Temple Street Night Market
Bustling open-air night market famed for street food, fortune tellers, and live Cantonese opera.
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This guide to Temple Street Night Market in Hong Kong opens with a 1968 rumor that the government meant to bulldoze the stalls, and follows the hawkers who organized and fought to keep their pitch. It traces the market's roots back to Tin Hau Temple, built in 1865 for the sea goddess, and introduces the opera singers and fortune tellers who still work the pavement after dark. Best heard after seven in the evening, when the stage lights and lanterns come on.
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