Nov 10 2008
Street Temples in Hong Kong
Along the steep, narrow and winding streets of Hong Kong Island it is nothing unusual to come across small street temples. I was walking along Elgin Street in the SoHo area of the island when I saw a small little outside shopping area on a very steep hill which resembled a small flea market. The vivid colors and street stalls had my attention so I decided to brave the steep hill and make my way down to check out the stalls. As I began my journey down the hill I could see and smell incense emanating from a wooden little shack to my right. As I drew closer I found to my amazement that it was a small temple. I snapped the photo above. As you can see it was adorned with fruit offerings and incense. There are many of these all over Hong Kong. I always feel a bit intrusive taking photos of temples but this was so beautiful, ornate and unique that I had to take a snapshot. And, I never left any temple or spiritual site without saying a prayer. Enjoy!
