Western Monastery

Located in Tsuen Wan Lo Wai Village with Tai Mo Shan at the back and facing Sam Dip Tam, the Western Monastery is established by the president of the Hong Kong Bodhi Siksa Society, Master Yong Xing in 1970. It had undergone reconstruction from 1998 till 2003.

The monastery is made up of the main hall, where “Wu Guan Tang” is on the lower floor, with “Tian Wang Dian” in the front, and the Bell and Drum Towers at the two sides. There are also two two-story buildings with red walls and yellow-tiled roofs in antique style at the sides and much of the furnishing of the temple emits a traditional atmosphere including painted ridges and carved beams. In addition, the nine-story “Pagoda of Ten Thousand Buddha” in the monastery is monastery is modelled after the “Ci En Pagoda” in Taiwan’s Sun Moon Lake, decorated in the style of the “Flower Pagoda” of Guangzhou’s Six Banyan Temple. At the top of the pagoda, two sariras or Buddhist relics are stored.

At the back of the monastery stands the “Care and Attention Home for the Aged” of the Bodhi Siksa Society which can house and care for about 150 elderly folks.There is a “Guan Yin Mountain Art Expo” stretching for some twenty metres along the back walls of the monastery, displaying religious sculptures and wall paintings. The Amitabha recitation session is held monthly at the monastery to advocate Buddhism, making it one of the most important temples in Hong Kong.

Address: Sam Dip Tam, Lo Wai Road, Tsuen Wan
Telephone: 2411 5111
Webpage: www.wm.org.hk