Chi Lin Nunnery, located in Diamond Hill, Kowloon, is one of Hong Kong’s most remarkable cultural and spiritual landmarks. Founded in 1934 , the nunnery originally occupied the site of an old mansion, but its modern form emerged after an ambitious redevelopment in the 1990s. The entire complex was rebuilt as a Tang‑dynasty–style monastic sanctuary , inspired by the Great East Hall of Foguang Temple in Shanxi—one of China’s few surviving Tang wooden structures. What makes Chi