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Date: 28/01/2021
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Chinese Name: 维多利亚公园 Pronunciation: Wéiduōlìyà Gōngyuán
Opening Hours: All day
Building Time: 1955
Admission Ticket Fare: Free
Best Visiting Time: All year round
Suggested Visiting Hours: 1-3 Hours
Park Area: About 190,000 square meters
Address: No. 1, Xingfa St., Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, China
Popular Activities: City Forum (a debate on current affairs); Flower Fair on Lunar New Year’s Eve; International Tennis Elite Tournament; Hong Kong Industrial Fair; Lantern Show on Mid-Autumn Festival
Victoria Park, named after Queen Victoria, is known as the largest park in Hong Kong. Constructed in 1955, it can be divided into three areas, most of which is dominated by sports grounds and there is a bronze statue of Queen Victoria at the entrance to the South Gate of the park. The southernmost part is the basketball court and football field near the central library. In the north, it is close to the Typhoon Shelter of Causeway Bay. There is a skating rink, a children’s playground and so on. The middle area includes a swimming pool, a tennis court, and a central lawn. All of them meet international standards.
Victoria Park, with a complete set of facilities, is covered with green trees and is decorated with green grass. Many Hong Kong people can be seen doing morning exercises here every morning, such as taking a walk and practicing Taijiquan, a kind of traditional Chinese shadow boxing. When Chinese traditional festivals come, it is also an important place for people to get together to hold and celebrate grand traditional activities. Furthermore, it is said to be the most appropriate place to appreciate the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival, which will attract innumerable citizens and visitors to have a visit here.
Victoria Park, with its moderate location and convenient transportation, is an ideal place for large outdoor exhibitions. Therefore, the Flower Fair on Lunar New Year's Eve on Hong Kong Island and the Lantern Show on Mid-Autumn Festival are held here every year. Many mainland tourists would like to choose to spend a special lunar new year in Hong Kong. What’s more, some large-scale entertainment and international activities are also often held here, such as the international tennis elite tournament and mini car racing sport event, and so many celebrities and political figures can often be seen here.
The bronze statue of Queen Victoria, the origin of the name of Victoria Park, stands at the entrance to the south of the Victoria Park. It was made to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Queen Victoria’s accession to the throne. On the other hand, this statue has gone through many ups and downs with the turbulence of history.
The bronze statue of Queen Victoria was originally located in Hong Kong’s Statue Square. During World War II, it was transported to Japan by Japanese soldiers to prepare for melting as military materials. Fortunately, before their action, Japan unconditionally surrendered and the bronze statue escaped the fate of being melted. However, the bronze statue was seriously destroyed but was repaired by experts. At the same time, after many years, the Queen’s throne on the original Statue Square was also damaged and could not be rebuilt. Therefore, the government had to find a new site to erect the bronze statue again so that the newly-built park is named “Victoria Park”.
As the largest and most popular flower market, Flower Fair on Lunar New Year’s Eve generally begins on December 25 of the Chinese lunar calendar and ends on the morning of the first day of the lunar new year. The flower fair has a holding history of more than 40 years and becomes an essential and indispensable part of Hong Kong’s Spring Festival news. The romance of Hong Kong people and the good implication of flowers make them inseparable from flowers and make the flower fair prosperous during the new year. People come in a throng to enjoy flowers and go shopping.
The Flower Fair on Lunar New Year's Eve is not all about flowers. It is divided into several areas, such as flower area, handicraft area, cooked food area, etc. One will be dazzled by the endless array of beautiful traditional handicrafts and decorations designed by college students and delicious Hong Kong featured food. The exhibition is a feast for the eyes. Meanwhile, the roar and the sound of peddlers can make people feel the happy atmosphere.
Lantern Show on Mid-Autumn Festival is usually held in the evening in Victoria Park, the best place to enjoy the moon in the Mid-Autumn Festival. Several performances and lantern exhibitions will be arranged to celebrate the festival with the public. The numerous colored lights and red lanterns hanging over Victoria Park add festival color and atmosphere to the scene. People will be able to enjoy the magnificent and dazzling giant lanterns, and the lantern fair will also focus on representing the distinctive lanterns of various districts in Hong Kong.
The Wish Lantern Gallery at Mid-Autumn Festival is located in several places, such as Victoria Park in Causeway Bay, Star Avenue in Tsim Sha Tsui, and Bailey shopping avenue in Tsim Sha Tsui. On that night, people can get a wish card free of charge to write down some blessing words and hang it on the wish lantern gallery and pray for the wish to come true.
Every Sunday at noon, the city forum, a distinctive debate on current affairs, will be in progress in Victoria Park. The event is similar to Hyde Park in London, where citizens can debate with speakers. People will talk about and debate various kinds of current affairs, whether they are serious political matters or interesting public things. Sometimes, people speak with fervor and assurance, and sometimes they have a battle royal to publish their ideas and suggestions. What a lively and fierce scene and sometimes the process will be broadcast live on television.
Victoria Park is a multifunctional Park and the vast majority of the area is a variety of stadiums. So many sports events are held here. The famous sports events are the international tennis elite tournament and the mini car racing. The tennis court is large enough to accommodate thousands of people at the same time. And Hong Kong has a tradition of playing tennis so that there are a great number of tennis games every year.
Take KMB/CityFlyer 102, 103, 170, 619, 619X, 621, 671, 678, 681, 681p, 690, 914p, N170, N619, 106, 112, 116, 601, 601p, 680, 680X, 914, 914X, 948, 948A, 948B, 948P, 948X, N122, N680, N691, 603, 673, 968, 968A, N368 and get off at Victoria Park. You can take any bus above to the park directly. After getting off, you need to walk about 290 meters toward southwest along the Gaoshiwei Ave., turn right, walk about 190 meters to the destination.
Take the Island Line and get off at Tianhou Station and get out from exit A2. And then, walk westward about 70 meters, turn right into the Xingfa St. Walking 70 meters, turn left, walk 110 meters, turn left, walk 30 meters, turn left, walk 400 meters to the park.
Take the Island Line and get off at Causeway Bay Station and get out from exit E. And then walk eastward about 200 meters along the Great George St., go across the road and turn left, walk about 90 meters to the destination.
Chinese: 请带我去维多利亚公园。English: Please take me to Victoria Park.
If you go to Victoria Park from Hong Kong Regal Riverside Hotel, it takes about 30 minutes (about HK$100).
If you go to Victoria Park from the Hong Kong Kowloon West Railway Station, it takes about 20 minutes(HK$ 50 yuan).
If you go to Victoria Park from the Hong Kong International Airport, it takes about 40 minutes(HK$ 300 yuan).
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