Hong Kong is a small place. But there are plenty of attractions.Our aim is introduce the Hong Kong famous attraction, even the secret attraction. Come! look what we find!
Stanley is a popular spot. Stanley is a lovely peninsula town in southwest Hong Kong Island. There are two beautiful beaches and famous dry market. Stanley has a lot of attractions such as Stanley Prison, Murray House and Tin Hau Temple.
Feeling
Stanley Market is the place which most attractive. The ever popular Stanley Market is situated in Stanley New Street near the Stanley food market. It is a fair of small shops and street stalls flaunting handicrafts and souvenirs rich in local flavour. You will find an interesting array of little shops selling silk garments, sportswear, art, Chinese costume jewelry and souvenirs.
Now the Stanley prison becomes Hong Kong Correctional Services Museum. It is opening for visitors. You can see what the life of prisoner is.
Moreover, you can see oldest and classical architecture style building—Murray House. Today Murray House is become a restaurant and Hong Kong Maritime Museum.
Come to Stanley. Stanley can let you know more about Hong Kong History.
How get there:
You can catch one in Central from the bus terminal at Exchange Square. Take route 66, 6, 6A, 6X and 260
Point to notes:
1) 6, 6X and 66 have final departures at approximately 19:30.
2) Only 260 offer late night departures from Stanley after approximately 22:00.
In Hong Kong this modern city, we can find one place producing a green and peaceful environment studded with Chinese pavilions and ponds. This is The Kowloon Walled City Park. It sits on the site of the former Kowloon Walled City. Many historic relics are well preserved in the Park and they evoke your's memories of the past. The Park is laid out in the Jiangnan garden style of the early Qing Dynasty. In my opinion, you must visit this attraction when you come to Hong Kong!
Tips:
Since Kowloon Walled City Park has always been a popular destination for both local resident and overseas tourists. To enhance visitors' interest in enjoying the scenery in the Park, free guided tours supported with Cantonese explanation are organised on a daily basis. Each tour is organised for 10 to 30 participants, lasts around 45 minutes.
Mondays to Fridays Time
10 am - 10:45 am (Group 1)
11:15 am - 12 noon (Group 2)
Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays
There are six guided tours are organised daily. In addition to the sessions reserved for group bookings, there are sessions open to individual visitors, who may sign up on the spot. Details of the sessions are as follow:
Time
9 am - 9:45 am (individual visitors)
10 am - 10:45 am (pre-arranged groups)
11 am - 11:45 am (individual visitors)
2 pm - 2:45 pm (pre-arranged groups)
3 pm - 3:45 pm (individual visitors)
4 pm - 4:45 pm (individual visitors)
The Hong Kong Wine and Dine Month had begun. The first event is the Hong Kong Wine and Dine Festival. It had wonderful food and wine for visitors to enjoy. If you miss this event, don’t worry. There will be lots of event throughout November.
Today, we go to the first heritage trail in Hong Kong-Pin Shan Heritage Trail which is opened in 12 December. Ping Shan is one of the historial district in Hong Kong. Tang clan is the 5 big clans in the New Territories. The buildings and construction is in the good condition untill now. The heritage trail is about one kilometer, it meanders through Hang Mei Tsuen, Hang Tau Tsuen and Sheung Cheung Wai. Along the trail, there is the clear signpost for the visitor to easy to understand the way of the trail.Also, the is some exhibition boards show in the buildings, therefore visitors can easyily understand the tranditional real life of the residents. So, every year, the trail attract a lot of visitor to explor the history about Hong Kong and Tang clan. Also, it attracts the teachers and students to have a history leason in the Ping Shan.
Let's start the trip form the Tsui Shing Lau Pagoda. This is the only one of ancient pagoda in Hong Kong. According to the Tang pedigree, the pagoda is over 600 years. The site and the shape of the pagoda is designed because of FengShui. They aimed to protect the villagers and bless them get the honor in the public examination.
Sheung Cheung Wai is the houses of the Tang clan, it was over 200 years.
Yeung Hau Temple is one of the six temple which deity to the Hau Wong. However, nobody knows the actually time of building this temple, but we believe that it has over hundred years ago. The structure of the temple is simple, there is only 3 rooms, they are deity the Hau Wong, To Tei and Kam Fa respectively. In 2002, the temple has repair comprehensively.
