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May 13 (Lunar calendar: March 24), 2023 Saturday | Dawnxisoul393art

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Today we went to the Buddhist temple of "Chuk Lam Shin Yuen" in Hibiscus Hill, Tsuen Wan District, New Territories, Hong Kong to pay homage to the Bodhisattvas and to sketch and paint. After arriving at Tsuen Wan by boat and subway, we took minibus No. 85 on Siu Wo Street in Tsuen Wan to the gate of Chuk Lam Shin Yuen. Chuk Lam Shin Yuen was surrounded by beautiful scenery, with a panoramic view of the new town of Tsuen Wan and a distant view of Rambal Strait and Tsing Yi Island. Chuk Lam Shin Yuen was beautiful. The gate building of Chuk Lam Shin Yuen was painted with the vermilion characters "Chuk Lam Shin Yuen". It is far away from the downtown and returns to nature. Many plants are planted in the temple, such as magnolia, fire dragon fruit, kumquat tree, and papaya tree. Walking in the Zen courtyard, we also met a lovely little squirrel. Chuk Lam Shin Yuen temple was the largest Buddhist temple in the central area of Hong Kong. It was founded by Rongqiu old monk...

February 19 (Lunar calendar: January 29), 2023 Sunday | Dawnxisoul393art

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Today, we visited "Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery" in Hong Kong. Sketching and painting. Hong Kong Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery was located on "Ten Thousand Buddhas Mountain (hill)", north of Shatin railway station in the new territories of Hong Kong. The mountain (hill) was more than 100 meters high, with green bamboo, winding mountains, auspicious clouds, and elegant and quiet. In front of the downtown Shatin, and Lion Mountain on the right. Walked out of the bus terminus from Exit A of Shatin MTR station. First, we passed through an old village, Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery was on the mountain (hill), we carried our little girl in our arms and our girl's baby stroller on our shoulders and walked more than 400 steps to reach it. Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery was built in 1949 and completed in 1957. More than 12000 Buddha statues are enshrined in the monastery. Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery covered an area of 65000 square feet. It had Ten Thousand Buddhas...