“Tai Kok Tsui is constantly reshaped in the minds of every generation and every person, and each memory is just a small fragment in the long river of time.”

The Hung Shing Temple in Tai Kok Tsui was built in 1881 at Fuk Tsun Heung area which is the junction of Boundary Street in Sham Shui Po and Tai Kok Tsui Road. In 1928, the government kicked off the land development plan and started reclamation along the coastline of Tai Kok Tsui. Fuk Tsun Heung was demolished and Hung Shing Temple was relocated to the present site at Fuk Tsun Street.

Tai Kok Tsui is situated at the seashore. At that time, fishermen and Shui Sheung Yan (those who make their livelihood in the sea) of Tai Kok Tsui would ask Hung Shing Yeh for blessings as Hung Shing Yeh is the god of the sea. Even though the temple is farther away from the sea and there are not many fishermen in Tai Kok Tsui nowadays, the temple is still visited by many other worshippers. As the community changes, the functions of the gods may vary, but Hung Shing Yeh is the god of the place, and the worshippers believe that he has the power to bless the community.

There is a bronze bell from the seventh year of Guangxu (1887) in the temple which rings out in the Hung Shing Temple. The bell has witnessed the changes of the community over the years, and also embodies the folk beliefs, temple culture and traditional architectural features.

By recasting the bells as art, the contours and details of the bells remain, but each casting is a process of re-forming the metal. Each of the 100 small bells is a little bit different, but only one is complete. Just like Tai Kok Tsui is constantly being reshaped in the minds of every generation, each memory is just a small fragment in the long river of time.