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10,000 Buddhas Monastery There are actually more than 10, 000 Buddhas to be found in this temple - including 12,800 miniature
statues lining the walls of the main temple alone.
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LANDMARK
AMAH ROCK
This oddly shaped boulder southwest of Sha Tin, like many local landmarks in Hong Kong,
carries a legend. For many years a fisherman's wife would stand on this spot in the hills
above
Lion Rock Country Park
, watching for her husband to return from the sea while
carrying her baby on her back. One day he didn't come back - and she waited and waited.
The gods apparently took pity on her and transported her to heaven on a lightning bolt, leav-
ing her form in stone. Today it's a great day hike.
As you take the MTR south from Sha Tin to Kowloon, Amah Rock is visible to the east
(ie on the left-hand side) up on the hillside after Tai Wai East Rail station, but before the
train enters the tunnel.
TAOIST TEMPLE
CHE KUNG TEMPLE
