Lion Rock
Lion Rock, or less formally Lion Rock Hill, is a mountain in Hong Kong. It is located in Sha Tin District, between Kowloon Tong of Kowloon and Tai Wai of the New Territories, and is 495 metres high.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hill with an elevation of 495 metres
- Description: hill in Hong Kong
- Also known as: “Fung Wong Shan”, “Lion Rock Hill”, and “Sz Tsz Shan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Lion Rock Park and Wong Tai Sin Temple.
Wong Tai Sin Temple
Place of worship
Photo: Chong Fat, Public domain.
Wong Tai Sin Temple is a well known shrine and tourist attraction in Hong Kong. It is dedicated to Wong Tai Sin, or the Great Immortal Wong. The 18,000 m2 Taoist temple is famed for the many prayers answered: "What you request is what you get" via a practice called kau chim.
Hong Kong Baptist Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Chong Fat, Public domain.
Hong Kong Baptist Hospital is a private Baptist hospital based in Kowloon Tong, Kowloon City District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is affiliated with the Baptist Convention of Hong Kong.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wang Tau Hom and Wong Tai Sin.
Wang Tau Hom
Suburb
Wang Tau Hom is an area in mid-north New Kowloon of Hong Kong. A public housing estate, Wang Tau Hom Estate, is situated in the area. Administratively, it is part of Wong Tai Sin District. The area is regarded as part of Lok Fu due to the nearby MTR station.
Wong Tai Sin
Suburb
Photo: Maxfield, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wong Tai Sin is an area in Wong Tai Sin District, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. The area was named after the Wong Tai Sin Temple. The area was previously known as Chuk Yuen or Chuk Un, prior to the intake of two Wong Tai Sin Estates.
Sheung Keng Hau
Village
Photo: Millevache, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sheung Keng Hau is a village in the Tai Wai area of Sha Tin District, Hong Kong.
Lion Rock
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Sha Tin District, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Yue Chinese—“Lion Rock” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sz Tsz Shan”
- Chinese: “狮子山”
- Chinese: “獅子山”
- Dutch: “Lion Rock”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل ليون روك”
- French: “roche du Lion”
- French: “Rocher du Lion”
- German: “Lion Rock”
- Hakka Chinese: “Sṳ̂-é-sân”
- Hakka Chinese: “獅子山”
- Japanese: “ライオンロック”
- Japanese: “獅子山”
- Ladin: “Lion Rock”
- Literary Chinese: “獅子山”
- Malay: “Lion Rock”
- Swedish: “Sz Tsz Shan”
- Ukrainian: “Скеля Лева”
- Vietnamese: “Núi Sư Tử”
- Vietnamese: “Sư Tử Sơn”
- Wu Chinese: “獅子山”
- Yue Chinese: “Lion Rock”
- Yue Chinese: “獅子山”
- Yue Chinese: “獅子石”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Upper Wong Tai Sin Estate and Chuk Yuen.
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