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About the top 5 biggest Buddha statues in China Archived 26 November 2005 at the Wayback Machine; Pictures of the Po Lin Monastery and the Tian Tan Buddha Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine "Hong Kong's official factsheet (Simplified Chinese)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2003. (300 KiB)
Statue of Bruce Lee. Public artworks in Hong Kong include: Chinese War Memorial; The Flying Frenchman; Hong Kong Film Awards statue; HSBC lions; Lady Liberty Hong Kong; Pillar of Shame; Statue of Anita Mui; Statue of Bruce Lee; Statue of George VI; Statue of McDull; Statue of Queen Victoria; Statue of Sir Thomas Jackson, 1st Baronet; Three ...
The statue in 2009, seen on the Avenue of Stars. The Bruce Lee statue in Hong Kong is a bronze memorial statue of the martial artist Bruce Lee, [1] who died on 20 July 1973 at the age of 32, created by sculptor Cao Chong-en, and located on the Avenue of Stars attraction near the waterfront at Tsim Sha Tsui.
Pages in category "Statues in Hong Kong" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Chinese War ...
Statue Park, Szoborpark or Statue Park is a park in Budapest's XXII. district, with a gathering of monumental Soviet-era statues. Liberty Statue , The Szabadság Szobor or Liberty Statue (sometimes Freedom Statue) in Budapest, Hungary, was first erected in 1947 in remembrance of the Soviet liberation of Hungary from Nazi forces during World War II.
Declared monuments of Hong Kong are places, structures or buildings legally declared to receive the highest level of protection. In Hong Kong , declaring a monument requires consulting the Antiquities Advisory Board , the approval of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong as well as the publication of the notice on the Hong Kong Government Gazette .
After the war, the statue of Queen Victoria was brought back to Hong Kong, but the other statues were never found. In 1952, the late Queen Victoria's statue was restored and placed in Victoria Park. In 1996, shortly before Hong Kong's handover to China, artist Pun Sing-lui tipped red paint over the statue and smashed its nose with a hammer. [2]
On 2 July 1997, a day after the handover of Hong Kong to China, a mudslide measuring more than 400 cubic metres (14,000 cu ft) struck around the site of the Monastery. [12] It was caused by four days of heavy rainfall that was equivalent to almost half the city's average annual rainfall of 2.25 metres (7.4 ft). [ 13 ]