Hung Fa Chai Explained

Hung Fa Chai
Elevation M:489
Map:Hong Kong
Coordinates:22.543°N 114.1941°W
Other Name:紅花寨

Hung Fa Chai is a hill in Robin's Nest Country Park, New Territories, Hong Kong. With a height of, it lies to the northeast of Robin's Nest, and is no longer inside the Frontier Closed Area south of the border with Shenzhen in mainland China. Hikers can reach there without any permit. On old Colonial maps of Hong Kong, it was marked as Ben Nevis,[1] [2] after the highest mountain in Scotland. It is the most northerly of all Hong Kong's hills over featured in the list of mountains, peaks and hills in Hong Kong.

Hung Fa Chai (Chinese: 紅花寨) has the same 'red flower' root (Chinese: 紅花) as Robin's Nest while Chai (Chinese: ) can mean either 'stockaded village', 'camp' or 'mountain stronghold'.

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References

  1. Book: Storer, Ralph. The Ultimate Mountain Trivia Quiz Challenge. 2013-12-16. Luath Press Limited. 9781909912717. en.
  2. News: Pang . Diana . Around the world in a day with Hong Kong's street names . 5 November 2024 . hongkongfp.com . 27 August 2003.

22.543°N 114.1941°W