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A Grade I neighbourhood temple on Station Lane in Hung Hom — dedicated to Kwun Yum, busy on festival days, quiet enough for a local Kowloon stop.
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Hung Hom Kwun Yum Temple is an 1873 Grade I temple to Kwun Yum, the Goddess of Mercy, on Station Lane in Hung Hom, Kowloon. From MTR Ho Man Tin, Exit B1, walk about 10 minutes, or take the flatter walk from Whampoa, Exit A. Weekday mornings are calmest; allow 45–75 minutes.
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The Hung Hom Kwun Yum Temple (紅磡觀音廟) sits on Station Lane in Hung Hom, Kowloon. Built in 1873 and now a Grade I historic building, it is a working neighbourhood shrine to Kwun Yum (觀音), Goddess of Mercy — best known locally for the lunar Open Treasury (觀音借庫) custom and four Kwun Yum festival days. This guide covers Hung Hom Kwun Yum Temple only; it is not a general guide to Kwun Yam temples in Hong Kong. Below: how to get there from Ho Man Tin or Whampoa, hours (snapshot, checked 2026-10-05), what to see, etiquette, how long to stay and easy Kowloon add-ons. Arrangements change, so confirm on site or on the temple’s official notice before you rely on them.
Hung Hom’s Kwun Yum Temple was built by local villagers of the old Hung Hom “three districts” in the Qing Tongzhi era (1873). It once sat with hill behind and harbour in front; reclamation and towers have closed it in, but the incense and festival crowds remain. The Chinese Temples Committee manages the site today.
People come for everyday prayers to Kwun Yum — health, peace of mind, family — and for the temple’s folk fame: on the 26th day of the first lunar month, worshippers “borrow” symbolic treasure from Kwun Yum’s Open Treasury, hoping for a prosperous year. Four further festival days honour Kwun Yum on the 19th of the second, sixth, ninth and eleventh lunar months. A wartime story — that the temple stood while buildings around the old Whampoa Dock area were destroyed — still circulates among locals.
Architecturally it is a traditional two-hall, one-courtyard Chinese temple with a hip-and-gable covered court and a main ridge of plastered carvings and Shiwan ceramics. Side halls house other deities including Tai Sui, Hung Shing, the God of Wealth and Kwan Tai. This page stays with the Hung Hom site; other Kwun Yam places in Hong Kong (for example hillside monasteries in the New Territories, or beach shrines) are separate visits covered elsewhere.
MTR
Ho Man Tin Exit B1 · or Whampoa Exit A
Walk
About 10 min via Wuhu St / Kwun Yam St
Bus
6C · 6F · 30X · 212 · 106 · 115
The temple is on Station Lane (差館里) in Hung Hom. Route notes below come from the Chinese Temples Committee and accessibility sources (checked 2026-10-05); services change, so check the operator or the Transport Department’s HKeMobility app on the day:
Tap Octopus and check the operator.
Access note: the approach streets are mostly flat, but traditional temples have raised thresholds and steps inside, so wheelchair users may need a hand at the gate. An accessible public toilet is near the junction of Station Lane and Gillies Avenue South.
HOURS
Snapshot from the Chinese Temples Committee listing, checked 2026-10-05. Treat it as a guide and confirm on the official notice or on site:
Best time: a weekday morning for calm photos and short queues. Festival evenings and the Open Treasury midnight rush are for atmosphere, not quiet contemplation.
It is an active worship hall, not a museum. Guidance (follow any signs or staff on the day):
Hong Kong Temple Gifts pieces are Hong Kong–packaged and taken to temples for chanting — a meaningful keepsake of your visit to Hung Hom Kwun Yum Temple.
Browse the Gift Shop or Top Sellers after your visit.
The Grade I façade of Hung Hom Kwun Yum Temple on Station Lane.
Main hall and Kwun Yum. The rear hall holds the main Kwun Yum images. Come for a quiet bow, light incense where offered, and look up at the carved couplets and plaques that worshippers have dedicated over the decades.
Architecture and ridge ceramics. The plan is a classic two-hall, one-courtyard layout. The covered middle court has a hip-and-gable roof; the main ridge carries plastered decoration and Shiwan (石灣) ceramic figures — the craft detail that helped earn the temple its Grade I listing in 2010.
