Hong Kong Travel Shau Kei Wan - Shau Kei Wan 筲箕灣街市 (2015 0530)
Getting There:
MTR Island Line to Shau Kei Wan Station 筲箕灣站
Shau Kei Wan Wet Market 筲箕灣露天街市/Kam Wa Street Wet Market 金華街街市 (Exit A3)
Shau Kei Wan Main Street East 筲箕灣东大街 (Exit C/B1)
Shau Kei Wan tram terminus 筲箕灣電車總站 (Exit C)
Shau Kei Wan City God Temple 筲箕灣城隍廟 (Exit C)
Boasting a typhoon shelter and a number of historic temples, this eastside neighbourhood is a hidden cultural gem
Shau Kei Wan Wet Market 筲箕灣露天街市/Kam Wa Street Wet Market 金華街街市 (Exit A3)
Shau Kei Wan Tram Terminus 筲箕灣電車總站 (Exit C)
Shau Kei Wan City God Temple 筲箕灣城隍廟 (Exit C)
The temple situated at the junction of Shau Kei Wan Main Street East and Kam Wa Street was built in 1877. It was formerly called the Fook Tak Chi (福德祠) ("Fook Tak" refers to a place where people pray for blessings and virtues from To Ti – the Earth God). After an expansion project by the Chinese Temples Committee in 1974, it was renamed as Shing Wong Temple.
Shau Kei Wan Main Street East (Food Street) 筲箕灣东大街 (美食街) (Exit C/B1)
On Lee Noodle 安利魚蛋粉麵
22 Shau Kei Wan Main Street East, Shau Kei Wan 筲箕灣筲箕灣東大街22號
Authentic Hong Kong eatery open in 1966, famed for it fish ball started out as a dai pai dong across the street, next to a Tin Hau temple.
Tin Hau Temple, Shau Kei Wan 筲箕灣天后廟 (Exit B2)
Temple was built in honour of the Goddess of the Sea in 1873 and shelters a range of well-preserved murals, woodcarvings and Shek Wan pottery.
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