Was up early again and straight on the MTR underground and then the KCR to Sha Tin Station to visit the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery (Man Fat Tsz) a Buddhist temple in Sha Tin, Hong Kong.

n 1951, Venerable Yuet Kai (Ch. 月溪法師, Yue Xi) founded the Monastery, coming to Hong Kong in 1933. He preached Buddhism in a local monastery. He planned to establish a Buddhist college when he accepted an estate from a pious Buddhist who was also a rich merchant. The Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery was constructed at the beginning of 1949. Despite his old age, Yuet Kai carried the buildings materials personally from the foot of the mountain together with his disciples to build the monastery. It took eight years to complete all the buildings and another ten years to finish the 12,000 Buddha statues. construction was finished in 1957. [1] Today, his preserved body is presented in the main hall of the monastery in a glass case, often the main attraction of the temple.

To get to the temple you have to walk up a lot of steps, its not that difficult as all along the route the sides are lined with buddhas

You might even see some of the wild monkeys that live in the area.

The outside of the temple in the main square, a lot of work is being done to renovate the site but don’t let this put you off its well worth the trip

Inside the hall the four walls are covered in small buddhas

After the temple I descended past the buddhas again

After the temple is was back on the train to TST where I wander round a few of the shopping areas on the way to the Star Ferry. As its the first of Dec here is Xmas Hong Kong Style. I think this is the hottest I have even been whilst looking at an Xmas tree in December!

I ended up in TST and got a Star Ferry to Central on Hong Kong Island. Whilst on the ferry an old junk sailed past the ferry.

Once on the island I stayed on the harbour for a while to see a few boats and the Macau helicopter go by

After that I took a trip to the Golden Arcade which is a big computer market, got a couple of items for the laptop and headed home to change before going out in the evening for a chinese meal with some friends.

Tommorow I plan to goto Stanley, Aberdeen and Lamma Island…