Tian Tan Buddha

Tian Tan Buddha is a work of art in Outlying Islands, Hong Kong. Tian Tan Buddha is situated nearby to the aerial lift Ngong Ping Cable Car Terminal, as well as near the peak Nei Lak Shan.

Type: Work of art
Artwork type: statue
Also known as: “Tian Tan Boeddha”, “Tian Tan Buddha Statue”, and “天壇大佛 Tian Tan Buddha Statue”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ngong Ping Cable Car Terminal and Nei Lak Shan.

Ngong Ping Cable Car Terminal

Aerial lift

Photo: Wing1990hk, CC BY 3.0.

The Ngong Ping Terminal is a station of Ngong Ping 360, a gondola lift line, located on Lantau Island's Ngong Ping in Hong Kong. It was opened on 18 September 2006. Ngong Ping Cable Car Terminal is situated 450 metres northwest of Tian Tan Buddha.

Nei Lak Shan

Peak

Photo: Minghong, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Nei Lak Shan is the eighth highest mountain in Hong Kong. With a height of 751 m, it is situated on Lantau Island immediately north of Ngong Ping where the Buddhist Po Lin Monastery is located.

Lantau Peak

Peak

Photo: Ngchikit, Public domain.

Lantau Peak, or Fung Wong Shan, is a mountain in Lantau South Country Park, Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It is the second-highest peak in Hong Kong and the highest point on the island, with a height of 934 metres above the Hong Kong Principal Datum, or around 933 metres above mean sea level.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Luk Wu and Tei Tong Tsai.

Luk Wu

Hamlet

Photo: Lepke99, CC BY 4.0.

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.