Yung Shue Tau
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Yung Shue Tau (榕樹頭) is the public square before Tin Hau Temple in Yau Ma Tei of Kowloon in Hong Kong. The name in Cantonese means the head of banyan indicating banyan-covered square. Yung Shue Tau is known natively but seldom written on the maps. The square is bounded by Shanghai Street, Public Square Street, Market Street and the Tin Hau Temple. It splits the Temple Street into north and south sections. The temple and square is deemed as the heart of the Yau Ma Tei and the remnant of fishing traditions.
The square is a gathering place for senior citizens. Many of them play Chinese chess under the banyan trees at the day time. In the evening its surrounding is full of hawkers, Cantonese street opera and fortune tellers, and become the part of tourist attractions, the night market of Temple Street.
