This is where you find enclosed small lakes with lilies, flowering plants, small bridges and plenty of benched seating. The North and South Gardens are particularly relaxing. There are Walled Gardens with traditional moon gate entrances, buildings and pavilions of traditional Chinese architecture, numerous planted trees, shrubs, flowering plants, artificial ponds, streams and even a small waterfall. Here visitors can enjoy much open space, holiday installations which are particularly interesting during festival periods like Chinese New Year and nice garden grounds. The park opened in 1988 and can be visited from 6.30am to 11pm daily. Sha Tin Park is a public park providing 8 hectares of rural and leisure grounds between New Town Plaza shopping mall and the Shing Mun River in Sha Tin. However, for expats or regular visitors wanting to check out new and different places, the Tao Fung Shan Christian Centre might be a place with making effort to visit. Thus, not likely a place many first time visitors to the city will make or have time to see. Overall, the Tao Fung Shan Christian Centre is a peaceful location and an interesting historic place that you probably won't find in tourism information or tour guidebooks for Hong Kong. Note: There are public toilets near the Entrance Archway as well as a small Art Shop and Information Centre in the building beside the Christ Temple.
Other highlights include a 12 metre tall cross facing the township of Sha Tin and a stone labyrinth and lotus pond. There are courtyards with moon gate entrance, a delightful octagonal pavilion like 'Christ Temple'. Within the Centre, visitors will find plenty of signage and basic history information explaining what you are looking at and when various building structures were constructed. The trail leading up to Tao Fung Shan start just outside the Sha Tin MTR Station and require a 20-25 minute uphill walk, partly along a paved path through mountainside forest and then up the To Fung Shan Road until you recent the Centre. The Eentre grounds are open to the public, allowing all to explore the unique Grade II historic buildings, seeing unique examples of Chinese architecture with western Christian elements. This is a Christian Centre founded and built upon a ridge above Sha Tin between 1930 and 38 by Norwegian missionary Karl Ludvig Reichelt. They will appear and try to steal your belongings so be careful! Or possibly just sit and watch you as you go by, who knows! Going down you will end up in a little community area, with small houses and local people going aboutt thier business. Fewer Buddha’s on this route but watch out for the monkeys. You can go down again, but this time using a different path. You can sit and rest for a while, or snap some pictures. This pagoda is actually featured on the 100HKD bill and is an iconic landmark of this city! You can have the cnahce to climb the 9 floors and see the vista below you. All one can do is just gawk at it in awe. This is a very peaceful spot, and you can just while away some time here, wouldn’t even believe you are in a mega city like HKĪ giant towering pagoda also greets you at the top. A magnificent view of downtown HK is provided too. The statues become grander and more ornate as you climb and at the top is a wonderful temple where you can pay your respects. Check out each Buddha, each one has a unique and different expression. As you ascend the 430 steps you will be gazed upon by these looming figures. Lifelike golden Buddha’s, glittering in the sun, stretching as far as the eye can see. Tucked away this is not the easiest place to find, but when you do you be instantly blown away by the sight. the Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery was founded in the 1950’s and is not only just one monastery, but consists of 5 temples, 4 pavilions and 1 pagoda. The Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery is a wonderful addition to your Hong Kong itinerary. But I can assure you the trip here is worth it. Maybe due to its location or maybe because some walking is involved, I’m really not sure.
However unlike the main attractions this is far less busy. Consistently in the top 10 things to do in most Hong Kong travel guides, this is truly a memorable experience.
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