268 steps to Tian Tan Buddha 大嶼山天壇大佛, Po Lin Monastery 寶蓮寺, Ngong Ping 昂坪, Sakyamuni 释迦牟尼, 大雄寶殿, 金剛窟

The Big Buddha on Lantau Island, built by Po Lin Monastery, took 12 years of planning and three years of construction to complete. In 1974, the Hong Kong Government granted the monastery 6,567 square meters of land on Mount Muk Yue for the project. The statue's final bronze piece was placed on October 13, 1989, marking the completion of this iconic landmark with a special topping ceremony.
大嶼山天壇大佛由寶蓮禪寺建造，經過12年策劃及3年建造完成。1974年，香港政府撥出木魚峰6,567平方米土地予寶蓮禪寺興建大佛。1989年10月13日，大佛最後一塊銅片安裝完成，並舉行了隆重的封頂儀式。
The Making of the Tian Tan Buddha, 天壇大佛的誕生: plm.org.hk/eng...
Po Lin Monastery, founded in 1906 by three mainland Chinese monks, was initially called Da Mao Peng (The Big Hut) before its renaming in 1924. Once a remote temple, it gained fame after the construction of the Tian Tan Buddha on Muk Yue Mountain. This 26.4-meter-tall, 250-metric-ton statue of Sakyamuni Buddha, seated in meditation on lotus pedestals, is one of the world's largest. Built between 1981 and 1989 with a steel skeleton and 202 bronze plates, it officially opened in late 1993.
寶蓮禪寺自1906年創建大茅蓬道場以來，1928年建大雄寶殿「大圓滿覺」與「金剛窟」，次年建方丈室、客堂與五觀堂。三十年代後，陸續擴建韋馱殿、彌勒殿、地藏殿、「真香閣」、「指月堂」、「般若堂」、「如是室」及法華塔、華嚴塔、羅漢塔等。至1950年代，寶蓮禪寺已具基本形制與規模。
History of Po Lin, 寶蓮禪寺歷史: plm.org.hk/eng...