HK URBEX: Haw Par Mansion 虎豹別墅

Описание: 'Into the Tiger's Den / 「虎落平陽」'

Haw Par Mansion was built in 1935 by Aw Boon Haw, who was known as "The King of Tiger Balm", the Burmese-Chinese entrepreneur who made his fortune with Tiger Balm ointment. The Mansion was the Aw's family mansion and was restricted to private use, while the Tiger Balm Garden constructed adjoining the mansion was used to be open to the public. Tiger Balm Garden effectively became Hong Kong's first theme park focusing on the concept of hell in Chinese folklore.
In 1998, the family's heir Sally Aw sold the land to Cheung Kong Holdings (owned by billionaire Li Ka-Shing) for $13 million USD due to the Asian Financial Crisis and an ongoing corruption scandal. The Garden and iconic pagoda were subsequently demolished to make way for a gargantuan residential development known as 'The Legend'.
The government then stepped in to secure the remaining mansion and listed it as a Grade 1 Heritage Building whilst remaining dormant and sealed off for many years. In 2017, construction began to convert the Mansion into a private music school known as 'Haw Par Music Farm'. Only time will tell how much of the original building will be preserved. //

擁有近八十年歷史的虎豹別墅，是上一代人的集體回憶。屬於一級歷史建築的虎豹別墅於1930年代由商人故文虎斥資興建，當年內裡的中式園林設有「虎塔」及「18層地獄」等場景，曾免費對外開放讓市民參觀。後來胡氏家族因財困以1億元部份地方給長實建豪宅(名門)。政府其後與長實達成地積比率轉移方案，換取保留虎豹別墅及附連的私家花園，物業01年交回政府後一直丟空，現由古物古蹟辦事處管理，並被列入「活化歷史建築伙伴計劃」。2017年，將虎豹別墅改建成私人音樂學院(虎豹樂圃) 的工程展開了。建設成本: 約1億3,050萬元. 別墅的原來建築最後到底有多少會保存下來，只有時間才能揭曉。

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