Old well is next the Sheung Cheung Wai and Yeung Hau Temple. It build by the old Tang villagers. This is the major water source to the villiagers.
Shrine of the Earth God dedicated to To Tei Kung. The villagers believe it can protect them and they will use the stone to represent the god.
Tang Ancestral Hall is the main hall of Tang clan. It is over 700 years old. The structure and decoration of the building is magnificent. In 2001, The hall was declared a monument.
Yu Kiu Ancestral Hall is another hall of Tang clan. In the old days, apart from serving the hall as an ancestral hall, it is the hall for teaching the childern. In 2001, The hall was declared a monument.
Kun Ting Study Hall has two ways to use, first for teaching purpose, second for ancestral worship. As Tang clan villagers want more young people to get honor through the public examination, therefore, they build a lot of multi purpose hall for the villagers.
Hung Shing Temple was built by the Tang clan. Hung Shing is widely worshipped, particularly by fishermen and people whose livelihood depend largely on the sea.
Ching Shu Hin is next to the Kun Ting Study Hall, therefore, it is used as the guest room to welcome the guest.
At the end of the trail, there is the Ping Shan Tang Clan Gallery cum Heritage Trail Visitor Centre which is the old Ping Shan Police Station. In 2002, the government change it as a gallery and visitor centre to provide more information about Ping Shan to the visitors.
How to get there?
West Rail Line Tin Shui Wai Station
Opening Hours:
Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda
Open daily 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. & 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed on Tuesdays, New Year's Day, the first three days of the Chinese New Year, Christmas Day and Boxing Day
Tang Ancestral Hall
Open daily 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. & 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed on the first three days of the Chinese New Year.
Yu Kiu Ancestral Hall
Open daily 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. & 2 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Closed on the first three days of the Chinese New Year
Ping Shan Tang Clan Gallery cum Heritage Trail Visitors Centre
Open Daily 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Closed on Mondays (except Public Holidays) and the first two days of the Chinese New Year
The Peak is most famous and popular attraction in Hong Kong. The Peak is landmark of Hong Kong. Someone say that “if you visit Hong Kong, you never go to The Peak.” You actually haven’t visit Hong Kong yet. Why The Peak is so famous? It is because you can see the whole view of Victoria Harbor and the Central. In The Peak, there is famous museum—Madame Tussauds Hong Kong.
Feeling:
Every time go to The Peak, you have different experience. It is not a lie. I had went to The Peak several time, the wide view of Central and Victoria Harbor is different and shocking me every time. Even though heavy fog is annoying and disturbing your mood, while you see the view on The Peak, your mood will come back. Fog is adding a mysterious and romantic feeling. If you have time, you must go to Sky Terrace. On Sky Terrace, you can see 360-degree panoramic view across the Hong Kong.
How to get there:
1) Take MTR to Hong Kong Station F Exit, Ground floor of IFC Mall, take route 1 minibus
2) Take MTR to Hong Kong Station A1 Exit, Exchange Square, take route 15 Route
3) Take MTR to Admiralty station B Exit, walk along Queensway, then turn to Garden Road, walk
along Garden Road, you can see Peak Tram Station on the side of the road
Point to notes
1) In sunny day, The Peak are located at high sun exposure place, Visitors should bring along
sunblock such as sun screen lotion, umbrellas or hats etc;
2) In Autumn or winter, visitors should take a jacket. It is because there is quite cold.
I went to Apliu Street on Saturday. It was crowed and the weather was hot in the afternoon. Apliu Street looks like a big flea market. Visitors could buy electrical equipments such as mobile phones, audios and lights. Also, we found there were second hand books and CDs. Therefore Apliu Street is famous for ‘geek shopping’.
The Chinese name of Apliu Street is meaning of ‘the duck cage’. Many years ago Apliu Street was a village that people would farm.
In the surrounding area of Apliu Street, there is a Golden Shopping Arcade. It is famous for selling computers and related equipments.
Also, there are lots of shops selling street snacks. It tasted nice and it is popular for both tourists and local people.
Today, I visited this place. In fact, they spread all over the world over 26 countries and 150 cities.
As the program is focus on your personal feeling, therefore, I would not discover what I had do during the program.
However, you will get a lot after joined this program. It is another way to know more about Honf Kong.
