Tung Chung, opposite the airport on Lantau Island |
Tung Chung |
Ngong Ping Cable Car - Tung Chung Station |
To reach the Big Buddha, you can take the cable car or Bus 23 |
Shek Pik Reservoir, Lantau Island |
Lantau Peak (934m/3064ft) at the mountainous center of Lantau Island |
Lantau Country Parks |
Bus stop at the Po Lin Monastery, Lantau Island |
Welcome to Ngong Ping - map of the area |
Arriving at the Po Lin Monastery, Ngong Pin, Lantau Island |
Gateway to Po Lin Monastery, Ngong Ping - Lantau Island |
The star attraction of Lantau Island - the giant Tian Tan Buddha |
The Tian Tan Buddha is 34m tall and weighs 250 tons |
Ngong Ping Village at the top of the cable car, Lantau Island |
Car from the Grindelwald Männlichen Cable Way in Switzerland |
Chopstick shop, Ngong Ping Village |
Painted mask, Ngong Ping Village |
Bodhi Square, Ngong Ping Village |
Bodhi Square, Ngong Ping Village |
Gift shop with small Buddhas, Ngong Ping Village |
Touristy Ngong Ping Village next to Po Lin Monastery |
The Big Buddha of Lantau Island, Hong Kong |
Main Street, Ngong Ping Village |
Enter and Leave through the giant gift shop that is Ngong Ping Village |
Shopping Ngong Ping Village |
Now Showing! Walking with Buddha - Ngong Ping Village |
This way to the Big Buddha |
The Gate to Po Lin Monastery, Lantau Island |
The Gate to Po Lin Monastery, Lantau Island |
Hong Kong still uses the traditional Chinese characters, rather than the simplified ones introduced on the mainland |
Statues of the Twelve Divine Generals line the path after you pass through the gate |
The Twelve Divine Generals - General Vajra, Year of the Dog |
The Twelve Divine Generals - the General Parja represents the Year of the Dragon and is armed with bow and arrow |
The Twelve Divine Generals - the General Kimnara, Year of the Tiger |
The Big Buddha rises over the trees behind General Makura - Year of the Rabbit |
The Second Gate to Po Lin Monastery, Lantau Island |
The steps leading up to the Big Buddha, Lantau Island |
The Big Buddha faces the northeast and would be best photographed in the morning |
Buddhist flags around the circle, Ngong Ping |
The Second Gate - Po Lin Monastery |
Po Lin Monastery Gate - 寺禪蓮寶 |
Guardian lion - Po Lin Monastery |
Next time, I'll have to get here on a clear morning |
Bronze vessel, Po Lin Monastery |
Bronze vessel with the stylized flower of the five-petaled Hong Kong orchid tree that is the post-handover symbol of Hong Kong |
The Big Buddha of Lantau Island |
Gold trimmed miniature of the Big Buddha of Lantau Island |
Po Lin Monastery was founded in 1906 among the mountains of Lantau Island |
Po Lin Monastery, Lantau Island-Hong Kong |
No Incense Beyond This Point |
Po Lin Monastery Entrance, Lantau Island-Hong Kong |
Laughing Buddha inside the main entrance, Po Lin Monastery, Hong Kong |
Guăng Mù Tiānwáng, Heavenly King of the West - Po Lin Monastery |
Duō Wén Tiānwáng, Heavenly King of the North - Po Lin Monastery |
Zēng Zhǎng Tiānwáng, Heavenly King of the South - Po Lin Monastery |
Chí Guó Tiānwáng, Heavenly King of the East - Po Lin Monastery |
Po Lin Monastery, Hong Kong-Lantau Island |
Great Hall of Po Lin Monastery, Hong Kong-Lantau Island |
Guanyin, Po Lin Monastery |
Great Hall of Po Lin Monastery, Hong Kong-Lantau Island |
Steps leading up to the Great Hall, Po Lin Monastery |
Steps leading up to the Great Hall, Po Lin Monastery |
Banners celebrating Sakyamuni Buddha's Birthday, Po Lin Monastery |
Buddhas of the Three Ages inside the Great Hall of Po Lin Monastery |
Buddhas of the Three Ages inside the Great Hall of Po Lin Monastery |
The Present Buddha in the center, Po Lin Monastery |
