Lantau Island

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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