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Temple Street Night Market Hong Kong's liveliest market is full of activity, from the food stalls to Cantonese opera and fortune-telling.
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TEMPLE
TIN HAU TEMPLE
8am-5pm; Yau Ma Tei, exit C)
This large, incense-filled sanctuary built in the 19th century is one of Hong Kong's most
famous Tin Hau (Goddess of the Sea) temples. The public square out front is Yau Ma Tei's
communal heart where fishermen once laid out their hemp ropes to sun next to Chinese ban-
yans that today shade chess players and elderly men. Yau Ma Tei Police Station is a listed
blue-and-white structure one block to the east along Public Square St.
HISTORIC BUILDING
YAU MA TEI POLICE STATION
A stone's throw from Tin Hau Temple is this handsome Edwardian police station (c 1922)
with arcades and arches. You may have caught a glimpse of it in the film
Rush Hour 2
.
Some of its architectural features have been adapted for feng shui reasons - crime-fighting
is a high-risk profession. For instance, the portico at the main entrance is set in an indented
corner to better protect the building's inhabitants.
MARKET
JADE MARKET
The covered Jade Market, split into two parts by Battery St, has hundreds of stalls selling all
varieties and grades of jade. But unless you really know your nephrite from your jadeite, it's
not wise to buy expensive pieces here.
MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL
CHIN WOO ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
2.30-9pm; Jordan, exit B1)
This is the 88-year-old branch of the Chin Woo Athletic Association, founded 100 years ago
in Shanghai by the famed kung-fu master Huo Yuanjia (). The Shanghai school was featured
in Bruce Lee's
Fist of Fury
and Let Li's
Fearless
. You can visit the school during opening
hours. Classes, however, are taught mainly in Cantonese.
CHURCH
KOWLOON UNION CHURCH