The large red barge in the Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter may look like just another houseboat, but it has a special place in the life of Hong Kong's fishing community.
Its folding metal gates conceal a Taoist temple to goddess of the sea Tin Hau that serves as a daily place of worship for the shelter's fishermen.
It is visited by sailors from around the world.
Temple chief Leung Yau, who opens the temple from 8am to 4pm, said it was created by a fisherman during the Japanese occupation to house a statue of Tin Hau found on Triangular Island in the Pearl River Delta.
Mr Leung said he visited the island again in the early 1990s and found another statue of the deity - thought to be 200 years old - and an ancient stone monument in a ruined temple.
He brought the sacred objects back to Hong Kong and put them on display in the temple. A third statue of Tin Hau, obtained from Macau, was added later.
