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Chi Lin Nunnery - Kowloon City, Hong Kong:

Covering an area of over 30,000 square meters, the Chi Lin Nunnery in Kowloon is strikingly beautiful.

Originally founded in 1934, the Buddhist Temple complex was renovated in 1990 using the style and techniques of the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) - the buildings were constructed entirely from interlocking pieces of wood without using any nails!

As the only example of Tang Dynasty architecture in modern Hong Kong and a private Buddhist nunnery, the Temple complex is essentially a living museum, which includes the nunnery as well as several Temple halls, visitors’ hostels and a vegetarian restaurant. Here, you will see wonderful statues, beautiful lotus covered ponds, and intricately sculpted bonsai trees in an impressive Zen-style rock garden, not to mention a magnificent pagoda dedicated to Ten Thousand Buddhas.

Although a private establishment, visitors are welcome to enter parts of the nunnery, but if you do catch a glimpse of the shaven headed nuns, please be respectful and at all times bear in mind that religious observances may be in progress.