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[[File:HK HauWongTemple Front.JPG|thumb|Hau Wong Temple at Junction Road, Hong Kong]]
'''Hau Wong''' or '''Hou Wang''' ({{zh|first=j|c=侯王|p=Hóu Wáng|j=hau4 wong4}}) is a title that can be translated as ''"Prince Marquis"'' or ''"Holy Marquis"''.  It is not any one person's name.<ref>Frederick, Holder.  Livernash, Edward James.  [1892] (1892). The Californian Illustrated Magazine: December, 1892 to May 1893 Volume III.  The Californian Publishing Company.  No ISBN digitized text</ref> Hau Wong refers usually to {{ill|Yeung Leung-jit|zh|楊亮節}} ({{zh|first=t,j|t=楊亮節|s=杨亮节|j=joeng4 loeng6 zit3|p=Yáng Liàngjiē|labels=no}}), a loyal and courageous general. Despite his failing health, he remained in the army to protect the last emperor of the [[Southern Song dynasty]] when he took refuge southwards in [[Kowloon]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ctc.org.hk/en/deities.asp |title=Deities |publisher=[[Chinese Temples Committee]] }}</ref>
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==Temples in Hong Kong==
There are several temples dedicated to Hau Wong in [[Hong Kong]], including six temples in [[Yuen Long]].<ref>[http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/en/trails_pingshan1.php?tid=6 Antiquities and Monuments Office website]</ref> These temples can be named '''Hau Wong Temple''' ({{zh|t=侯王廟|labels=no}}) or '''Yeung Hau Temple''' ({{zh|t=楊侯古廟|labels=no}}). The table provides a partial list of these temples.

'''''Note 1:''''' A territory-wide [[Heritage conservation in Hong Kong|grade reassessment]] of historic buildings is ongoing. The grades listed in the table are based on these updates [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/en/content_29/AAB-SM-chi.pdf] [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/en/content_29/list_new_items_assessed.pdf] (8 June 2023). The temples with a "Not listed" status in the table below are not graded and do not appear in the list of historic buildings considered for grading.<br>
'''''Note 2:''''' While most probably incomplete, this list is tentatively exhaustive.

===Islands District===
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|[[Tai O]], [[Lantau Island]]<br>
{{coord|22.259088|113.86275|type:landmark_region:HK|name=Yeung Hau Temple, Tai O}}
|'''Yeung Hau Temple''' ([[:zh:大澳楊侯古廟|大澳楊侯古廟]])<br>
Built in 1699.<ref>[[Chinese Temples Committee]]. [http://www.ctc.org.hk/en/directcontrol/temple19.asp Hau Wong Temple, Tai O]</ref> Managed by the [[Chinese Temples Committee]].<br>
Pictures of Hau Wong Festival: [http://www.hkhikers.com/Tai%20O%20Hau%20Wong%20Festival.htm] [http://www.hkhikers.com/Tai%20O%20Yeung%20Hau%20Festival%202009.htm]
|style="text-align:center"|[[Declared monuments of Hong Kong|Declared]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lantaunews.com/2017/10/22/tai-os-300-year-old-yeung-hau-temple-declared-a-monument/|title=Tai O's 300-year-old Yeung Hau Temple declared a monument|last=Clark|first=Robert|date=2017-10-22|website=Lantau News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-08|archive-date=2020-03-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320174529/https://lantaunews.com/2017/10/22/tai-os-300-year-old-yeung-hau-temple-declared-a-monument/|url-status=dead}}</ref> (2017)
|[https://www.amo.gov.hk/en/historic-buildings/monuments/outlying-islands/monuments_117/index.html] [http://www.ctc.org.hk/en/directcontrol/temple19.asp]
|[[Image:Yeunghautemple2.JPG|centre|200px]]
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|[[Shek Pik]], [[Lantau Island]]
|Inundated by the [[Shek Pik Reservoir]] in 1960.<ref name="recorded in 1979" />
|style="text-align:center"|Non extant
|[http://industrialhistoryhk.org/shek-pik-reservoir-submerged-villages/]