Side halls and other deities. Beyond Kwun Yum you will find Tai Sui (the sixty Gods of Time), Doumu, Hung Shing, Choi Pak Sing Kwan (God of Wealth), Kwan Tai, Pak Tai, Man Cheong, Shing Wong and other saints — useful if you are following a specific local custom.
Open Treasury atmosphere. On an ordinary day the temple is a neighbourhood stop. On Open Treasury night and festival days it becomes one of Hung Hom’s busiest religious scenes — worth seeing if you want living folk custom rather than a empty heritage shell.
See all guides on Explore Hong Kong Temples, or plan a multi-stop day with the Hong Kong temples itinerary.
What the Station Lane neighbourhood temple feels like: Hung Hom Kwun Yum — what to expect (not Tsz Shan’s 76 m Guan Yin).
Hours and routes in one place: Hung Hom Kwun Yum Temple hours & transport (Ho Man Tin Exit B1).
Coming for 觀音借庫? Read Kwun Yum Treasury Opening at Hung Hom: meaning & etiquette first.
Kowloon day-pairs: Chi Lin Nunnery & Nan Lian Garden visit guide · Wong Tai Sin Temple visit guide · Man Mo Temple visit guide.
Sister stops: Big Buddha & Po Lin Monastery visit guide · Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery visit guide · Che Kung Temple visit guide · Tsz Shan Monastery visit guide · Lam Tsuen Wishing Trees visit guide · Tin Hau Temple Causeway Bay visit guide.
Hung Hom Kwun Yum Temple (紅磡觀音廟) is a neighbourhood temple to Kwun Yum on Station Lane in Hung Hom, Kowloon. Built in 1873 and listed as a Grade I historic building, it is managed by the Chinese Temples Committee. This guide covers the Hung Hom site only.
The Chinese Temples Committee lists the temple as open daily 8:00am–5:45pm (snapshot checked 2026-10-05). Festival days can be busier and arrangements may change — confirm on the official notice or on site before you go.
From Ho Man Tin MTR Exit B1, cross the footbridge to Wuhu Street, then follow Kun Yam Street to Station Lane (about 10 minutes). Whampoa Exit A is a shorter flat walk via Tak Man and Wuhu Streets. Buses 6C, 6F, 30X, 212, 106 and 115 stop near Wuhu Street / Kun Yam Street. Check HKeMobility on the day.
Yes. The Hong Kong government’s Fun in 18 Districts listing records that Hung Hom Kwun Yum Temple was rated a Grade I historic building in 2010. The two-hall, one-courtyard plan, ridge ceramics and continuous community use underpin that grading. See the Hong Kong government’s Hung Hom Kwun Yum Temple page for the official background.
Most visitors pray to Kwun Yum for compassion, health and family peace. The temple is especially famous for the lunar Open Treasury (觀音借庫) on the 26th day of the first lunar month, when worshippers symbolically “borrow” treasure for the year, and for the four Kwun Yum festival days on the 19th of the 2nd, 6th, 9th and 11th lunar months.
Dress modestly (shoulders and knees covered). Keep voices low and give worshippers space. Exterior photos are usually fine; ask before photographing people at prayer and follow any no-photo signs inside the halls. Follow the temple’s own incense arrangements.
Allow about 30–60 minutes on an ordinary day for the halls, a quiet prayer and a look at the ridge ceramics. On Open Treasury night or festival days, allow longer for queues. Add travel time from Ho Man Tin or Whampoa.
Yes if you want a living Grade I neighbourhood temple rather than a big tourist complex: it is free to enter, easy to reach in Kowloon and rich in local custom. It is a compact site, so pair it with another Kowloon stop. For more temple days, browse Explore Hong Kong Temples.
Yes. Both are natural Kowloon day-pairs: Chi Lin Nunnery & Nan Lian Garden visit guide at Diamond Hill and Wong Tai Sin Temple visit guide on the Kwun Tong line corridor. Whampoa Garden works for lunch. A New Territories hillside monastery such as Tsz Shan is a separate day that needs advance online booking — not a same-afternoon hop from Hung Hom.
Our Hong Kong–packaged temple gifts — fortune wheels, red cords and wind-spinner motifs — echo the Kwun Yum devotion and good-fortune wishes at Hung Hom, so they make a meaningful keepsake of your visit. Browse the Gift Shop or Top Sellers.
