C@Haw Par Mansion

Are in interested in chinese architectural garden?

Situated in Tai Hang Road on Hong Kong Island, the Tiger Balm Garden complex comprises the Tiger Balm Garden, the Haw Par Mansion and its private garden.The gardens were built in 1935 by Mr. Aw as a gift to the people who bought his ointment and made him a multimillionaire, but Mr. Aw's gift carried a message as well. All of the painted tableaux are characters from Chinese fairy tales, from myths, from history, and all, as Mr. Aw wished, are there to teach people to be good, and charitable, and to mend their ways.

 The Haw Par Mansion was built in the Chinese Renaissance style with a blend of Western and Chinese construction methods and architectural theory. The plan is, however, more Western being roughly symmetrical with the adoption of porches, bay windows and fireplaces.

Internally, there are beautiful painted glass windows from Italy, carvings and mouldings, gilded with gold and murals showing Indian and Burmese influence. Over the years there have not been many changes to the Mansion, which retains its authentic appearance as envisaged by Aw Boon Haw.

 

Source:
http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200107/20/0720233.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/1985/10/27/travel/a-fantasy-restored.html?pagewanted=all
       

H@ Central Police Station Compound in Hong Kong Island

Hello, welcome to our blogger.

In our first entry, we would like to share all of you one of the declared monuments in Hong Kong Island which is 'Central Police Station Compound'.

The oldest structure within the compound is a barrack block built in 1864. It is a three-storey building constructed adjacent to Victoria Prison. A storey was later added to the block in 1905
In 1919, Headquarters Block facing Hollywood Road was constructed. Subsequently in 1925, the two-storey Stable Block was constructed at the north-west end of the parade ground and later used as an armoury. The Police Station together with the former Central Magistracy and Victoria Prison form a group of historical architecture representing law and order in Hong Kong.

Nowadays, this Central Police Station Compound became one of the declared monuments in Hong Kong and attracts many tourists, photographers and local residents to visit it.

Have you ever been visited there?


Sources:
http://www.heritage.gov.hk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Police_Station_Compound