Hong Kong, Asia World City, is visited by millions of travellers each year, but unfortunately most of them settle for a short visit that include the familiar clichés of Victoria Peak, Stanley Market, Nathan Road and the Star Ferry, not knowing the city has so much more to offer... This article will take you to Shau Kei Wan: An area which boasts some very interesting sightseeing spots and is easy to explore.

Shau Kei Wan lies on the eastern end of Hong Kong Island's north shore, not too far from Causeway Bay, and just like many other suburbs of Hong Kong, it started to develop circa 200 years ago, when a group of local fishermen discovered the typhoon shelter and established a small village...

Getting here is very easy: You can either travel with the MTR along the blue marked Island Line to Shau Kei Wan Station, or ride the tramway all the way to its Shau Kei Wan terminus (Which is just a short stroll from the MTR station)

Shing Wong Temple, our first destination for today, is just a stone's throw from the tramway terminus, on Kam Wa Street (Near the corner of Shau Kei Wan Main Street East). Originally built in 1877, it was the first temple in Hong Kong dedicated to Shing Wong, who is the "city god" in Chinese mythology and is responsible to manage the ghosts and spirits of the city he is in charge of...

If coming by MTR, use exit C and turn left to Mong Lung Street as soon as you walk out of the station, then left again, to Kam Wa St., cross the small roundabout where the tramway terminus is located and you will see the tiny temple on your left.

After visiting the temple, walk back to the tramway terminus and turn right to Shau Kei Wan Main Street East. A short walk down the street will take you to a small Tin Hau Temple that was built in the 1870s and houses some nice murals and beautiful religious artifacts.

Keep on walking along Shau Kei Wan Main St. East. The narrow street, which used to mark the waterfront until the 1860s, is lined with all sorts of exotic shops and authentic eateries that are worth peeping at.

A short stroll will bring you to the corner of A Kung Ngam Village Road, where you turn right and walk to one of the only remaining "traditional villages" on Hong Kong Island. Right next to the diminishing old village there is another small, historic temple, built in honor of Yuk Wong (Jade Emperor), the Taoist ruler of Heaven and all realms of existence below...

From here, we enter the small street next to Hang Tung Resources Centre, cross the main road under the flyover, turn right and walk to Shau Kei Wan's major attraction: The Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence.

Occupying one of the mightiest coastal forts the Brits had ever built, this excellent museum comprises two sections: The museum itself, which is housed within the 1887 built redoubt, is where a permanent exhibition showing "600 years of Hong Kong's Coastal Defence" is displayed, while the outdoor Historical Trail is taking the visitor through the different structures of Lei Yue Mun Fort.

Built in the 1880s to protect the eastern entrance to Victoria Harbour, Lei Yue Mun Fort was a state-of-the-art coastal fortification, in terms of those days... The Historic Trail passes through the Batteries, the Ditch, the Gunpowder Factory and the Torpedo Station, and although many of those structures were damaged during the Japanese invasion, in World War II, there is still a lot to see... Coastal guns and canons are also on display, and if you have any interest in military history, it's surely worth the visit (Otherwise, the views over the Lei Yue Mun Canal are also fantastic).

The permanent exhibition focuses on the history of coastal defence in Hong Kong and Southern China during more than 600 years, from The Ming Dynasty (1368 - 1644) to our days, and the exhibits include hundreds of historic artifacts like uniforms, old weapons, charts, maps and what not...

From the museum, take a few minutes' walk through Tam Kung Temple Road, passing near the Wholesale Fish Market and the boats-shelter, to Tam Kung Temple: A recently renovated temple that was built in 1905 to worship Tam Kung, a sea deity worshiped in Hong Kong and Macau. Although it is relatively small, the temple is quite lavishly decorated and is worth visiting.

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