Chi Lin Nunnery with Hong Kong Skyline in the background. It was founded in 1934 as a retreat for Buddhist nuns and was rebuilt in the 1990s

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Chi Lin Nunnery with Hong Kong Skyline Chi Lin Nunnery Hong Kong Skyline Buddhist Temple Tang Dynasty Style The Chi Lin Nunnery is a Buddhist temple complex and also built in the Tang Dynasty style. It was built without any iron nails and uses special interlocking systems cut into the wood to hold everything in place.

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