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Tam Kung Birthday Festival

  • Birthday of Tam Kung celebrations, Hong Kong. Photo courtesy Hong Kong Tourism Board

    Tam Kung is an important patron deity of seafarers. His birthday festival, which coincides with Buddha's, is celebrated with considerable devotion and fanfare at the Tam Kung Temple, built in 1905 in the Shau Kei Wan district on Hong Kong Island. Shau Kei Wan is also known as Ah Kung Yam, or "Ancestor's Rocky Hill".

    • When: 2 May 2009 (various dates)
    • Where: Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong Island

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