Yuen Chau Tsai

Yuen Chau Tsai was an island in Tolo Harbour, Hong Kong.

Tai Wong Yeh Temple (大王爺廟) is located at the Island House Interchange.

The temple was originally a stone tablet which was erected on the northern shore of Yuen Chau Tsai by the villagers in Chik Mei Village, located on the north bank of the Shenzhen River, in the mid-Qing Dynasty.

[1] In 1960, a formal launching ceremony for dragon boats was first held at the Tai Wong Yeh Temple in Yuen Chau Tsai is held on Dragon Boat Festival.

[1] In 1960s, John Walden, who was the first one to report the site, collected stone adzes and geometric pottery sherds at the shoreline and the southern slope of Yuen Chau Tsai.

Aerial photograph of Yuen Chau Tsai.
Tai Wong Yeh Temple at Yuen Chau Tsai.