Man Mo temples in Hong Kong
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Entrance of Man Mo Temple, Hollywood Road | |||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 文武廟 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 文武庙 | ||||||||||||||
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A Man Mo temple, or Man Mo Miu, is a temple dedicated to the Chinese folk god of literature, Man Tai (文帝), or Man Cheong (文昌), and the martial god Mo Tai (武帝), or Kwan Tai (關帝). The two deities were commonly patronized by scholars and students seeking progress in their study or ranking in the civil examinations in the Ming and Qing dynasties. There are several Man Mo temples in Hong Kong, the best-known of which is the one in Sheung Wan.