian lunch meal is served daily. Visitors have to arrive at the temple and report to the kitchen before 11:15 in the morning.
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Choi Uk Tsuen (蔡屋村) in Yuen Long Kau Hui (元朗舊墟) is opposite to MTR Yuen Long Station (元朗站). To access Choi
Uk Tsuen in the shortest distance should be from exit G2. Choi Uk Tsuen is one of the seven villages in the area (Tung Tau alliance 東頭約).
There is a Choi's Ancestral Hall behind this archway.
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