20120204-WuKaiSha-TaiWai

烏溪沙樂悠遊
Short Walk @ Wu Kai Sha
(烏溪沙鐵路站→落禾沙→烏溪沙村→烏溪沙青年新村→烏溪沙碼頭→烏溪沙小渡頭→長徑村→渡頭灣村→原路回馬鞍山鐵路站)
(Wu Kai Sha Railway Station→Lok Wo Sha→Wu Kai Sha Village→Wu Kai Sha Youth Village [YMCA Camp Site]→Wu Kai Sha Pier→Wu Kai Sha Jetty→Cheung King Village→To Tau Wan Village [Jetty Bay Village]→Ma On Shan Railway station)

Last visit in 2008:
http://www.fotop.net/medalene/5Jul08wukaisha
Album:
http://www.fotop.net/medalene/04feb12WuKaiSha?page=1

http://www.fotop.net/medalene/04feb12WuKaiSha?page=2

http://www.fotop.net/medalene/04feb12WuKaiSha?page=3

http://www.fotop.net/medalene/04feb12WuKaiSha?page=4

http://www.fotop.net/medalene/04feb12WuKaiSha?page=5

http://www.fotop.net/medalene/04feb12WuKaiSha?page=6

Monastery walk @ Tai Wai:

http://www.fotop.net/medalene/04feb12TaiWai

http://medalene.blogspot.com/2012/02/wu-kai-sha.html


























今天乘馬鞍山線 (始於大圍站), 於烏溪沙總站下車. 小時侯, 此地是一片荒野, 但今天已跟市區無異.
在A1 出口起步, 沿西沙路向馬鞍山方向前進, 經行人隧道便可通向烏溪沙村.

J

We took a train @ Ma On Shan Line (East Rail, starts from Tai Wai station) and got down @ Wu Kai Sha destination.
Wu Kai Sha now has become very urbanised like Shatin, which used to be a real "countryside" in the past, with trees everywhere during my childhood time.
Started from Exit A1, we walked along Sai Sha Road to the way for Ma On Shan Town Centre. Walked via the subway and then we reached Wu Kai Sha village.


























從地鐵站步行約5-10分鐘, 已經到了烏溪沙村!!! 小學時代, 學校經常來烏溪沙青年新村旅行, 順道走到村中吃東西, 當時的烏溪沙村仍然很有鄉村風味!!!
我們在風水林內走了一會, 竟然仍找到古老的焚化爐 (以前所有的村落都有一個, 用來燒垃圾~ 小學時我見過這個焚化爐, 還以為已消失了... )!!! 牌坊現在修葺得很美麗, 而村落亦已變得十分現代化了.

J

Just a 5-10 mins' walk, we had reached Wu Kai Sha Village!! During my primary school times, I came here quite often for picnics, with my teachers and classmates, @ YMCA Wu Kai Sha Youth Village, for a half-day camp.
My teachers had brought us to Wu Kai Sha village for snacks!! At that time, Wu Kai Sha village was still not modernised, just with stone houses, bushes and some farmland.
We had a walk in the Feng Shui Forest this morning and found the village incinerator inside (for burning rubbish, there was one incinerator in the past for every village, as very limited rubbish-collection service was provided by the government for rural area in the past)!!!
The archway is very eye-catching, as you walk along Sai Sha Road (In the past, just a little wooden signboard was hanged outside the village).














沿西沙路向雅典居走, 便會看見通往烏溪沙青年新村的指示牌.

J

Walk along Sai Sha Road to Villa Athena (private residential estate) and you can find the direction signs for YMCA Wu Kai Sha Youth village.














從烏溪沙青年新村旁的小路前走, 可通往海邊及烏溪沙碼頭.

J

Starts from YMCA Wu Kai Sha Youth Village, you can reach the seaside and the public pier via this path.














