Po Lin Monastery
Po Lin Monastery is a Chan Buddhist monastery, located on Ngong Ping Plateau, on Lantau Island, Hong Kong. The monastery was founded in 1906 by three monks visiting from Jiangsu Province and was initially known simply as "The Big Hut".| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Monastery
- Description: monastery in Hong Kong, China
- Also known as: “Po Lin Monastary”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tian Tan Buddha and Nei Lak Shan.
Tian Tan Buddha
Work of art
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Tian Tan Buddha is situated 310 metres southwest of Po Lin Monastery.
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 Tei Tong Tsai and Luk Wu.
Tei Tong Tsai
Locality
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Tei Tong Tsai is a village on Lantau Island, Hong Kong.
Luk Wu
Village
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.
Sham Wat
Hamlet
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Sham Wat is a village of Lantau Island, in Hong Kong. Sham Wat is situated 2½ km northwest of Po Lin Monastery.
Po Lin Monastery
- Categories: vihara and religion
- Location: Outlying Islands, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
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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”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ngong Ping and Upper Keung Shan.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Shek Pik Training Centre and Tung Chung Public Pier.
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