A Shopping Paradise at Temple Street Night Market

 

Temple Street Night Market is an amazing and beautiful sight at night that presents visitors to Hong Kong the opportunity to shop for a plethora of items at extremely affordable prices. The market itself is open after 4PM to midnight but it only really comes to life after sunset.

 

Visitors to this market can expect to find everything from pens, watches, clothes, cassettes, CD’s, DVD’s, toys, and a range of other items. Such a market attracts not only tourists but locals as well who are both on a hunt for great bargains.

 

The greatest thing about this shopping venue is that its shopping opportunities are extremely cheap and offer both men and women a range of different goods at extremely affordable prices. Clothes are the premier item that is on offer at this shopping destination and presents a fantastic chance to stock up on a range of different clothing items at extremely affordable prices.

 

Some of the other highlights of goods that can be found here include a variety of fake branded goods that provide guests the opportunity to purchase look a like products at only a fraction of the price of the original good.

 

There are so many stalls at this market that you’d need at least half an hour to walk past all of them and that would be without doing any actually shopping. Besides shopping the market also has some other events that include listening to the music down at makeshift Karaoke stands. There are also around 20 to 30 fortune tellers in the market all of whom are ready to predict your future.

 

At the very end of the street is the Chinese Opera that offers guests the chance to witness a range of different performances. These are not planned shows, but impromptu plays that are just put on at the spur of the moment.

 

There are also several restaurants in the area that provide the chance to indulge in Array of different cuisine that will not only satisfy your taste buds but at the same time not put a strain on your wallet. There is so much variety to choose from including Indian Curry, Nepalese and more.

 

Staying in a Hong Kong Hotel that is located nearby this fantastic shopping venue such as Eaton Hotel Hong Kong will provide easy access to this destination and ensure for a fun filled shopping trip.

 

Man Mo Temple – Highlight of Literature and War

 

The traditional Chinese temple, Man Mo Temple, is to be found on Hollywood Road in Hong Kong from 1847. This temple also, like other Man Mo temples in China, is dedicated to Gods that represent many legends and beliefs of people. They are the two most venerated and worshiped Gods of China known as the – the God of War – Kwan Yu and the God of Literature – Man Cheung.

 

The Chinese words “Man” and “Mo” gives the meaning of “civil” and “military” and the two images of the Gods can be seen as the God Kwan Yu dressed in red with a sword and Man Cheung dressed in green with a writing brush in hand. Apart from that many other statues of gods related to the Buddhist and Taoist communities can be observed in every facet of the temple.

 

In 1900s when people could not settle down disputes by British law, they used to come to the temple expecting to find a solution by the legal system of the Qing Dynasty. Nowadays people visit the temple mostly during the spring festival not only to pray for fortune but also to donate money in great deal, which is mostly done by business men of financial communities.

 

Other feature that draws visitors’ attention is the wooden sedan chairs with beautiful carvings of the God. They have been used to transport the statues of the two Gods along Hong Kong streets during religious festivals in the 19th century. It is a common view that huge tower-shaped incense coils are hung from the temple’s ceiling and people burn them hoping that it will attract the attention of the Gods. A number of fortune tellers have set up small stalls close to the temple which attracts visitors who are willing to foresee their fortune in the future.

 

It will not be a matter when it comes to staying near the temple as one could easily find convenient accommodation in a stylish Hong Kong hotel like Hotel Jen. It is one of the prominent hotels in Hong Kong that promises a memorable hospitality service to its visitors.

 

Summary: Man Mo Temple on Hollywood Road in Hong Kong is one of the historic temples in China, which is devoted for the two most worshiped Gods demonstrating important aspects of Buddhism and Taoism.