|[[File:No image available 600 x 200.svg|centre|200px]]
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|Sha Tsui Tau ({{zh|t=沙咀頭|labels=no}}), [[Tung Chung]], [[Lantau Island]]<br>
{{coord|22.280283|113.931228|type:landmark_region:HK|name=Hau Wong Temple, Tung Chung}}
|'''Hau Wong Temple, Tung Chung''' ([[:zh:東涌侯王古廟|東涌侯王古廟]])<br>
Built in 1765,<ref name="recorded in 1979">{{cite journal |last1= Siu|first1= Anthony K.K.|year= 1980|title= Distribution of temples on Lantau Island as recorded in 1979|journal= Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch|volume= 20|pages= 136–139|url=http://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/9250978048c02bf30c1e378e3d334bbb.pdf|issn= 1991-7295}}</ref> it is the largest Hau Wong temple in Lantau island.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.np360.com.hk/en/lantau-outdoor-fun/land/hau-wong-temple.html |title=Tung Chung Hau Wong Temple |access-date=2012-08-31 |archive-date=2012-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006005747/http://www.np360.com.hk/en/lantau-outdoor-fun/land/hau-wong-temple.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
|style="text-align:center"|[[Heritage conservation in Hong Kong|Grade II]]
|[https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/889_Appraisal_En.pdf] [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/889_Photo.pdf] [https://www.ctc.org.hk/en/temple/%E6%9D%B1%E6%B6%8C%E6%B2%99%E5%92%80%E9%A0%AD%E4%BE%AF%E7%8E%8B%E5%BB%9F/] [https://fso.createhk.gov.hk/en/location/detail.php?id=1009]
|[[Image:Hau Wong Temple, Tung Chung.jpg|centre|200px]]
|}

===Sha Tin District===
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|[[Tai Wai Village]], [[Tai Wai]], [[Sha Tin District]]<br>
{{coord|22.376043|114.178108|type:landmark_region:HK|name=Hau Wong Temple, Tai Wai Village}}
|'''Hau Wong Temple, Tai Wai''' ([[:zh:大圍侯王宮|大圍侯王宮]])<br>
Built in 1983.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://orientalsweetlips.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/tai-wai-walled-village-and-its-hau-wong-temple/ |title=Tai Wai Walled Village and its Hau Wong Temple |access-date=2010-06-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718103526/http://orientalsweetlips.wordpress.com/2009/08/15/tai-wai-walled-village-and-its-hau-wong-temple/ |archive-date=2011-07-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It replaced an earlier temple, probably built in 1884 and demolished in 1982.<ref>[http://sunzi.lib.hku.hk/hkjo/view/44/4401542.pdf "Old Hau Wong Temple, Tai Wai, Sha Tin"], in ''Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch'', Vol. 23, 1983. p.233-240</ref><br>
Pictures of Hau Wong Festival: [http://www.hkhikers.com/Tai%20Wai%20Hau%20Wong%20Festival%202009.htm]
|style="text-align:center"|Not listed
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20170906002806/http://www.openlife.com.hk/%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%BB%9F%E5%AE%87%E5%90%8D%E5%86%8A/%E5%A4%A7%E5%9C%8D%E6%9D%91%E4%BE%AF%E7%8E%8B%E5%AE%AE]
|[[File:Hau Wong Temple, Tai Wai Village 01.jpg|centre|200px]]
|}

===Tsuen Wan District===
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|Top floor, 75 Ham Tin Street, [[Shek Pik New Village]], [[Tsuen Wan]]<br>
{{coord|22.368131|114.117094|type:landmark_region:HK|name=Hung Shing Temple, Shek Pik New Village}}
|'''Hung Hau Temple''' ({{zh|t=洪侯古廟|labels=no}})<br>
At the time of the construction of the [[Shek Pik Reservoir]] on [[Lantau Island]], in the late 1950s, most of the villagers of Shek Pik Village moved into five-storey apartment blocks in the urban Shek Pik New Village ({{zh|t=石碧新村|labels=no}}) in Tsuen Wan. The two temples, Hau Wong Temple and Hung Shing Temple, were combined into the current Hung Hau Temple.
