Nan Lian Garden and Chi Lin Nunnery, Hong Kong

After Wong Tai Sin, we then visited Nan Lian Garden and the Chi Lin Nunnery, two other must see landmarks in Hong Kong. The Chi Lin Nunnery, as the name implies, is a Buddhist nunnery and is a stunning, grand, and elegant monastery complex in accordance with the Tang dynasty architecture.

Nan Lian Garden is basically a park amid the high-rise apartment blocks of Hong Kong in the Chi Lin Nunnery complex. It was built in the ancient style of the Tang dynasty (AD 618-906), meticulously landscaped, in which every hill, rock, body of water, plant and timber structure is placed according to specific rules and methods, over an area of 3.5 hectares. Famous spot in Nan Lian Garden is this:

And there's this smoking terraced lawn in front:

A walk further inside the garden, will reward you with this:

Syempre, kailangan may photo din with me in it! It was a bit sunny...

Further on:

By the artificial waterfalls:

On the way outside the garden, whatever the Chinese characters said, lol:

P.S.
I really like this photo I took, while infront of the Chi Lin Nunnery:

Wong Tai Sin Temple, Hong Kong

Wong Tai Sin Temple is a Taoist temple established in 1921, and is one of the most famous temples in Hong Kong.

We visited Wong Tai Sin Temple on our second day in Hong Kong last June 3, 2011. Since this is our second time in Hong Kong already, we did not go to the places we have visited the first time. We visited what did not fit our itinerary the first time, last year, September 2010.

I actually planned a Hong Kong Cultural Heritage Tour, but the shopaholic in me was not able to resist the temptations of Mongkok shopping district, so most of our time were spent scouring through Mongkok for the best bargains. So off we went to Wong Tai Sin since it was on the list of must see places as outlined by the Hong Kong Tourism Board in the brochures that they gave away at the HKIA.

We rode the MTR, from the Tsuen Wan line to Prince Edward station and then changed to Kwun Tong Line to Wo Tai Sin station. You'll never get lost once you're out of the station, arrows and directions are clearly indicated on the walkways. HK is after all a very tourist friendly city. This huge archway greets you as you enter the Wong Tai Sin complex:

At the main entrance to the Wong Tai Sin temple complex:

At the Wong Tai Sin Temple itself: