Cloud Spring Immortal Hall

　　Cloud Spring Immortal Hall is a Taoist temple in Hong Kong, belonging to the Quanzhen School of Taoism. It is located on Ping Yuen Road, Ping Yeung Village, Ta Kwu Ling, North District, New Territories, and is famous for its summer lotus flowers and winter chrysanthemum exhibitions. Originally situated on Mount Xiqiao in Guangdong, the temple was relocated to Hong Kong in 1938 when Xiqiao fell during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Taoist practitioners established a temporary celebration association and, in 1944, founded the Hong Kong Cloud Spring Immortal Hall on Des Voeux Road West. In 1975, they purchased a garden site in Ping Yuen, New Territories, developing it for religious activities and tourism. In 1986, the Lüzu Hall was completed and consecrated, marking the opening of the first chrysanthemum exhibition.

　　The Cloud Spring Immortal Hall features a group of classical Chinese-style palace buildings. The gate plaque, inscribed with the four characters “Cloud Spring Immortal Hall,” was written by Chen Yixin. The main hall, “Chunyang Hall,” has ornamental pillars and enshrines Lüzu as the primary deity, with the “Spirit Official Hall” built in front. The garden area includes a “Moral Square” housing a stele engraved with the full text of Laozi’s “Tao Te Ching.” The “Yizhen Garden” showcases a pottery relief of the “Eight Immortals” and a calligraphic work of the “Hundred-Character Stele of Lüzu” written in clerical script. There are also one large and one small lotus ponds that bloom beautifully in season. In the center of the larger pond stands an “Angling Pavilion,” connected to both shores by a winding bridge, and a statue of Confucius is placed between the two ponds. The temple also features the Cloud Spring Vegetarian Centre, offering vegetarian side dishes and set meals.

　　Wun Chuen Sin Kwoon Must-visit reason: The most beautiful temple in Hong Kong for summer lotuses and winter chrysanthemums