Ladder Street
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Ladder Street (traditional Chinese: 樓梯街; simplified Chinese: 楼梯街; pinyin: Lóutī Jiē; Cantonese Yale: lau4 tai1 gaai1) is a street in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, composed entirely of stone steps.
One of the most visited temples in Hong Kong, the Man Mo Temple, is on Hollywood Road at the corner of Ladder Street.
There is also the oldest western hospital, the Tung Wah Hospital, and some funeral homes in the area. It is said that more than 100 years ago, when coolies died, their bodies were rested here for funeral services before they were carried back to their home villages back in China. Euphemistically, people call these shops as "long-living shops". Another old-fashioned slang is "four-and-a-half-piece", possibly referring to the number of pieces of wood used to make a coffin.
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