Hong Kong Amah Rock
Amah Rock is located in Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong's Hung Mui Kuk on a small hill to an altitude of about 250 meters, it is a hill Lion system. Amah Rock is the Sha Tin District famous landmarks. 2007 "Hong Kong treasure the most beautiful rock rock natural beauty ── election" campaign, Amah Rock won the first place.
Wang Fu Shan weathered granite rock called Tor (Tor), while Amah original boulder which joints due to weathering calved upright pillars or stones. Piece of stone, about 15 meters high on the mountain, like the human body, there are two stone on this stone, one large and one small standing side by side, building shaped like a woman carrying a child, "mother" neck and "children "is derived from the rock joints level, while vertical joints of the body part was formed, until mother and child stand on the mountain, the mountain afar Shing Mun River in Sha Tin, Sha Tin New Town area. Amah body slightly bent, motionless, looking forward to giving it shape. Amah Rock is the most popular tourist spots in the region, but also Hong Kong people often hiking excursions to places.
Folk legend
Amah Rock is located in Sha Tian Hongmei Valley, shape Huangsi woman carrying a child, stands in the hills have been for centuries. Rugged stone form reveals hope, coupled with the spread of civil couples parting tragic story became a popular tourist destination, is also a good place for morning walkers public, many believe that everyone climb Wang Fu Shan, Wang Fu listen to rumor, it is what a beautiful and moving.
According to legend, a poor rural family, his wife after Kui baby girl, unfortunately died of illness, leaving a baby girl, Credit goes to a neighborhood woman also gave birth to Liner, the poor father and daughter experience, willing to breast-feeding baby girl . Blink of an eye in the past few years, I have two children 6 and 7 years old, childhood get along well. Soon his father died of overwork girls, orphans has become a child bride, grew up and married her husband have one son, the family can be fun. Unfortunately, nothing lasts forever, a year of drought, paddy loss of income, the husband is to survive dollars, was forced to leave behind his wife and children and fellow traveling abroad to make a living, gone who knows, in vain. His wife and children live miserable, but still hope one day to a reunion, so every day carrying young woman carrying a firstborn son, climbing hills overlooking the distant sea, Jipan husband back, day case, Fengyubugai. One day, when the mother and three climbers watch as usual, the wind suddenly encountered heavy rain, thunder and lightning, the three mother suddenly disappeared in this world in the earth shattering, but they have seen a standing position a boulder, mimicking the shape of the three missing mother. There is a legend that affection touched heaven, therefore they will keep forever into stone hills, and this sad legend also moving gradually to spread widely.
Scenic Area Address: Lion Rock Country Park in Sha Tin, Hong Kong
Bus routes: Take 170, n170 Road; KMB 72x, 74a, 81c, 81p, 82m, 82s, 85,87a, 87d, 88m, 89 Road