Shang Sin Chun Tong省善真堂
- Type
- Temples and Abbeys (Gongguan)
- Location
- Hong Kong, China · Hong Kong · Kowloon Tong · 7–8 Lut Lun Street, Kowloon Tong
- Coordinates
- 22.3338, 114.1774 Map ↗
- School
- Daoist Temples and Altars of Hong Kong and Macau
- First built
- 1952 (established on Camp Street, Sham Shui Po) · Its predecessor was the 'Chenfan Zhenyu' founded in Dongguan, Guangdong in 1942, which received the name 'Pung Ying Kok'; it moved to Tam Kung Road in 1959, to No. 8 Lut Lun Street in 1970, and expanded by purchasing No. 7 in 1990
Overview
Shang Sin Chun Tong traces its origins to a charitable body called 'Chenfan Zhenyu' founded in 1942 in Dongguan, Guangdong, which received the name 'Pung Ying Kok' through spirit-writing revelation; it moved south to Hong Kong after the war and was formally established as a hall on Camp Street, Sham Shui Po, in 1952, its name meaning 'to examine oneself and follow the good.' It was registered as a temple in 1958, moved to Tam Kung Road in 1959, relocated to No. 8 Lut Lun Street in Kowloon Tong in 1970, and purchased No. 7 for expansion in 1990, becoming one of the larger Daoist halls in Kowloon. The premises house a main Hall of the Three Pure Ones, a Hall of the Most High Lord Lao, a Hall of Manjushri, a Hall of Guanyin, a Hall of Wenchang, a Hall of the Year Deity (Doumu Pavilion), and a Hall for Remembering Ancestors, in a modern multi-story hall building rather than a traditional Qing-dynasty temple form. The hall maintains a phoenix altar for spirit-writing, and runs the Pung Ying Shang Sin Charitable Chinese Medicine Clinic offering free consultations, and also houses ancestral ashes and memorial tablets. It was registered as a limited company in 1967 and as a non-profit Daoist charitable organization in 1968, self-administered and not affiliated with the Chinese Temples Committee or the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. Its predecessor name, 'Pung Ying Kok,' is unrelated to the Fung Ying Seen Koon in Fanling or the Pung Loi Long Yuen in Tai Po, despite the similarity of the names.
Highlights
- Main Hall of the Three Pure Ones and Hall of the Year Deity
- Phoenix altar and spirit-writing tradition
- Pung Ying Shang Sin Charitable Chinese Medicine Clinic