{"id":751,"date":"2019-10-08T19:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T02:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samandmartha.com\/?p=751"},"modified":"2021-01-31T10:19:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T00:19:18","slug":"tin-hau-temple-yau-ma-tai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.samandmartha.com\/tin-hau-temple-yau-ma-tai\/","title":{"rendered":"Tin Hau Temple, Yau Ma Tai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On our last full day in Hong Kong, we went to Tin Hau Temple which was very close to where we were staying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is a traditional Chinese temple and was built in around 1864 to honour the Chinese goddess of the sea, Tin Hau. 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