Incense cone, joss-stick, gold statue interior of the Kwun Yam Temple, with two Chinese ladies at prayer, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

---

Kwun Yam (or Guanyin), the buddhist Goddess of Mercy, is widely worshipped in Hong Kong. The small, but vividly-coloured Kwun Yam Temple is situated south of Hollywood Road, in Sheung Wan, which retains a flavour of an older Hong Kong.

---

Size: 4944px × 3408px
Location: Kwun Yam Temple, Tai Ping Shan Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, China
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: altar, ash, buddha, buddhism, buddhist, china, chinese, cones, deities, deity, figurin, flames, goddess, gods, gold, hong, incense, interior, joss-sticks, kong, kwun, ladies, mercy, offerings, ornamental, ornaments, prayer, praying, red, religion, religious, room, shrine, shrines, statue, tassels, temple, temples, worship, worshippers, worshipping, yam