Kam Tin originally known as Chan Tin meaning a fertile land of charm and beauty is a biggest piece of plain in Hong Kong. The most famous ones are the Pat Heung ancient temple and Ling Yuen Monastery.
The ancient temple located at the back of Sheung Tsuen Park was built in Dao Guang reign of the Qing Dynasty. Enshrined in the Temple are Avalokitesvara, Tin Hau (the Queen of Heaven and Protectress of seafarers), Wa Kong the great Emperor and Hou King. Beside it, there are Fong Sui (geomantic) woods with the century-old trees piercing into the sky. It is now open to public as the Ancient Temple Park.
The Lam Yuen is one of the three big ancient Buddhist temples in Hong Kong. It is secluded in the deep and quiet valley and forest on the Northwest Hill of Avalokitesvara (Guan Yin). The temple was constructed in the Ming Dynasty by the son of the 15th generation of Kam Tin Deng family, which was intended as a seclusion for the concubine of his father nee Wong to practise Buddhist cultivation. Outside the temple, pipal tree is planted in memory of the attainment of the Way by the Buddhist patriarch, leading to musing over things of the remote past.
