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Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: See walled villages from the 13C-14C and the Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall, the oldest and largest clan ancestor worship space in the city. – Green Guide Editor
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: A strategic point on the peninsula since the 16C, this was a no man's land where illegal activity flourished for almost a century til it became a park in 1987. – Green Guide Editor
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: The collections are from the Tang period (618-907) to today, but you'll learn the techniques of infusing tea go all the way back to the Neolithic Era. – Green Guide Editor
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Zen-like simplicity and meditation means pools adorned with lotuses, gently tinkling bells, and birds singing in the bougainvillea. Try the vegetarian restaurant. – Green Guide Editor
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Built in the Qing style in 1973, it's dedicated to the Taoist god of healing and luck, hence all the gamblers and fortune tellers hanging around. – Green Guide Editor
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Worshippers tie ribbons on banyan trees at this brightly colored temple founded in the 18C to honor the goddess of the sea. Fortune tellers give readings. – Green Guide Editor
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: This modern museum has six floors of calligraphy, Chinese antiquities, religious icons, and fine art dating from 4C to today. – Green Guide Editor
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Laid out in 1861, the quiet northern section has colonial-style homes, while the south end’s neon-covered shopping centres are open til midnight. – Green Guide Editor
Michelin Travel & Lifestyle: Clouds of fragrant incense smoke fill this 1840 temple honoring both literature and the military. All furnishings came from the Chinese mainland. – Green Guide Editor