One of the Buddhas of the Three Ages |
Painted ceiling of Po Lin Monastery |
Painted ceiling of Po Lin Monastery |
The new hall being constructed behind the Great Hall of Po Lin Monastery |
New carving of a Fire-Breathing Dragon - Po Lin Monastery |
Zhǔntí Púsà - Cundi Bodhisattva, the Mother of Buddhas with her 18 arms representing the 18 merits of Buddhahood |
Inside the Po Lin Monastery, Lantau Island |
Roof of the new hall of Po Lin Monastery, Lantau Island |
Buddhist swastikas, Po Lin Monastery |
The new hall of Po Lin Monastery will dwarf the current Great Hall |
Carved Chinese dragon, Po Lin Monastery |
Guanyin and the Thousand Arms, Po Lin Monastery |
A miniature Buddha, Po Lin Monastery |
A beautiful sandlewood Bodhisattva, Po Lin Monastery |
New construction at Po Lin Monastery |
New construction at Po Lin Monastery |
Flags at Ngong Ping Circle at the base of the Big Buddha |
Tian Tan Buddha, Ngong Ping |
Tian Tan Buddha, completed in 1993, Ngong Ping |
Bronze vessel, Ngong Ping-Lantau Island |
The Tian Tan Buddha is a bronze statue representing the Buddha Amoghasiddhi, one of the five Buddhas of Wisdom |
Climbing the steps to the Big Buddha, Lantau Island |
The Tian Tan Buddha (1993) its on a replica of the Altar of Heaven in Beijing |
Amoghasiddhi - He Whose Accomplishment Is Not In Vain. |
View of Po Lin Monastery while climbing up to the Tian Tan Buddha, Lantau Island |
Lantau Peak from the Tian Tan Buddha, Ngong Ping |
Lantau Peak |
The new Great Hall of Ngong Ping Monastery |
The raised right hand of the Buddha represents the removal of affliction |
Numerous bronze statues of offerings surround the Buddha |
Offerings of the Devas - Ngong Ping |
Offerings of the Devas - Ngong Ping |
Offerings of the Devas - Ngong Ping |
The Tian Tan Buddha symbolized the harmonious relationship between man and nature |
The base on which the Buddha is sitting is modeled on the Altar of Heaven in Beijing |
Unusually, the Tian Tan Buddha does not face the south, but rather to the north east - not quite towards Beijing however |
The Tian Tan Buddha of Lantau Island |
Offerings of the Devas - Ngong Ping |
Offerings of the Devas - Ngong Ping |
Offerings of the Devas - Ngong Ping |
Offerings of the Devas - Ngong Ping |
Offerings of the Devas - Ngong Ping |
There are a total of six statues of the Devas making offerings |
One of the Devas making offerings to the Tian Tan Buddha |
One of the Devas making offerings to the Tian Tan Buddha |
It might take a while to find a clear day in Hong Kong, but the trip to the Big Buddha of Lantau is worth the effort |
Offerings of the Devas - Ngong Ping |
Ngong Ping Village from the Big Buddha - a bit too touristy for my taste |
The Ngong Ping Cable Car from Tung Chung |
Panoramic view of the Po Lin Monastery and the moutons of Lantau from the Tian Tan Buddha |
The Tian Tan Buddha, one of the world's largest Buddha images |
The Tian Tan Buddha, one of the world's largest outdoor seated bronze Buddhas |
The face of the Tian Tan Buddha |
Deva making offerings to the Tian Tan Buddha |
Po Lin Monastery from the Tian Tan Buddha, Lantau Island |
The Buddha of Lantau Island in the afternoon |
For better photos, visit the Tian Tan Buddha in the morning |
Lin Po Monastery, Lantau Island, Hong Kong |
It's tough to compare the sizes of seated Buddhas like this with the colossal standing Buddhas of China and Japan |
Clouds obscuring the peaks of Lantau Island |
Lantau Island is apparently home to most of Hong Kong's prisons |
Dakotas Bar & Lounge, Cathay City |
Dakotas Bar & Lounge, Cathay City |
Discovery Bay |
Discovery Bay |
Discovery Bay |
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