Travelers should not miss Po Lin Monastery’s details

When travelers talk about Lantau Island, they mostly mention the Big Buddha and the Ngong Ping 360 Cable Car ride.

Actually Po Lin Monastery is more important than the Giant Buddha and Ngong Ping Cable Car because this historic temple is the builder of the Big Buddha.

Travelers should not miss the details of Po Lin Monastery.

Frank the tour guide shows travelers the beautiful particulars of Po Lin Monastery, constructions, decorations, offerings, vegetarian foods and animals, in his post and his Lantau private tour.

 

In Frank’s Lantau private tour, Frank offers clients a smooth flow by showing clients Po Lin Temple first.

Thus clients can use their sightseeing time efficiently and get a more relaxed private tour experience.

Constructions, decorations, offerings, vegetarian foods and animals in Po Lin Monastery

Po Lin Monastery’s main Hall on a high platform looks like the main hall in the Forbidden City.

 

This helps the temple to flex its muscle and builds the image as the center of Buddhism in the Southern part of China.

The beautiful decorations, stone lions and stone divine generals, are protecting the temple and the Big Buddha.

 

 

The well-balanced and heavy bronze tripod was for cooking ware at first in the past.

 

Now the tripod with Hong Kong’s city flower, Bauhinia, is for blessing and stabilizing Hong Kong.

The Dharma Wheel actually represents Buddha.

 

There are long incense sticks and the paper lotus flower as the special offerings for Buddha at Po Lin Temple.

 

 

As Buddhism prohibits taking animal’s life, people cannot use barbecued pork as the offering and the foods in the temple are vegetarian only.

Thus there is a big vegetarian restaurant waiting for you at the temple.

 

If you don’t have enough time and just want to try the local vegetarian food, the delicious vegetarian snacks at the temple are for you.

Like other Buddhist temples, Po Lin Monastery has two ponds for pretty Koi fish.

 

Actually fish is a symbol of freedom from all kinds of bonds in Buddhism.

The loyal and cute dogs are kept by the monks and shopkeepers.

 

 

 

When the dogs see that the wild cows want to steal the fruits and other offerings, the mostly calm dogs take action to drive the cows away immediately.

Frank the tour guide first shows his clients Po Lin Monastery in his easy Lantau private tour

During his Lantau private tour, Frank the tour guide first shows clients the details of Po Lin Monastery after taking the Lantau taxi uphill.

Frank then shows clients the Big Buddha and Ngong Ping Market.

At last, Frank arranges the Ngong Ping 360 Cable Car ride to clients.

This smooth flow helps clients to use their valuable sightseeing time efficiently and get a more relaxed private tour experience.

Frank hopes he can tour Lantau Island with you in 2021!