Che Kung Miu
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Che Kung Miu (Traditional Chinese: 車公廟; pinyin: chē gōng miào), also called Che Kung Temple, are the temples for Che Kung (車公), who was a general during the Song Dynasty in ancient China. He protected the last emperor of Song to Hong Kong and died. The temple attributes to his character and contribution.
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The Che Kung Miu near Tai Wai, Sha Tin District, the New Territories, is most famous one in Hong Kong. During the second and the third days of Lunar New Year, thousands of people go to this temple to worship, including many local Hong Kong government officials. This temple, on Che Kung Miu Road, is midway between Tai Wai and Che Kung Temple stations of the KCR.
The original temple was built about three hundred years ago and has been preserved in-situ at the back of the present temple; it is normally closed to the public. The current Che Kung temple,in Japanese-style, was built in 1993.
Admission to the temple is free but it is customary for visitors to donate money to support the maintenance of the temple.
Its opening hours are 7:00 to 21:00.
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The temple building is classified as "Grade II Historic Building".[1]
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