Numerous Daoist halls (daotang) were founded in Hong Kong between the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the Chunyang xianyuan, Congshan tang, Wanfo tang, Cangxia jingshe, and Wong Tai Sin Temple, with most of these belonging to the Xiantiandao. The Fuqing tang of the Hong Kong Ethics Society, for instance, originated from the Zidong shanqing tang in Nanhai, and was established in Hong Kong in 1924 during the heyday of the Xiantiandao. An organization that worshipped both the Xiantiandao and Confucianism, the Hong Kong Ethics Society might not sound unique given the Confucian movements of the early Republican era. However, as the Guangdong Ethics Society and Macau Ethics Society became defunct, the Hong Kong Ethics Society became all the more important. Similarly, the Shanqing branch of the Xiantiandao also used to flourish, but as its Shanqing associations in Guangzhou, Foshan and Macau declined one after the other, the Fuqing tang and its branch, the Shanqing dong, still managed to operate in Hong Kong. This paper is divided into four parts. The first part explores how the Xiantiandao penetrated into and flourished in Guangdong. The second chooses Foshan as an example of the development of Xiantiandao in an urban context, and points out that “spirit-writing” was one of the main features of Shanqing branch. The third discusses the unique conditions of Hong Kong that the Xiantiandao could exploit in its favor. The fourth uses the Fuqing tang of the Hong Kong Ethics Society as a case to explore the changes in the organization and administration of a Daoist association vis-à-vis the dynamics of modernity.