page_title: Tung Chung
section_title: Ngong Ping: Big Buddha, Po Lin Monastery and Ngong Ping 360
hierarchical_section_title: Tung Chung / Sights and attractions / Ngong Ping: Big Buddha, Po Lin Monastery and Ngong Ping 360
caption_attribution_description: English: Hong Kong Buddha
context_page_description: Tung Chung, meaning "eastern stream", is an area on the northwestern coast of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. One of the most recent new towns, it was formerly a rural fishing village beside Tung Chung Bay, and along the delta and lower courses of Tung Chung River and Ma Wan Chung in the north-western coast of Lantau Island. The area was once an important defence stronghold against pirates and foreign military during the Ming and the Qing dynasties.
  Developed as part of the Airport Core Programme, the North Lantau New Town is the first new town on an outlying island of Hong Kong, with the first phases built on reclaimed land to the north, east and northeast of the original Tung Chung Town. Administratively, Tung Chung is part of Islands District.
context_section_description: Tung Chung serves as the gateway for those wishing to explore Ngong Ping's Big Buddha, the world's largest seated outdoor bronze Buddha statue; and Po Lin Monastery.
  Ngong Ping can be reached by:
  The Ngong Ping 360 cable car
  Buses from Tung Chung Town Centre; plying between Tung Chung and Ngong Ping via Tung Chung Road and South Lantau Highway
  Hiking trail
caption: Big Buddha
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