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Po Lin Monastery

Buddhist temple · Hong Kong ·

Po Lin Monastery

Buddhist temple · Hong Kong ·
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Visiting Hong Kong: 3-5 Day Suggested Itinerary (Updated 2025)

"At the top of Ngong Ping I don’t miss the Po Lin Monastery, a Buddhist monastery founded in 1906 that provides a calm, spiritual contrast to the surrounding tourist activity." - Matthew Kepnes

https://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/four-days-in-hong-kong/

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Monastery with bronze Buddhas, colorful architecture, vegetarian restaurant.

big buddha
grand hall of ten thousand buddhas
vegetarian restaurant
bronze statues
beautiful architecture
peaceful place
tourist attraction
temple complex
Google Rating
4.5 (10.2K)
Yelp Rating
4.5
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Restroom
Wheelchair accessible entrance
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Po Lin Monastery by Photo courtesy of Hong Kong Tourism Board
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Information

Monastery with bronze Buddhas, colorful architecture, vegetarian restaurant.

big buddha
grand hall of ten thousand buddhas
vegetarian restaurant
bronze statues
beautiful architecture
peaceful place
tourist attraction
temple complex
Google Rating
4.5 (10.2K)
Yelp Rating
4.5
Featured in Afar
Featured in

大嶼山昂坪寶蓮禪寺 Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, Hong Kong Get directions

Restroom
Wheelchair accessible entrance
Wheelchair accessible parking lot
Po Lin Monastery by null
Po Lin Monastery by Photo courtesy of Hong Kong Tourism Board
Po Lin Monastery by Photo courtesy of Hong Kong Tourism Board
Po Lin Monastery by null
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