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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 495 metres
- Description: hill in Hong Kong
- Also known as: “Fung Wong Shan”, “Lion Rock Hill”, “Sz Tsz Shan”, and “獅子山 Lion Rock”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Unicorn Ridge and Wong Tai Sin Temple.
Unicorn Ridge
Peak
Unicorn Ridge is a mountain in Hong Kong at 437 metres in height. It is one of the Eight Mountains of the Kowloon Ridge and falls within Lion Rock Country Park.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chuk Yuen and Wang Tau Hom.
Chuk Yuen
Quarter
Photo: Lord Jaraxxus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chuk Yuen or Chuk Un was a village and an area in New Kowloon of Hong Kong. The area located in the approximate area of present-day Wong Tai Sin. The name now also refers to two public housing estates, Chuk Yuen North and Chuk Yuen South Estates.
Wang Tau Hom
Suburb
Photo: Wpcpey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Lion Rock
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Sha Tin District, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.35301° or 22° 21′ 11″ northLongitude
114.18717° or 114° 11′ 14″ eastElevation
495 metres (1,624 feet)Open location code
7PJP953P+6VOpenStreetMap ID
node 1167628556OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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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
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