Luk Wu

Luk Wu Tsuen is an area and a village of Lantau Island in Hong Kong, home to several Buddhist monasteries. The place was named as such since deer could be found there in the past and the landscape looks like a lake.

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Type: Hamlet
Description: area and village in Hong Kong
Also known as: “Lu Hu”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kwun Yam Shan and Tian Tan Buddha.

Kwun Yam Shan

Peak

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Kwun Yam Shan is a peak.

Tian Tan Buddha

Work of art

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The Big Buddha is a large bronze sculpture of Buddha, completed in 1993, and located at Ngong Ping, near Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island, Hong Kong.

Cheung Shan

Peak

Cheung Shan, is a mountain on Lantau Island in Hong Kong at 449 metres in height. It is one of the Four Guardian Beasts of Tai O Village.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sham Wat and Tai O.

Sham Wat

Hamlet

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Sham Wat is a village of Lantau Island, in Hong Kong.

Tai O

Town

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Tai O is a fishing town, partly located on an island of the same name, on the western side of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. The village name means large inlet, referring to outlet for the waterways merges as it moves through Tai O. Tai O is situated 2½ km west of Luk Wu.