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10,000 Budhas Monastery, Hong Kong located on the mountain behind Shatin Pai Tau Village, is a famous Buddhist monastery. The construction of the monastery began in 1949 and ended in 1957 by Reverend Yuet Kai. Sprawling over eight hectares of land, the 10,000 Budhas Monastery, Hong Kong houses five temples, four pavilions, one pagoda, and one veranda. The Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple is the main building of the monastery. There are over 12,800 pieces of fantastic Buddha statues placed on the walls. Each of these statues displays a different posture. In the centre of the temple is seated the statue of Reverend Yuet Kai. A nine storey pagoda is situated on the opposite side of this main temple. Vitasoda - Kwun Yam Pavilion and the 18 Arhans are placed between the pagoda and the temple on both sides of the verandah. The upper portion of the 10,000 Budhas Monastery, Hong Kong, consists of the Temple of The God of Heaven, the Candi Buddha Temple, the Kwun Yam Temple, and the Temple of the Nei Tor (Amita) Buddha. There are different statues of Buddha placed in each of these temples for public to worship. The history of 10,000 Budhas Monastery goes back to 1933 when Reverend Yuet Kai reached this place. He began by preaching Buddhism in a local monastery and soon ended up having many followers. Few years later, after Reverend Yuet Kai was gifted an estate, by a dedicated Buddhist merchant; he intended to set up a Buddhism college here. But soon changed his mind and decided to build a monastery. In 1949 the construction of the 10,000 Budhas Monastery, Hong Kong, began. In 1982, Vitasoda - Kwun Yam Pavilion and the 18 Arhans located in 10,000 Budhas Monastery, Hong Kong, was re constructed. All the statues of Buddha were repainted or coated by pure gold. Few years later in 1997, some buildings of the monastery were destroyed in a seriously landslip due to the stormy rain. The Temple of the God of Heaven and Temple of Kwun Yam were badly damaged. Although the upper portion still remains closed, the lower portion was opened after a renovation that took two years to complete.
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