Pat Sin Leng
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Pat Sin Leng
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| Traditional Chinese: | 八仙嶺 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese: | 八仙岭 | ||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning: | Mountains of the Eight Immortals | ||||||||||||||||
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Pat Sin Leng is a mountain range in the northeast New Territories of Hong Kong. The name Pat Sin Leng literally means "Mountains of the Eight Immortals", who are famous xian ("immortals; transcendents; fairies") in Chinese Mythology, and symbolizes the eight peaks along the Pat Sin Leng mountain range, each named after a different Immortal.
[edit] 1996 hillfire
A hill fire broke out on Pat Sin Leng on 10 February 1996, when a group of 49 teachers and students from HKCWC Fung Yiu King Memorial Secondary School were hiking in the mountains. 200 firemen and 4 helicopters were sent to rescue the group. Two teachers, Chow Chi-Tsai (traditional Chinese: 周志齊) and Wong Shuo Mei (traditional Chinese: 王秀媚) and three students died, with 13 others injured.
Spring Breeze Pavilion (traditional Chinese: 春風亭) was built on the mountain in memory of the five who died. It was inaugurated by then the Hong Kong Governor, Chris Patten, on 12 March 1996.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Pat Sin Leng and Plover Cove Country Park at the official web site of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department of Hong Kong
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