VISIT GUIDE
Causeway Bay’s own Tin Hau temple — a Qing-era declared monument a few minutes from Tin Hau MTR. Free, compact and easy to fold into a Victoria Park or Tai Hang walk.
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Tin Hau Temple in Causeway Bay is a declared-monument temple to the sea goddess Tin Hau at 10 Tin Hau Temple Road, Hong Kong Island. From Tin Hau MTR (Island Line), Exit B, walk 3–5 minutes. Entry is free. Go on a weekday morning for a quiet visit, and allow 20–40 minutes.
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This guide covers one temple only: the Tin Hau Temple in Causeway Bay (銅鑼灣天后廟) at 10 Tin Hau Temple Road, a few minutes on foot from Tin Hau MTR station on the Island Line — the station, and the whole Tin Hau neighbourhood, take their name from it. Built by the Hakka Tai clan, with a temple bell cast in 1747, it has been a declared monument since 1982. Entry is free. Below: how to get there, an hours snapshot, etiquette, what to look for, and easy Victoria Park / Tai Hang add-ons — always verify on the day. Looking for the Tin Hau temple beside Temple Street in Yau Ma Tei? That is a different site in Kowloon — see “Which Tin Hau temple is this?” below.
Tin Hau is the Goddess of the Sea, long worshipped by Hong Kong’s fishing and boat communities. According to the Antiquities and Monuments Office (AMO) and the Hong Kong Tourism Board, members of the Tai clan — Hakka settlers from Kowloon — found a red stone shaped like an incense burner on the Causeway Bay shore, took it as a sign from the goddess, and built a shrine for it. As boat dwellers flocked to worship, the clan raised funds for a proper temple on the same spot. The exact founding year is uncertain; the oldest relic, the bronze bell, is dated 1747, and the main building took its present form in an 1868 renovation.
Land reclamation has since pushed the shoreline far away, so the former waterfront temple now sits inland among residential towers. Unusually for Hong Kong, it is still maintained by the founding Tai family rather than a public temple body. It was declared a monument in 1982.
Which Tin Hau temple is this? Hong Kong has dozens of Tin Hau temples. This page is only about the one at 10 Tin Hau Temple Road, Causeway Bay (Hong Kong Island, Tin Hau MTR). It is not the Tin Hau Temple complex in Yau Ma Tei (Kowloon, by Temple Street) and not the big seaside temple at Joss House Bay in Sai Kung — different sites, histories and directions.
MTR
Tin Hau · Exit B (Island Line)
Walk
~3–5 min to the temple
Visit
~20–40 min inside
Tin Hau station is one stop east of Causeway Bay on the Island Line. The MTR’s own Tin Hau station street map lists Tin Hau Temple Garden at Exit B. Route as described by a barrier-free walking guide (checked 2026-10-05) — use a map app alongside it:
Walking from Causeway Bay? Allow roughly 10–15 minutes heading east along Causeway Road past Victoria Park. If you want to start in the park, Tin Hau station’s Exit A2 is the Victoria Park side. Buses also run along Causeway Road and King’s Road — check a journey planner. Tap Octopus and check MTR on the day.
Access note: Exit B has lift/stairlift access to street level, but there are steps up to the temple itself, so wheelchair users may not be able to enter the halls.
HOURS
Snapshot checked 2026-10-05 — re-check before you travel:
Best time: a weekday morning soon after opening — quieter, softer light on the roof ridges, and fewer people at the altars. It is a short visit, so it also works as a late-afternoon stop before dinner in Causeway Bay or Tai Hang.
Hong Kong Temple Gifts pieces are Hong Kong–packaged and taken to temples for chanting — a meaningful keepsake of your visit to Tin Hau Temple Causeway Bay.
Browse the Gift Shop or Top Sellers after your visit.
Shiwan ceramic figures along the roof ridge — opera scenes in miniature.
The Qianlong bell. Cast in the 12th year of the Qianlong reign (1747), the temple bell is its oldest dated relic and the anchor for its age. The name plaque over the main door and the couplets beside it date from the 1868 rebuild.
Roof ridges. Step back in the forecourt and look up: the front ridge shows two dragons chasing a pearl with dragon-fish at the ends, while the rear ridge carries Shiwan ceramic figurines acting out scenes from Chinese opera.
