SPD4459 文化遊蹤篇肆-西方寺 Cultural & Historic Footprints Chapter 4: Western Monastery

荃灣最神聖的地方 

The Most Holy Place in Tsuen Wan 

西方寺，位於荃灣老圍三疊潭的佛教聖地，背靠大帽山，前向三疊潭，群山環抱，完全符合傳統風水「背山面水」之格局及享有冬暖夏涼的先決條件。擁有四十年歷史的西方寺全寺面積接近140,000平方尺，成為荃灣區內最有歷史及最充滿佛教氣息的地方之一。

Western Monastery, located in Lo Wai Road, Sam Dip Tam, Tsuen Wan, is a holy place of Buddhism.Western Monastery possesses an excellent geographic location, which is surrounded by Tai Mo Shan and Sam Dip Tam. This geographic pattern in Fung Shui, the major and traditional culture in Chinese, is defined as very good and beneficial to the subsequent generations. Western Monastery possesses at least 40-year history and its area is approximately 140,000 square fit, becoming the most historical and most holy place with full of Buddhism sense in Tsuen Wan.



西方寺是一個雄偉壯觀地方，它的風格是主要模仿古代宮廷建築而成。當你一踏進寺內，你頓時感受到其清幽的環境及文化氣息，是一個使你一瞬間心境平靜的地方。

Western Monastery is an antique Chinese palace with most of the ancient-style buildings inside. While stepping into the monastery, you will immediately find the place how peaceful and tranquil it is and become calm and silent in your mind.

若然你是佛教的追隨者，相信你定必對於西方寺及寺內的文化歷史及建築等會感到有興趣。假若你並不是佛教的愛好者，我們建議你也可前來抱著一個學者及尊敬的態度認識我國最大的宗教－佛教的起源及基本思想內容，同時抱著欣賞的態度，觀摩一下這個莊嚴的宗教聖地！

Surely if you are the follower of Buddhism, you will find out a lot of interesting and valuable history and culture elements inside Western Monastery, and also you will get familiar with the buildings. 

Please don’t worry about it if you are not the lover of Buddhism. This is a good timing to learn more about Buddhism, the biggest religion in China, and to understand the history development and the core concept of Buddhism with full respect. Besides, you can also make use of this opportunity to appreciate this holy monastery in Tsuen Wan.


小提示，除了上一次我們帶您到的圓玄學院外，在老圍路附近還有很多不同的廟宇，其他的就由您慢慢發掘了，歡迎大家踴躍留言分享您找到的廟宇。

A friendly reminder, there are many different kinds of temples around the area of Lou Wai Road, except Yuen Yuen Institute we mentioned last time. You can try to find out the others when you visit there. You are also welcome to share what you have found in this secret Tsuen Wan!

附近資料 (Additional Information)

地址：新界荃灣老圍村三疊潭 

Address : Western Monastery, Lo Wai Road, Sam Dip Tam, Tsuen Wan

開放時間：每天上午九時至下午五時

Opening hours: Everyday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

交通資料 (The Transportation) 

港鐵荃灣站B1出口步行5分鐘至兆和街轉乘81線專線小巴到圓玄學院下車
Tsuen Wan Station Exit B1, walk for five minutes to Shiu Wo Street and take minibus 81 to Yuen Yuen Institute.

(Source: http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E6%96%B9%E5%AF%BAcodf.org.hk/filemanager/template/common/images/booking/tw.jpg, http://huluhk.org/had2012/heritage.php?l=en & http://www.wm.org.hk/zh/intro/) 

*Edited by Chung Ching Tat, Chris & Wong Pui In, Keke
Students of SPD4459 Internet Marketing and Public Relations

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