有遊人用石頭在沙灘上弄了一個大大的心!!! 我們幾人也弄了一個小小的心, 送給我們年紀最少, 最可愛, 大家都疼愛的花老 B!!

J

Someone had made a big heart on the beach!! We also made a small one for our youngest, sweet and lovely team-mate, Tachibana san!!
Happy Valentine's Day, Tachibana san!!!




















沙灘上弄潮, 有外星人留下的迅息, 要我們到碼頭聚集.

J

Playing @ the beach, and we found "image message" left by aliens on the sand, telling us to gather @ the ferry pier.














綑邊前行, 有不少紅樹林.

J

We kept on walking along the seacoast, with mangrove everywhere.



























到了小渡頭, 小渡頭以木板砌成, 只有簡陋的鐵罐支撐著 (可能隨時倒塌)!!! 千萬不要在木板上跳!!!
有3隻狗在沙上日光浴, 相當寫意!

J

Now we were @ the old jetty, which is built with wooden boards (with big kerosene cans at the bottom).... it may collapse any time, as the wooden boards are rotten.
DON'T jump when you are walking on it!! NOT suitable for fat people.. :P
Three dogs were having a sunbath on the sand.





































不經不覺已到了渡頭灣村, 有小艇可供出租, 村內有士多售賣汽水食物, 亦有沖身小屋供泳客使用 (HK$5 一次).

J

We walked and walked along the seacoast and then we reached To Tau Wan Village (Jetty Bay Village, near the jetty!).
There are boats for rental, food stalls and little huts for swimmers to have a shower (HK$5 each time).






























































終於走到沙灘的盡頭!! 經小段林路到盡處一看, 風景非常美麗, 到處都是海藻和紅樹林!! 此處已是白石, 如再深入叢林便會進入西貢區.
因為水漲, 不得已走入海水中, 海邊的樹長滿了尖刺, 不小心一抓, 手掌險些給刺穿.

J

Now we had reached the cape!!! Also the end-point of our walk!! We walked through some bushes and stopped near the sea cape to have a look.
The scenes are so beautiful!! GREEN everywhere!! Full of bushes, mangrove and algae!!
This side is Pak Shek, and if you keep on moving forward through the bushes, you may reach Sai Kung side.
Due to high tide this morning, we had to walk into the water!! I didn't notice that the trees at the seaside are full of thorns, when I grabbed a branch, the pain was so great, together with holes on my palm (Luckily my skin is very thick, no bleeding at all)!!






























最後經村路返回馬鞍山, 原來另外有一條村!!

J

We walked along the village path for Ma On Shan railway station, as we were walking, we could find another village, with boats for rental!!!!








離開馬鞍山, 大家都決定乘火車到車公廟一遊. 原來大家都沒有去過車公廟!!

J

Leaving from Ma On Shan and ahead for Che Kung Temple!! All of us havn't been to Che Kung Temple before!! As it is the "birthday" of Deity Che Kung, it is the right time for us to have a visit!














到達車公廟之前, 路上有一佛寺 "古巖淨院", 是一所供奉觀佛像(五位如來及菩薩)及泰國神像(大梵天王~~ 即四面神, 另有源自印度的泰國財神)的寺廟, 在香港並不常有.

J

Before going to Che Kung Temple, there is a monastery, "Koo Yim Monastery", which is a Thai monastery with the sculptures of the 5 Tathagata (For East, South, West and North with one at the top, who is for all directions) and Bodhisattvas, together with a sculpture of Brahma and God of Wealth from Thailand (originated from India).
Thai monastery is NOT common in Hong Kong, so we all went inside to have a visit.




















是日立春: 很多信眾來為車公叔叔慶祝春天來臨, 四處人山人海.

J

Today was the beginning of Spring!! People everywhere @ the temple, they all came for the Spring carnival, for Deity Che Kung.




















在車公廟後面, 有一所非常清幽寧靜的寺院, 名 "慈航淨院", 內裡環境幽美, 訪客不多, 大家趕及在16:30 關門前進入, 到寺內參拜.