Cut-and-paste porcelain shard work. Some decorations and couplets are made from pieces of cut porcelain — a technique the AMO calls a rarity in Hong Kong. Look closely at the details near the entrance.
Halls & altars. A two-hall layout with side halls: Tin Hau sits at the centre of the main hall, with altars to Bao Kung (Judge Bao) and the God of Wealth; some accounts also note Kwun Yam. Around them are Qing-era plaques, stone lions, an incense burner and a carved stone offering table.
Travelling by train? See temples a short walk from the MTR.
See all guides on Explore Hong Kong Temples, or plan a multi-stop day with the Hong Kong temples itinerary.
What the Causeway Bay declared monument feels like on site: Tin Hau CB — what to expect (not Yau Ma Tei).
Need clock-and-exit detail only? See Tin Hau Temple Causeway Bay hours & transport (Exit B).
For Goddess of the Sea context and photo etiquette at this Causeway Bay temple, see Tin Hau Temple Causeway Bay meaning & visit etiquette.
Hong Kong Island pair: Man Mo Temple visit guide.
Sister stops: Wong Tai Sin Temple visit guide · Chi Lin Nunnery & Nan Lian Garden visit guide · Che Kung Temple visit guide · Big Buddha & Po Lin Monastery visit guide · Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery visit guide.
Yes — there is no admission fee and no ticket. Incense and donations are optional and personal. Your only real cost is the MTR ride to Tin Hau station.
The Antiquities and Monuments Office lists 8:00am–5:00pm daily (checked 2026-10-05). Other listings vary (7am–5pm, or 9am–4pm on some map apps), so re-verify on the day and arrive before 4pm to be safe. Expect more worshippers on the 1st and 15th of each lunar month.
Take the Island Line to Tin Hau station (one stop east of Causeway Bay) and leave by Exit B — the MTR street map lists Tin Hau Temple Garden there. Turn left, cross the road, turn right along Tin Hau Temple Road, and the temple is at No. 10, about 3–5 minutes’ walk. From Causeway Bay it is roughly 10–15 minutes on foot past Victoria Park.
This guide is only for the Tin Hau Temple at 10 Tin Hau Temple Road, Causeway Bay, on Hong Kong Island by Tin Hau MTR — the Tai clan temple with the 1747 bell. The Tin Hau Temple complex in Yau Ma Tei (Kowloon, beside Temple Street) and the Joss House Bay temple in Sai Kung are separate sites with their own hours and directions. Check the address before you go.
Allow 20–40 minutes for the halls, altars and roof details. Make it 1.5–2 hours if you add a walk through Victoria Park, Tai Hang’s streets and Lin Fa Temple.
Exterior and forecourt photos are fine. Inside, follow signs and staff — some visitors report being asked not to photograph inside — so assume no photos in the main hall unless told otherwise, and never photograph people praying up close. Keep voices low, dress neatly, and do not touch altars, offerings or relics.
Tin Hau’s birthday falls on the 23rd day of the third lunar month (9 May in 2026; usually April or May). Expect far more worshippers and incense, and possibly ceremonies or performances in the forecourt — programmes vary year to year, so check local notices. Hong Kong’s largest Tin Hau Festival crowds usually gather at other temples, such as Joss House Bay.
Yes, as a short heritage stop: it is free, minutes from the MTR, genuinely old (1747 bell, 1868 rebuild) and has notable Shiwan roof-ridge ceramics. It is small, though — pair it with Victoria Park or Tai Hang rather than crossing town just for it. For bigger temple days, browse Explore Hong Kong Temples.
Victoria Park is beside Tin Hau station (Exit A2), and Causeway Bay’s shops lie beyond it. Tai Hang — cafés, the Fire Dragon Heritage Centre and the tiny Lin Fa Temple — is about a 10-minute walk. For another Hong Kong Island temple, ride west to Sheung Wan with our Man Mo Temple visit guide.
Our Hong Kong–packaged temple gifts — fortune wheels, red cords and wind-spinner motifs — echo the safe-travel and family wishes offered to Tin Hau, so they make a meaningful keepsake of your visit. Browse the Gift Shop or Top Sellers.
