ABSTRACT
Cheung Chau. Practically all the commumtles in the Colony, whose economy depends on t~e products of sea and land, worship the Queen of Heaven who is primarily the patroness of those who earn their living upon the waters. Though her temple is adjacent to the main shrine, the Spirit of the North, Pei Ti (;It*, ) in the Palace of Jade Vacuity ( .3S.1IfI~ ) overshadow.. her in the esteem of the inhabitants of Cheung Chau.