詳情可看: 慈航淨院網頁

J

There is a Buddhist Monastery at the back of Che Kung Temple, Chi Hong Monastery, a silent and beautiful monastery, offering "Buddhist Studies" and relevant subjects,
for those who are interested in Buddhism.

For details please refer to their website: Chi Hong Monastery (Chinese ONLY).

20120128-TszWanShan

慈雲山寺廟遊 (黃大仙)
Monastery walk @ Tsz Wan Shan, Wong Tai Sin(慈雲山北→沙田坳道→獅子亭→沙田坳道慈雲山觀音寺→法藏寺→慈雲閣→志蓮淨院→南蓮園池)
(Tsz Wan Shan North→Shatin Pass Road→Lion Association Pavilion→Guan-yin Monastery→Fat Jong Temple→Tsz Wan Kok Tao Monastery→Chi Lin Nunnery→Nan Lian Garden)

交通 Traffic:

巴士 Bus: 3C, 2F, 3M, 15A
小巴 Minibus: 37M, 18



Album:

慈雲山寺院行 For Tsz Wan Shan

http://www.fotop.net/medalene/28jan12TszWanShan?page=1

http://www.fotop.net/medalene/28jan12TszWanShan?page=2

http://www.fotop.net/medalene/28jan12TszWanShan?page=3

http://www.fotop.net/medalene/28jan12TszWanShan?page=4

http://www.fotop.net/medalene/28jan12TszWanShan?page=5

http://www.fotop.net/medalene/28jan12TszWanShan?page=6

http://medalene.blogspot.com/2012/01/tsz-wan-shan.html



慈雲山觀音寺的猴子軍團 Monkey gangsters @ Guan-yin Temple, Tsz Wan Shan:

http://www.fotop.net/medalene/28jan12MonkeysTWS?page=1

http://www.fotop.net/medalene/28jan12MonkeysTWS?page=2

慈雲閣的地獄十八景 Scenes of Hell @ Tsz Wan Kok Tao Monastery:

http://www.fotop.net/medalene/28jan12ScenesOfHell

鑽石山志蓮淨院及南蓮園池 Chi Lin Nunnery and Nan Lian Garden @ Diamond Hill:

http://www.fotop.net/medalene/28jan12ChiLinNunnery?page=1

http://www.fotop.net/medalene/28jan12ChiLinNunnery?page=2






















從黃大仙地鐵站的 A 或 E 出口起步, 先左轉, 再步向沙田坳道 (沙田坳是在黃大仙區, 是可通向沙田的路段, 但要步行數小時!!!).
在沙田坳道的小巴總站乘18號小巴, 於法藏寺站下車. 山路又斜又長, 要有準備才上山.

J

Start from Exit A or E of Wong Tai Sin MTR station, turn left and walk to Shatin Pass Road
(Shatin Pass is a path in Wong Tai Sin, leading to Shatin, but you'll need to walk for a few hours to reach Shatin!!!!).

Then you can see many mini-buses there, take number 18 and get down @ Fat Jong Temple.
The footpath is very long and steep, get enough water before you move uphill.














經沙田坳道上山, 沿路全是樹林, 難以想像在非常都市化的黃大仙都可以行山!!

J

Walk along Shatin Pass Road, you'll find the whole place is covered by bushes and mountains!!!
You can't imagine you can have hiking in Wong Tai Sin, which is a highly urbanized district!








慈雲山觀音寺的休憩亭, 名紫竹亭, 在半山上.

J

A sun shelter along the hillside of Shatin Pass Road, which is named as "Purple Bamboo Pavilion",
it is part of the Guan-yin monastery.














紫竹亭旁邊是獅子會的獅子園, 穿過此地便是獅子亭.

J

Here is the entrance of Lions Garden (built by Lions Clubs International), enter and you can find Lions Pavilion at the other side.




















