GC4V03Y Hoi Sham Park (Traditional Cache) in Hong Kong created by joseph.choi

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Hidden : 5/10/2014

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Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is a 'Lock & Lock' type box hidden within the Hoi Sham Park area. The Park is opened from 5:30am to 11:30pm daily.

Background History of Hoi Sham Park

There was a temple on the former site of Hoi Sham Park. The Park was surrounded by jagged rocks, among which the Fishtail Rock resembles amazingly a fish's tail. Viewed from afar, the huge rock appears as if a fish was turning its head towards its tail, looking exactly like “a carp jumping across the Dragon's Gate” in a traditional Chinese painting. Facing Lei Yue Mun in the distance, the Rock bears particularly good fung-shui. When the Government carried out extensive reclamation works along the coastal area of To Kwa Wan between 1962 and 1970, the then Hoi Sham Temple was relocated to a site adjacent to the ancient Tin Hau Temple at Lok Shan Road, To Kwa Wan and has now become Hoi Sham Lung Mun Temple. Upon the completion of the reclamation works, the then Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club donated funds for the construction of Hoi Sham Park. The Park was completed and opened in 1972 to provide a sitting-out area for the public. The Fishtail Rock and most of the other jagged rocks have been retained in the Park for visitors' appreciation. Two pillars of the Hoi Sham Pavilion has been inscribed with a Chinese couplet meaning: “The Hoi Sham Pavilion captures the charm of West Lake while the Fishtail Rock preserves the sanctity of this place.”

Hoi Sham Pavilion