Sightseeing Around Hong Kong

by syaffolee

Ngong Ping Cable Car to Lantau Island

a wishing tree (Lantau Island)

a lucky cat in front of a souvenir shop on Lantau Island with the inscription “he who calls the wind and water” (a metaphor for fortune and business)

one of the twelve heavenly guardians (Lantau Island)

incense (at Tian Tan)

the Tian Tan Buddha

the Tian Tan Buddha, up close

statues making offerings to the Tian Tan Buddha

a guard dog at the temple (Tian Tan)

this one is sleeping on the job (Tian Tan)

a guardian at Po Lin Monastery

Tai O, a fishing village on Lantau Island

houses on stilts with drying fish (Tai O)

dried fish in the market (Tai O)

two dragons (Tai O)

an ancient mooncake mold (Tai O)

Ladies’ Market in Mong Kok, Kowloon

the Taoist columbarium at Ching Chung (where I visited my maternal grandfather)

a worker at the columbarium lighting incense

lanterns at Wong Tai Sin Temple

incense (Wong Tai Sin Temple)

and more lanterns (Wong Tai Sin Temple)

Good Wish Garden (Wong Tai Sin Temple)

small shi or guardian lions (Wong Tai Sin Temple)

worshippers shaking kau cim or fortune sticks in search of a spiritual answer (Wong Tai Sin Temple)