Po Lin Monastery

Po Lin Monastery is a Chan Buddhist monastery, located on Plateau, on , . The monastery was founded in 1906 by three monks visiting from Province and was initially known simply as "The Big Hut".
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  • Type: Monastery
  • Description: monastery in Hong Kong, China
  • Also known as: “Po Lin Monastary”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nei Lak Shan and Lantau Peak.

Peak
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is the eighth highest mountain in Hong Kong. With a height of 751 m, it is situated on immediately north of where the Buddhist Po Lin Monastery is located.

Peak
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, 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.

Aerial lift
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The Ngong Ping Terminal is a station of Ngong Ping 360, a gondola lift line, located on 's in . It was opened on 18 September 2006. is situated 630 metres west of Po Lin Monastery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tei Tong Tsai and Luk Wu.

Locality
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is a village on , .

Hamlet
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Tsuen is an area and a village of in , 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.

Hamlet
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is a village of , in . is situated 2½ km northwest of Po Lin Monastery.

Po Lin Monastery

Latitude
22.25562° or 22° 15′ 20″ north
Longitude
113.90746° or 113° 54′ 27″ east
Elevation
444 metres (1,457 feet)
Open location code
7PJM7W44+6X
Geo­Names ID
7733357
Wiki­data ID
Q1041436
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In Other Languages

From Burmese to Yue Chinese—“Po Lin Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Burmese: “Po Lin Monastery”
  • Chinese: “大茅蓬”
  • Chinese: “宝莲禅寺”
  • Chinese: “寶蓮寺”
  • Chinese: “寶蓮禪寺”
  • Chinese: “寶蓮襌寺”
  • Dutch: “Po Lin klooster”
  • Dutch: “Po Linklooster”
  • French: “Monastère de Po Lin”
  • French: “monastère Po Lin”
  • Galician: “Mosteiro Po Lin”
  • Hebrew: “מנזר פו לין”
  • Hebrew: “פו לין”
  • Hungarian: “Po Lin Csan buddhista kolostor”
  • Hungarian: “Po Lin kolostor”
  • Japanese: “宝蓮寺”
  • Japanese: “宝蓮弾寺”
  • Japanese: “宝蓮禅寺”
  • Polish: “Po Lin”
  • Thai: “อารามป่าวเหลียน”
  • Yue Chinese: “寶蓮禪寺”

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