List of cemeteries in Hong Kong
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The following is a list of cemeteries in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong Island
[edit]- Aberdeen Chinese Permanent Cemetery (BMCPC)
- Carmelite Cemetery
- Chiu Yuen Cemetery, Mount Davis – Private cemetery of Hotung clan
- Hong Kong Chinese Christian Churches Union Pok Fu Lam Road Cemetery (香港華人基督教聯會薄扶林道墳場)
- Kai Lung Wan Cemetery (雞籠灣墳場) - Former cemetery. Wah Fu Estate was built at this location.
- Mount Caroline Cemetery (FEHD)
- Stanley Prison Cemetery (FEHD). Venue managed by the Correctional Services Department.[1]
- Stanley Military Cemetery – Not only one of the major military cemeteries of Hong Kong, but also one of the last battlefields of Hong Kong Defence, 1941
Cape Collinson
[edit]- Cape Collinson Chinese Permanent Cemetery (BMCPC)
- Cape Collinson Military Cemetery – Buried for British military in Hong Kong, also this cemetery was managed by Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Cape Collinson Muslim Cemetery aka. Chai Wan Muslim Cemetery - Adjacent to Chai Wan Mosque
- Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
- Hong Kong Buddhist Cemetery
- Sai Wan War Cemetery – Most of the World War II of Hong Kong and East Asia Stage war dead are buried there
Happy Valley
[edit]- Happy Valley Jewish Cemetery c. 1855 and purchased by Sasson family
- Happy Valley Muslim Cemetery
- Hindu Cemetery – c. 1880s and includes a temple building
- Hong Kong Cemetery (FEHD) – Established in 1845. The early western cemetery in the early colonial era of Hong Kong
- Hong Kong Parsee Cemetery – c. 1852
- St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery
Kowloon and New Kowloon
[edit]- Chinese Christian Cemetery – Kowloon City District
- Hau Pui Loong Cemetery. Former cemetery
- New Kowloon Cemetery No. 8 (Diamond Hill Urn Cemetery) (FEHD) - Diamond Hill. Officially designated in 1939, but may have been in use earlier. It was closed in 1961.[2]
- St. Raphael's Catholic Cemetery – Cheung Sha Wan
New Territories
[edit]- Fu Shan, in Tai Wai. Columbarium only
- Gallant Garden is the cemetery for civil and public servants who died in service
- Gurkha Military Cemetery – Built in Cassino Line (now San Tin Barracks) at San Tin of Yuen Long District
- Heung Shek Cemetery (響石墳場)
- Po Fook Hill (寶福山), in Sha Tin
- Sai Kung Catholic Cemetery
- Sandy Ridge Cemetery (FEHD)
- Tao Fong Shan Christian Cemetery (道風山基督教墳場), part of Tao Fong Shan Christian Center
- Tseung Kwan O Chinese Permanent Cemetery (BMCPC)
- Tsuen Wan Chinese Permanent Cemetery (BMCPC)
- Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery (FEHD) – largest in Hong Kong
- Tsang Tsui
- Private Family Cemetery of General Shen Hongying (沈鴻英私人墓園)[3][4] in Pat Heung off Kam Po Road, adjacent to the Taoism Jiu Xiao Guan (Hong Kong)
Islands District
[edit]- Cheung Chau Catholic Cemetery (長洲天主教墳場)
- Cheung Chau Cemetery (FEHD)
- Cheung Chau Christian Cemetery (長洲基督教墳場)
- Mui Wo Lai Chi Yuen Cemetery (FEHD)
- Tai O Cemetery (FEHD)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Public Cemeteries Detail. Stanley Prison Cemetery". Food and Environmental Hygiene Department.
- ^ * Teather, Elizabeth Kenworthy (March 1998). "Themes from Complex Landscapes: Chinese Cemeteries and Columbaria in Urban Hong Kong". Australian Geographical Studies. 36 (1): 21–36. doi:10.1111/1467-8470.00037. ISSN 0004-9190.
- ^ "政府錦田南建屋 27公頃農地消失". 明報教育網 (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2023-01-22.
- ^ "將領古墳地擬建公營屋". 明報教育網 (in Traditional Chinese). Retrieved 2023-01-22.
Further reading
[edit]- Ko, Tim-keung (2001). "A Review of Development of Cemeteries in Hong: 1841-1950" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 41: 241–280. ISSN 1991-7295.
- Teather, Elizabeth (2001). "Deathspace in Hong Kong,Guangzhou and Seoul: A Review ot Recent Research,1995-2001" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 41: 329–339. ISSN 1991-7295.
- Waters, Dan (1991). "Chinese Funerals: A Case Study" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 31: 104–134. ISSN 1991-7295.
External links
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- Opening hours of Cemeteries and Crematoria Services (Government of Hong Kong SAR, Food and Environmental Hygiene Department)
