User:Underwaterbuffalo/Other/Lei Yue Mun (Kowloon) (WIP)

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View of Lei Yue Mun Village along the coast of Lei Yue Mun Channel, and the former quarries. Devil's Peak is visible in the background. The high-rises to the left are located in Yau Tong.
Lei Yue Mun Village.
Seafood shops and restaurants in Lei Yue Mun Village.

Lei Yue Mun is a short channel in Hong Kong, between Junk Bay and Victoria Harbour, separating Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. The lands around the channel are also called Lei Yue Mun. This article is about the Kowloon side Lei Yue Mun.

The area is famous for its seafood market and restaurants in the fishing villages.[1]

Features edit

Lei Yue Mun Village edit

Lei Yue Mun Village is formed by a group of several villages:

  • Sam Ka Tsuen (三家村)
  • Ma Wan Tsuen (馬環村)
  • Ma San Tsuen (媽山村)
  • 括安里西村
  • 瑪環村
  • 馬背村
  • 輋頂村

Tin Hau Temple edit

 
Tin Hau Temple in Lei Yue Mun.

The Tin Hau temple of Lei Yue Mun[2] is located in in Ma Wan Tsuen. It is a Grade II historic building.[3] The temple was built in 1753 and completely reconstructed in 1953. A Hip Tin Temple adjacent to the Tin Hau Temple was added after 1953 for the worship of Kwan Tai.[4]

Former quarries edit

 
Ruins of stone loading ramps for the former stone quarries, in Lei Yue Mun, Kowloon.

Former quarries and quarry buildings are located to the east of the village.

Sam Ka Tsuen Typhoon Shelter edit

 
Sam Ka Tsuen Typhoon Shelter and Sam Ka Tsuen.

Sam Ka Tsuen Typhoon Shelter (三家村避風塘).

Others edit

 
Lei Yue Mun Lighthouse.

Transport edit

See also edit

References edit

External links edit