Cheung Shan Monastery, Ping Che 长山古寺Chángshān Gǔsì

About Cheung Shan Monastery, Ping Che

A two-hall Buddhist temple at Miu Keng in Ping Che, probably built in 1789 as Cheung Sang Nunnery. It stood halfway along the old route to Shenzhen via Sha Tau Kok and served as a rest stop where travellers were offered tea. The rear hall is about a metre higher than the front hall, plaster mouldings decorate the inside and outside, and the Buddha, Kwun Yum and Tei Chong Wong are worshipped within.

How to get to Cheung Shan Monastery, Ping Che

On Wo Keng Shan Road at Miu Keng, about 5.6 km north-east of Fanling MTR station.

Nearby

• Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港 30 km
  Glass towers and green hills around a harbour you can cross in ten minutes
• Victoria Peak 太平山顶 30 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: Kang Yung Study Hall 镜蓉书屋 (under 10 km), Residence of Ip Ting-sz, Lin Ma Hang 叶定仕故居 (under 10 km), Fat Tat Tong, Ha Wo Hang 发达堂 (under 10 km), Kun Lung Wai (San Wai), Lung Yeuk Tau 觐龙围 (under 10 km), Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall 松岭邓公祠 (under 10 km), Tin Hau Temple, Lung Yeuk Tau 龙跃头天后宫 (under 10 km).

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