2025年03月14日
//Kwong Fook Tsz, situated at 40 Tai Ping Shan Street in Sheung Wan and constructed in 1895, was primarily built to house ancestral tablets for immigrants from the Chinese mainland who had passed away in Hong Kong.
It also served as a shelter that provided care and treatment for patients, the destitute, and the elderly without family support. Historically, no other existing temples in Hong Kong fulfilled the same functions.
The temples also contributed to the establishment of Tung Wah Hospital, initiating its charitable works that began in the mid-to-late 19th century. It witnessed the rise of the Chinese community and the development of the Sheung Wan area, holding significant historical importance.
Edward Yuen Siu-bun, a member of the Antiquities Advisory Board, said that in traditional Chinese society, women assisting in childbirth were not formally trained. The Old Tsan Yuk Maternity Hospital was the first maternity hospital for Chinese women in Hong Kong that trained midwives, reflecting the integration of Chinese and Western cultures in Hong Kong.//