|style="text-align:center"|Not listed
|[https://had18.huluhk.org/article-detail.php?id=567&lang=en] [https://isletforum.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=20201]
|[[File:Shekpiknewvillage 2008.jpg|centre|200px]]
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===Tuen Mun District===
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|Ng Lau Road ({{zh|t=五柳路|labels=no}}), [[Tuen Tsz Wai]], [[Lam Tei]], [[Tuen Mun District]]<br>
{{coord|22.420324|113.979252|name=Sam Shing Temple, Tuen Tsz Wai}}
|'''Sam Shing Temple''' ({{zh|t=三聖宮|labels=no}})<br>
Dedicated to the Marshal Yuen Tan Fuk Fu ({{zh|t=玄壇伏虎元帥|l=Tiger Suppressing General|labels=no}}), [[Hung Shing]] and Hau Wong. It was rebuilt in 1993.
|style="text-align:center"|[[Heritage conservation in Hong Kong|Nil grade]]
|[https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/1354_Appraisal_En.pdf] [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/1354_Photo.pdf] [https://web.archive.org/web/20171010004411/http://www.openlife.com.hk/%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E5%BB%9F%E5%AE%87%E5%90%8D%E5%86%8A/%E5%B1%AF%E5%AD%90%E5%9C%8D/%E7%94%B0%E5%AD%90%E5%9C%8D%E4%B8%89%E8%81%96%E5%AE%AE]
|[[File:Sam Shing Temple, Tuen Tsz Wai 03.jpg|centre|200px]]
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===Wong Tai Sin District===
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|[[Kowloon City]] area, at the southwestern corner of [[Wong Tai Sin District]]. Corner of Tung Tau Tsuen Road and [[Junction Road, Hong Kong|Junction Road]], opposite [[Kowloon Walled City Park]].<br>
{{coord|22.332783|114.187464|type:landmark_region:HK|name=Hau Wong Temple, Kowloon City}}
|'''Hau Wong Temple, Junction Road''' ([[:zh:九龍城侯王廟|九龍城侯王廟]])<br>
Built around 1730.<ref>[[Chinese Temples Committee]]. [http://www.ctc.org.hk/en/directcontrol/temple17.asp Hau Wong Temple, Junction Road]</ref> Historic characters in the temple are said to have been worked on by Chang Yu-tang, Commodore of Dapeng, general of [[Kowloon Walled City]]. It is believed that [[Emperor Bing of Song|Emperor Bing]] and his brother [[Emperor Duanzong of Song|Emperor Duanzong]] made their last stance in the [[Song dynasty]].<ref>Lim, Patricia. [2002] (2002). ''Discovering Hong Hong's Cultural Heritage. Central, Hong Kong'': Oxford University Press. ISBN Volume One 0-19-592723-0</ref> Managed by the [[Chinese Temples Committee]].
