Hong Kong Sung Wong Toi park
Sung Wong Toi is located in Kowloon City, Hong Kong is a commemorative monument, park to its present site officially inaugurated at the end of 1959, according to legend is the Song Emperor Emperor Duanzong Zhao is, and his brother Zhao Bing is hunted Yuan army, fled south in exile here, to commemorate this, on the big stone "Sung Wong Toi" in the name. "Sung Wong Toi" monument was originally a large stone, a stand called "Holy Mountain" hill in Ma Tau Chung beach, which later became the Kai Tak airport terminal area, "Sung Wong Toi" stone was later migrated to a distance of about 300 the present site placement feet.
history
In the original position of the passenger terminal of Hong Kong's old Kai Tak airport on the original height of 35 meters there is a mountain, called "Holy Mountain", and its surrounding about 606 meters, is surrounded by land, east of Kowloon Bay. In 1278, China is the Song Emperor Emperor Duanzong Zhao and Zhao Bing Yuan troops are onslaught refuge fled south, passing through a mountain Kowloon Peninsula. They went to the mountain an estimated that about 300 tonnes of rock to rest. Zhao is dead last in Hong Kong, Zhao Bing then committed suicide after losing the Battle of Yamen. Later, people in the vicinity of the piece can accommodate 50 people on the rock, engraved with "Sung sprouts" three characters.
There are rumors Sung Wong Toi actually replace the word emperor, because renamed because the locals do not want to irritate the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, the imperial monument itself is not the word king word. In addition there are also rumors that a re-start is Sung Wong Toi, has not changed.
The late 19th century, it was for building materials in the Sung Wong Toi holy quarrying, monuments to Sung Wong Toi made threats. Chinese Legislative Council Members to support residents in Kowloon City Ho Kai initiated save Sung Wong Toi movement, move the August 15, 1898 in the Legislative Council, I asked the Government to legislate to save Sung Wong Toi monuments. In 1899, the Legislative Council passed the "Save Sung Wong Toi ordinance" to prohibit the Sung Wong Toi holy quarrying. In the early 20th century, the government accepted the donation of Chinese business people, mountains built into the stone base, and built a park. Below this smooth rock, stone pillow at the top half of the generated; the remaining half empty, only the stone is supported by an egg.
In the period of Japanese rule in Hong Kong Kai Tak Airport was expanded into two intersecting runways. In January 9, 1943, by the Japanese Master of Utsuki leading worship, and then after repeated blasting, he blew up the entire rock, and it gets together also blow up in divination cup stone scenic Sung Wong Toi behind. Project has not been completed, Japan had surrendered, the British Hong Kong government to the refurbishment of rocky debris, re-engraved Sung Wong Toi words, moved to the new Sung Wong Toi Garden exhibition, opening in 1960. Now we see is 1/3 the size of the original. As the airport has been relocated to Chek Lap Kok, in recent years there have been news, the Hong Kong government plans to Sung Wong Toi migrated back to the site, and the construction of fake stone, original reply. The early postwar period, Song Shi descendants living in Hong Kong will be held worship near Sung Wong Toi restaurants, and placed the portrait of Emperor Gong of Song and Song Emperor Bing at the venue.
Scenic Area Address: City Bank, Kowloon, Hong Kong ship
Bus routes: Take KMB 11b, 11,14,15,21,3b, 5c, 5d, 5,61x, 891,93k; NWFB 796x