Yi Tai Study Hall 二帝书院Èrdì Shūyuàn

About Yi Tai Study Hall

Yi Tai Study Hall in Shui Tau Village, Kam Tin, was built in the Daoguang reign (1821–1850) by 16 local scholar-gentry to house statues of Man Cheong, god of literature, and Kwan Tai, god of martial arts, which had been worshipped in a nearby pagoda. It became an important academy and later a primary school, which closed after the Second World War. The grey-brick and rammed-earth building has its main entrance on the side between the two halls, probably for feng shui reasons, and a forecourt paved with white stones.

How to get to Yi Tai Study Hall

In Shui Tau Tsuen, Kam Tin, about 1.1 km north-north-west of Kam Sheung Road MTR station; closed on Tuesdays except public holidays.

Nearby

• Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港 20 km
  Glass towers and green hills around a harbour you can cross in ten minutes
• Victoria Peak 太平山顶 20 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 30 km
  A giant bronze Buddha on Lantau, reached by a 25-minute cable car ride
• Historic Centre of Macau 澳门历史城区 60 km
  Portuguese tiled squares, baroque churches and Chinese temples, a short walk apart

Also within 20 km: Tang Kwong U Ancestral Hall 广瑜邓公祠 (under 10 km), Residence of Tang Pak Kau, Kam Tin 邓伯裘故居 (under 10 km), Leung Ancestral Hall, Yuen Kong Tsuen 元岗村梁氏宗祠 (under 10 km), I Shing Temple 横洲二圣宫 (under 10 km), Chik Kwai Study Hall 植桂书室 (under 10 km), Cheung Ancestral Hall, Shan Ha Tsuen 山厦村张氏宗祠 (under 10 km).

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Learn more

• Wikipedia (Chinese)