|style="text-align:center"|[[Declared monuments of Hong Kong|Declared]]<br>(Previously [[Heritage conservation in Hong Kong|Grade I]])
|[https://www.amo.gov.hk/en/historic-buildings/monuments/kowloon/monuments_108/index.html] [http://www.ctc.org.hk/en/directcontrol/temple17.asp] [https://www.heritage.gov.hk/filemanager/heritage/News/en/upload/59/LegCo_Brief_on_AMO_Notice_2014_EN.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200627005531/https://www.heritage.gov.hk/en/doc/LegCo_Brief_on_AMO_Notice_2014_EN.pdf |date=2020-06-27 }}
|[[File:Hau Wong Temple in Kowloon City 201605.jpg|centre|200px]]
|}

===Yuen Long District===
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|[[Hang Tau Tsuen, Yuen Long District|Hang Tau Tsuen]], next to [[Sheung Cheung Wai]], [[Ping Shan]], [[Yuen Long District]]<br>
{{coord|22.446447|114.0077|type:landmark_region:HK|name=Yeung Hau Temple, Hang Tau Tsuen}}
|'''Yeung Hau Temple, Ping Shan''' ([[:zh:屏山楊侯古廟|屏山楊侯古廟]])<br>
Partly dedicated to Hau Wong. The temple is part of the [[Ping Shan Heritage Trail]].<ref>[http://www.hkoutdoors.com/new-territories/ping-shan-trail.html Ping Shan Trail at hkoutdoors.com]</ref><ref>[http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/en/trails_pingshan1.php?tid=6 Ping Shan Heritage Trail - Yeung Hau Temple, Hang Tau Tsuen]</ref> 
|style="text-align:center"|[[Heritage conservation in Hong Kong|Grade III]]
|[https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/924_Appraisal_En.pdf] [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/924_Photo.pdf] [https://hong-kong-heritage.com/pingshan16/] [https://www.hkmytravel.com/new-territories/yeung-hau-temple-ping-shan]
|[[File:HK PingShanYeungHauTemple Overview.JPG|centre|200px]]
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|[[Tong Yan San Tsuen]] ({{zh|唐人新村|labels=no}}), [[Ping Shan]], [[Yuen Long District]]
{{coord|22.433877|114.012505|type:landmark_region:HK|name=Yeung Hau Temple, Tong Yan San Tsuen}}
|'''Yeung Hau Temple, Tong Yan San Tsuen''' ({{zh|t=唐人新村楊侯古廟|labels=no}}). The temple is also known as '''Yee Ling Temple''' and '''Za Ling Temple'''<br>
Situated to the east of Tong Yan San Tsuen near Sha Tseng Road ({{zh|沙井路|labels=no}}),<ref>[[Antiquities Advisory Board]]. {{Cite web |url=http://www.aab.gov.hk/form/AAB_brief_info_en.pdf |title=Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings. Item #1045 |access-date=2016-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034357/http://www.aab.gov.hk/form/AAB_brief_info_en.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> it was built in 1711.<ref>[[Antiquities Advisory Board]]. Historic Building Appraisal. [http://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/1045_Appraisal_En.pdf Yeung Hau Temple, Tong Yan San Tsuen]</ref>
|style="text-align:center"|[[Heritage conservation in Hong Kong|Grade III]]
|[https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/1045_Appraisal_En.pdf] [http://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/1045_Photo.pdf] [http://blog.terewong.com/archives/14006] 
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|[[Tung Tau Tsuen (Ha Tsuen)|Tung Tau Tsuen]] ({{zh|t=東頭村|labels=no}}), [[Ha Tsuen]], [[Yuen Long District]]<br>
{{coord|22.453628|113.993086|type:landmark_region:HK|name=Yeung Hau Temple, Tung Tau Tsuen (Ha Tsuen)}}
|'''Yeung Hau Temple, Ha Tsuen''' ([[:zh:廈村楊侯宮|廈村楊侯宮]]) also known as '''Tung Tau Miu''' ({{zh|t=東頭廟|l=eastern temple|labels=no}})<ref>[[Antiquities Advisory Board]]. Historic Building Appraisal. [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/en/content_4/20181212_historic_3_new_items.pdf Entrance Gate, San Wai, Ha Tsuen]</ref>
|style="text-align:center"|[[Declared monuments of Hong Kong|Declared]]<ref>[[Antiquities and Monuments Office]]. Declared Monuments in Hong Kong. [https://www.amo.gov.hk/en/historic-buildings/monuments/new-territories/monuments_34/index.html Tung Tau Tsuen, Ha Tsuen Yeung Hau Temple]</ref>
|[https://www.amo.gov.hk/en/historic-buildings/monuments/new-territories/monuments_34/index.html] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110724153810/http://www.go2yl.com/history.asp?id=k10&lang=eng] [http://blog.terewong.com/archives/14057]