獅子亭對面是十二芴村, 亦是衛奕信徑通向獅子山的路段之一. 村外有士多, 有豆腐花及食物飲品. 附近亦有燒烤場, 位於沙田坳康樂區內.

J

At the opposite side of Lions Pavilion, there is a food stall outside Shap Yi Wat village, with chilled sweet tofu and other snacks and drinks!
Wilson Trail for Lion Rock is here too!! There are BBQ sites nearby, which are part of "Shatin Pass Recreation Area", just next to this food stall.














稍下山返回慈雲山觀音寺的路段, 有指示牌可步向山下的觀音寺.
路上有很多猴子, 由於農曆新年有很多遊人帶了水果來觀音寺拜祭, 猴子軍團一直在寺院附近聚集, 一見有水果便一大群從樹上跳下.
猴子軍團偶爾還會搶去遊人的膠袋, 希望能找到水果, 大家要小心.
牠們甚至跳上神檯上偷水果吃!!!
要看猴子軍團的活動~~ 按此

J

Just walk back and down-slope for Guan-yin Monastery, you can see the road sign on the road.
Lots of monkeys gathered around the monastery, as many visitors brought fruit for worshipping during the Chinese New Year holidays,
monkey gangsters wanted to get some more fruit.

Monkeys sometimes will grab hikers' bags for food, and they even jump up to the shrine of Guan-yin monastery to get fruit.
To have a look @ the monkey gangsters, click here.




















在慈雲山觀音寺外.

J

Outside Tsz Wan Shan Guan-yin monastery.






































觀音寺非常古樸, 不少地方正在維修中. 內有甘露亭, 水月宮, 山上有姻緣石, 山下有大雄寶殿.

J

This Guan-yin Monastery is very old and some of the buildings are under maintenance work.
There are pavilion, Shui Yuet Palace, Rock of love and marriage near the hilltop, and the Great Heroes' Hall.




















經沙田坳道下山, 到法藏寺一遊.

J

We walked downhill along Shatin Pass Road, and had a visit @ Fat Jong Temple.





















從慈雲山道的沙田坳邨前走, 可到達慈雲閣, 一所有名的道觀 (在伊斯蘭小學對面).
在80年代, 長沙灣屠宰場中有一頭等待被宰的牛, 流著淚跪在地上求人不要殺牠, 屠夫便把牠送給慈雲閣, 直至牠年老病逝.

J

We walked along Tsz Wan Shan Road, from Shatin Pass Estate. You can see Tsz Wan Kok, a Tao Monastery, which is just at the opposite side of an Islamic Primary School.
This Tao Monastery is very famous, there was a TRUE story in the early 80s,
a cow from Cheung Sha Wan Slaughterhouse (closed now) weeped in tears and knelt before the workers in the slaughterhouse,
just like begging for its life. So the workers sent this cow to Tsz Wan Kok Tao Monastery, and the cow lived in the monastery until it became old and died.




















居然有一印度人的石像在此! :D

道觀內有很多有趣的石刻及景物.

J

Oh!! There is a stone Indian security guide outside the monastery!! lol!!!

There are many interesting scenic spots and rock carvings here, come and have a look!!


























道觀內另一著名景點~~ 天然山洞內的地獄十八景!! 山洞看來陰森可怖, 內裡又冷又濕, 加上地獄景像栩栩如生, 真的令人不寒而慄!!

J

A well-known scenic spot here~~ a naturally formed cave with 18 scenes of Hell!!!
It is humid and cold inside the cave, surrounded by lots of horrifying statues, really look like Hell!!!!




















道觀內的其他景物

J

Other scenes @ the monastery.


























離開慈雲山, 乘小巴到志蓮淨院及南蓮園池參觀.

J

We took a minibus and left Tsz Wan Shan after the visit @ Tsz Wan Kok.
Then we had a walk @ Chi Lin Nunnery and Nan Lian Garden @ Diamond Hill.