Tiger Balm Garden (Hong Kong)

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Tiger Balm Garden (traditional Chinese: 虎豹別墅; simplified Chinese: 虎豹别墅; pinyin: Hǔbào Biéshù; Cantonese Yale: fu2 paau3 bit6 seui6, also called Aw Boon Haw Garden) is located at 15, Tai Hang Road, Tai Hang, Wan Chai District, Hong Kong.

A 7-story White Pagoda is the highlight of the garden. Other tourist attractions include artificial Chinese landscaping dotted with sculptures.

1 History
2 Haw Par Mansion
3 See also
4 References

[edit] History

It was built at a cost of HK$16 million by Aw Boon Haw and his family in 1935^[1]. It was opened to the public in the early 1950s; it was one of the first theme parks in Hong Kong^{[citation needed]}.

Most of the Garden has been sold to be redeveloped into a residential area. In 1998, the ownership inheritor, Aw Sian sold the whole Garden complex to a land development company, Cheung Kong. The Hong Kong Government reached an agreement with the company for the Hong Kong Antiquities and Monuments Office to preserve and restore the Haw Par Mansion and its private garden when the Garden complex is redeveloped.^[2]

[edit] Haw Par Mansion

The 3-story Haw Par Mansion was the Aw family's former residence in Hong Kong. It was built in the Chinese Renaissance style. There are more than 500 relics in the Mansion; they underwent restoration and repair. ^[3] The building is graded as Grade II historic building.^[4]