Hong Kong Kowloon Walled City Park
Kowloon Walled City Park Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, located in the East Village and the right way at the junction of the east, near Hou Temple, has a long rich historical background. In the history of Hong Kong, Kowloon Walled City is not the only ceded or leased to the British territory of Hong Kong, an area of 29,000 square meters. 1994 turned into a Chinese garden with Hong Kong characteristics. Kowloon Walled City Park is located in one of the most historic locations in Hong Kong, the site of the Kowloon Walled City, including a stone wall surrounded by the rugged, six observation deck and four gates, an area of 6.5 acres of walled the city was built between 1843-1847. Walled City Park will try to retain some of the original buildings and features.
Today's Kowloon Walled City Park increased the number of buildings, but the stone tablets, artillery, column base and Qing official inscriptions and other rich historical sites, remains in the demolition process, placed in the park exhibitions. Contemporary concrete ruins park also rare South China "Yamen" building, the original stone Walled City, South Gate monuments as well as before the war, showing the vicissitudes of the Walled City.
Kowloon Walled City demolition work completed in April 1994, the Hong Kong Government will be converted into a park site. The original plan called "Kowloon Walled City Park" because of its formerly known as "Kowloon Walled City" has long been completely lost, but get guidance during the demolition of the old residents, AMO some relics excavated out and blend in the park It designs or be saved as exhibits for visitors to enjoy. The entire excavation biggest gain in two walled city is the south gate (which was the main entrance of the walled city of) granite amount unearthed, they were engraved with the words "South Gate" and "Kowloon Walled City." Other monuments also includes the walled city walls remnants of the wall base, southeast two wall base, along a drainage ditch next to the walled city and interior architectural stone street. The remaining relics have three guns, Shiliang, couplets and column bases and other eleven were also preserved. During World War II, the amount of stone people to avoid destruction of the Japanese, it will remove the soil buried inside the walled city. The Government ordered the park was renamed Kowloon Walled City Park, these artifacts are placed in the "South Gate nostalgia" area. Three of the past four car Yamen "Roc Association House", then after the repair and reconstruction become pavilions showcased the history of the walled city of stone (including Zhang Yutang fist book "Mexico margin", "life" and contained there are bureaucratic soldiers traveling with record rates of spending Guangxu years "inscribed meeting"), Walled City of historical pictures.
Scenic Area Address: Kowloon City District Hong Kong East right way
Bus routes: Take 113 Road; KMB 10,11k, 1,85c go