|[[File:HK YeungHauTemple HaTsuen.JPG|centre|200px]]
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|[[San Wai (Ha Tsuen)|San Wai]] ({{zh|t=新圍|labels=no}}), [[Ha Tsuen]], [[Yuen Long District]]<br>
{{coord|22.452783|113.989659|type:landmark_region:HK|name=Yeung Hau Temple, San Wai (Ha Tsuen)}}
|'''Yeung Hau Temple''' ({{zh|t=楊侯古廟|labels=no}}), also called the '''Sai Tau Miu''' ({{zh|t=西頭廟|l=the western temple|labels=no}})<ref>[[Antiquities Advisory Board]]. Historic Building Appraisal. [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/1415_Appraisal_En.pdf Yeung Hau Temple, San Wai, Ha Tsuen]</ref><br>
It was renovated in 1901. It serves as the social venue which plays the dual roles as a temple and an ancestral hall of San Wai. Basin meal feasts are organized in front of the Temple during Yeung Hau Festival and [[Lunar New Year]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aab.gov.hk/form/brief_information_no_grade.pdf |title=Brief Information on proposed Grade Nil Items. Item #1415 |access-date=2017-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015135424/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/Brief_Information_on_proposed_Grade_Nil_Items.pdf |archive-date=2012-10-15 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|style="text-align:center"|[[Heritage conservation in Hong Kong|Nil grade]]
|[https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/1415_Appraisal_En.pdf] [http://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/1415_Photo.pdf] [http://blog.terewong.com/archives/14707] [https://isletforum.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=11624]
|[[File:Yeung Hau Temple, San Wai, Ha Tsuen 05.jpg|centre|200px]]
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|[[Sik Kong Wai]] ({{zh|t=錫降圍|labels=no}}), [[Ha Tsuen]], [[Yuen Long District]]<br>
{{coord|22.449026|113.992141|type:landmark_region:HK|name=Yeung Hau Temple, Sik Kong Wai}}
|'''Yeung Hau Temple''' ({{zh|t=楊侯宮|labels=no}})<br>
Shrine of a [[walled villages of Hong Kong|walled village]]. Situated at the end of the central axis of Sik Kong Wai, a walled village of the [[Tang Clan]] in Ha Tsuen, with its name recorded in the ''[[Xin'an Gazetteer]]'' of 1820.<ref>[[Antiquities Advisory Board]]. Historic Building Appraisal. [http://www.aab.gov.hk/form/brief_information_no_grade.pdf Brief Information on proposed Grade Nil Items, pp.361-362] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015135424/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/Brief_Information_on_proposed_Grade_Nil_Items.pdf |date=2012-10-15 }}</ref>
|style="text-align:center"|[[Heritage conservation in Hong Kong|Nil grade]]
|[https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/1343_Appraisal_En.pdf] [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/1343_Photo.pdf] [http://blog.terewong.com/archives/10164] [http://blog.terewong.com/archives/20732]
|[[File:Yeung Hau Temple, Sik Kong Wai 01.jpg|centre|200px]]
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|No. 26C Cheung Shing Street, [[Yuen Long Kau Hui]], [[Yuen Long]]<br>
{{coord|22.447341|114.032422|type:landmark_region:HK|name=Tai Wong Temple, Cheung Shing Street}}
|'''[[Tai Wong Temple, Yuen Long Kau Hui]]''' ({{zh|t=元朗舊墟大王廟|labels=no}})<br>
It was probably built between 1662 and 1722. It is the main temple of [[Nam Pin Wai (Yuen Long)|Nam Pin Wai]] as well as Yuen Long Kau Hui.<ref name="p.178">[[Antiquities Advisory Board]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121013022841/https://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/AAB_brief_info_en.pdf Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings. Item #190]</ref> It was built for the worship of [[Hung Shing]] and Yeung Hau. Other than for worship, the temple was a venue for solving disputes and discussing market affairs among the villagers.<ref name="AAB TWOT">[[Antiquities Advisory Board]]. Historic Building Appraisal. [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/190_Appraisal_En.pdf Tai Wong Old Temple, No. 26C Cheung Shing Street, Yuen Long Kau Hui]</ref> It also once served as a [[yamen]] and the officials lived there.<ref name="p.178"/>
