Monastery Po Lin

Po Lin Monastery is situated on Ngong Ping plateau near the Big Buddha on Lantau Island. Founded in 1906 by three monks from Jiangsu province originally called "Big Hut" it was transformed into Po Lin Monastery under monk Ji Xu's leadership in 1924. Here operate Fat Ho Clinic and Cheung Mei Guy Kindergarten funded through charitable donations. The monastery also features Ten Thousand Buddhas Hall while old paifan gates served as mountain entrances from the 1930s until 1971.