Sung Wong Toi Garden — Attraction in Hong Kong

Sung Wong Toi Garden (Chinese: 宋皇臺花園 ) is a park located in Ma Tau Chung 馬頭涌, Kowloon City , Hong Kong . It was officially completed at the end of 1959. Its attraction is a commemorative stone tablet engraved with the words "Sung Wong Toi".(宋皇臺） According to legend, the Southern Song 宋Dynasty Emperor Song Duanzong Zhao Shi 南宋皇帝宋端宗趙昰 and his younger brother Song Shao Emperor Zhao Bing 宋少帝趙昺 were chased by the Yuan Dynasty 元army and fled south to this place. In order to commemorate this event, later generations specially carved the words "Songwang Terrace" on the big stone. The "Song Wang Terrace" stele was originally a huge stone, standing on a hill called "Holy Hill" on the Ma Tau Chung beach (which later became the area around the passenger terminal of Kai Tak Airport ). The "Song Wang Terrace" stele was later moved and was placed at the current site of Songwang Terrace Garden about 300 feet away from its original location. There were road constructions when I visited, and there were no public washrooms inside the park. The MTR station of Song Wong Toi is just next...

Lets take a moment and be awed by the escape of the last emporer of the Sung Dynasty who walked all the way from Hang Zhou to HK... only to hang himself on a tree after he couldn't go further south. What a way to die. There's another inscription with a lot more words next to St Teresa's hospital (10 min walk) if anyone want to complete this history lesson. However these ancient text is now understood only by a few. Any local junior high students could comprehend the individual characters but when put them together its almost meaningless.

The park is cool with a few basketball courts next to it. Helping teen-agers staying out of harm's way since 1959. Overlooked by the...

There is nothing there but the carved rock in memory of the emperor who fled to Hong Kong and jumped of the shores from that place (at least that was what I was told). If you're into history, them that is the place to visit, though all you'll find are 3 stone slabs with engravings and several planter beds. It's not really enroute to any place so you're probably making a deliberate trip. And it's not really close to public transport nor are there anything of much interest nearby. Perhaps when Kai Tak is fully developed, then things will be better. Otherwise for now, you'll have to walk there on foot from the...