Kwun Yam Shan (Chinese: 觀音山) is a mountain located in northern Hong Kong and its peak is in the Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden,[1] at the border of Tai Po District and Yuen Long District, branching north from the highest mountain in Hong Kong, namely Tai Mo Shan. The mountain is named after Kwun Yam, a Chinese interpretation of Boddhisattva Avalokiteśvara. According to San-on County Gazetteer, there was a Kwun Yam Temple on its summit.[2] It was mentioned in the county gazetteer because of its distinct shape, its sharp rise reaching the sky, and its religious nature to local.[1]
| Kwun Yam Shan, Hong Kong | |
|---|---|
| 觀音山 | |
 View of Kwun Yam Shan | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 546 m (1,791 ft) |
| Coordinates | 22°25′33.78″N 114°7′3.85″E / 22.4260500°N 114.1177361°E |
| Geography | |
  Kwun Yam Shan, Hong Kong Location of Kwun Yam Shan in Hong Kong | |
| Location |  Hong Kong |
Sightseeing
editKadoorie Farm is an educational and local tourist hotspot for agriculture and natural conservation.[3][4] The summit of the mountain is a tourist feature which is accessible by shuttle bus, apart from hiking. The entrance to the summit erects the Dragon and Phoenix Pillars and the location of the summit also erects a statue of Kwun Yam. The summit features a hole named Hot Pots which releasing warm misty air in the winter.[1]
Hiking
editKwun Yam Shan is a popular destination for springtime cherry blossom viewing.[5]
Geography
editKwun Yam Shan is 546 metres (1,791 feet) in height, to the north of Tai Mo Shan, the tallest mountain in Hong Kong.
Geology
editThe rock of the mountain was mapped as granodiorite, but as in 2008 it was reclassified as altered intrusive rhyolitic hyaloclastite in Hong Kong Geological Survery. During Shing Mun Formation, it might be on a vent feeder of a volcano. The rock shows large quartz crystal with mineral veins of quartz, pyrite and galena.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Kwun Yum Shan Summit - KFBG Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden". www.kfbg.org. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
- ^ The exact description in Chinese: 觀音山在城東南大帽山帳內。奇峰聳峙。仰干霄漢。頂有觀音廟。
- ^ "Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden | Hong Kong Tourism Board". Discover Hong Kong. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
- ^ EPIC. "Farming and Gardening Collide at the Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Gardens". Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
- ^ "Best Places for Cherry Blossoms in Hong Kong". Discovery. 2019-03-11. Retrieved 2019-12-16.
- ^ "Field Trip to Kwun Yum Shan, Kardoorie Farm on 27th January 2008 - by Jeffrey Wong" (PDF). Geological Society of Hong Kong.
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