Tao Fong Shan (Chinese: 道風山) is a hill less than 500 m tall located in Sha Tin in Hong Kong's New Territories. Alternate romanizations of the name include "To Fung Shan" and "Tao Feng Shan".
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| Type | Christian |
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| Genre | Service |
| Founded | 1930 |
| Founder(s) | Karl Ludvig Reichelt |
| Headquarters | 33 Tao Fong Shan Road, Sha Tin, Hong Kong |
| Area served | Hong Kong |
| Divisions | Spirituality, Art, Bridge and Dialogue Divisions |
| Subsidiaries | Tao Fung Shan Service Unit |
| Website | http://www.tfssu.org/ |
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| Traditional Chinese | 道風山 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 道风山 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "The mountain of the Christ Wind"[1] | ||||||||||
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The Tao Fong Shan Christian Centre (Chinese: 道風山基督教叢林) is situated at the Tao Fong Shan, Sha Tin, in Hong Kong. The centre was founded in 1930 by the Norwegian missionary Karl Ludvig Reichelt (1877–1952)[2]. Reichelt was sent to Hunan province in China in 1904. There he gradually developed an idea to share the gospel with Buddhists. In 1929, he established Jing Fong Shan in Nanjing. In 1930, due to the chaos of the Chinese civil war, Reichelt moved his work to Sha Tin, Hong Kong, and asked a Danish architect, Johannes Prip-Moller to design the buildings. Reichelt died on 13 March 1952 and was buried at the Tao Fong Shan cemetery. The buildings at the Centre are classified as Grade II historical building. The Centre is open from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm daily.
The Centre includes a chapel, a library and a shop selling hand-painted porcelain and handicrafts.
Tao Fong Shan is located in the rural part of Sha Tin, but can be easily reached by walking. From East Rail Line's Sha Tin Station, it only takes 20 minutes to get to the centre via a hiking trail[3].
For guests and visitors, the most common type of transportation is the taxi, which is only HK$25 if taken from Tai Wai. In addition, Tao Fong Shan Service Unit also operates a shuttle bus just for staff and visitors to its centre a few times daily from Sha Tin.