Rock Inscription at Joss House Bay 大庙湾刻石Dàmiàowān Kèshí

About Rock Inscription at Joss House Bay

The inscription is cut into a rock at Joss House Bay, near the southern tip of the Clear Water Bay Peninsula, and is dated to 1274 in the Southern Song dynasty, which makes it the oldest dated inscription found in Hong Kong. It records a visit to the area by a salt administration officer and his friend, and gives the history of two temples, one on each side of the Fat Tong Mun channel. The stairs that lead down to the bay and its Tin Hau Temple pass the inscription.

How to get to Rock Inscription at Joss House Bay

Beside the Tin Hau Temple at Joss House Bay, on the stairs that lead down to the temple from the Clear Water Bay Golf & Country Club stop of green minibus 16 from Po Lam MTR station; the Chinese Temples Committee gives about 10 minutes on foot down the steps.

Nearby

• Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港 10 km
  Glass towers and green hills around a harbour you can cross in ten minutes
• Victoria Peak 太平山顶 10 km
  Ride the 1888 funicular to the skyline view, then walk the Lugard Road loop
• Tian Tan Buddha & Ngong Ping 天坛大佛与昂坪 40 km
  A giant bronze Buddha on Lantau, reached by a 25-minute cable car ride

Also within 20 km: Tin Hau Temple, Joss House Bay 佛堂门天后古庙 (under 10 km), Tung Lung Fort 东龙洲炮台 (under 10 km), Rock Carving on Tung Lung Chau 东龙洲石刻 (under 10 km), Siu Sai Wan Promenade 小西湾海滨花园 (under 10 km), Rock Carving at Lung Ha Wan 龙虾湾石刻 (under 10 km), Rock Carving at Big Wave Bay 大浪湾石刻 (under 10 km).

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Learn more

• Wikipedia (Chinese)