|style="text-align:center"|[[Heritage conservation in Hong Kong|Grade I]]
|[https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/190_Appraisal_En.pdf] [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/190_Photo.pdf]
|[[File:Tai Wong Temple Cheung Shing Street 01.jpg|centre|200px]]
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|[[Wong Uk Tsuen (Yuen Long District)|Wong Uk Tsuen]], [[Yuen Long District]]<br>
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|'''Yi Shing Temple''' ({{zh|t=二聖宮|labels=no}}), conventionally called '''Tai Wong Temple'''<br>
It is mainly for the worship of [[Hung Shing]] and Yeung Hau deities. Renovation was carried out in 1924. It still acts as an alliance temple of the Tung Tau Alliance ({{zh|t=東頭約|labels=no}}) formed by the seven villages next to [[Yuen Long Kau Hui]]. In the old days, the temple operated a credit society serving the alliance villages.<ref>[[Antiquities Advisory Board]]. Historic Building Appraisal. [http://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/1265_Appraisal_En.pdf Yi Shing Temple, Wong Uk Tsuen]</ref><ref>[[Antiquities Advisory Board]]. {{Cite web |url=http://www.aab.gov.hk/form/AAB_brief_info_en.pdf |title=Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings. Item #1265 |access-date=2016-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034357/http://www.aab.gov.hk/form/AAB_brief_info_en.pdf |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|style="text-align:center"|[[Heritage conservation in Hong Kong|Nil grade]]
|[https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/1265_Appraisal_En.pdf] [http://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/1265_Photo.pdf] [http://blog.terewong.com/archives/7015/comment-page-1]
|[[File:Yi Shing Temple 06.jpg|centre|200px]]
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|[[Yuen Kong Tsuen]] ({{zh|t=元崗村|labels=no}}), [[Pat Heung]], [[Yuen Long District]]<br>
{{coord|22.425563|114.077705|type:landmark_region:HK|name=Chung Shing Temple, Yuen Kong Tsuen}}
|'''Chung Shing Temple''' ({{zh|t=眾聖宮|labels=no}}, Temple of All Saints)<br>
The main deity of the temple is [[Pak Tai]] with some others including Hau Wong and the [[Earth God]].<ref>[[Antiquities Advisory Board]]. [http://www.aab.gov.hk/form/brief_information_grade3.pdf Brief Information on Grade III Items. Item #1065] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311060415/http://www.aab.gov.hk/form/brief_information_grade3.pdf |date=2017-03-11}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center"|[[Heritage conservation in Hong Kong|Grade III]]
|[https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/1065_Appraisal_En.pdf] [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/1065_Photo.pdf] [http://blog.terewong.com/archives/11344]
|[[File:HK ChungShingTemple.JPG|centre|200px]]
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==Temples outside of Hong Kong==
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|Herberton Road in [[Atherton, Queensland|Atherton]], [[Queensland]], [[Australia]]
|The [[Hou Wang Temple]] is dedicated to bodyguard commander Yang Liang Chieh in 1280 AD, who was responsible for the life of the 8 year old [[Emperor Bing of Song]] losing to the [[Mongols]] in the falling [[Song dynasty]]<ref>Houwang. "[http://www.houwang.org.au/temple.html Houwang] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509221100/http://www.houwang.org.au/temple.html |date=2007-05-09 }}." ''Australian Temple website.'' Retrieved on 2007-05-08.</ref>
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|[[File:Hou Wang Temple.jpg|centre|200px]]
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==See also==
* [[Hou Wang Temple]], Queensland,  Australia
* [[Sung Wong Toi]]
* [[Places of worship in Hong Kong]]

==References==
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{{Commons category|Yeung Hau Temples in Hong Kong}}
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[[Category:Taoist temples in Hong Kong]]