The Most Haunted Places in Hong Kong

These forgotten and abandoned places have a gloomy appearance that makes anyone who sees them shudder.

1. Cheung Sha Wan Slaughterhouse

The facility closed in 1999 but still stands today without being demolished. It is surrounded by barbed wire and high walls, and is heavily guarded by security. There have been attempts to turn it into an art center, but some artists have found it to be eerie and spooky.

2. Tak Tak School

Tak Tak School has long been known as the most haunted place in Hong Kong. It attracts ghost hunters and thrill seekers. The school is said to be the site of a massacre of local villagers in 1941 during the Japanese occupation, and the hillside next to it has been turned into a cemetery to bury the remains of the victims.

Before the school closed, the female teacher of the school was said to have committed suicide by hanging herself in the girls’ bathroom while wearing a red dress. After that, rumors of seeing the ghost of a woman in a red dress walking around the school increased.

In 2001, a group of students who came to explore the school at night claimed to have seen a woman in a red dress passing through the school window. After leaving the place, the girl suddenly became scared, had strange actions such as screaming, and choking herself.

3. Nam Koo

Built between 1915 and 1921, this was the residence of a Shanghai silk merchant family, with a blend of Chinese and European architecture. In 1941, when the Japanese army invaded the city, the mansion was converted into a brothel, where so-called “comfort women” – essentially sex slaves – were repeatedly abused and died in the building. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the place was abandoned at the end of World War II – although it is listed as a heritage site in Hong Kong.

4. Lo Pun Village

Lo Pun is one of Hong Kong’s oldest and most beautiful settlements. It was first inhabited by the Hakka, an ethnic group from southern China, in the early 1600s. Its last residents left in the late 1970s. The name Lo Pun literally translates from Cantonese as “compass locked” because compasses tend to stop working in this area.

This village also has many strange legends surrounding it, for example, many villagers died on the way to a wedding, a tourist had a heart attack after seeing a ghost wandering in the deserted alleys.

5. Ma Wan Ghost Town

Close to the Tsing Ma Bridge – one of the longest suspension bridges in the world – the 200-year-old settlement of Ma Wan lies abandoned, with crumbling stilt houses and abandoned shrimp farms and shrimp paste farms. Located on an island of the same name, this once-prosperous little fishing town had a population of a few thousand until the 1980s. Then, in 1997, all its villagers began to move away or resettle on the north side of the island, after a property developer bought up most of the land. The plan was to develop a luxury residential area and turn the village into a cultural and tourist heritage site. For unknown reasons, the project has been stalled for the past two decades. To this day, the old Ma Wan remains dilapidated and deserted, and some are calling on the government to turn it into a temporary shelter for the poor, but so far no action has been taken.

6. Tiger Balm

Opened to the public in 195, it was one of the first theme parks in the city and Asia. The aim of the park's director was to promote traditional Chinese beliefs and values, and to that end, Tiger Balm became a rather unique playground: it featured wild, colorful sculptures inspired by Chinese mythology; bizarre religious caricatures were scattered throughout the park. After the brothers' deaths in the mid-1950s, it continued to operate, albeit in a state of constant disrepair, changing hands and finally closing permanently in 1998. In 2004, it was partially demolished to make way for housing. The rest of the park still stands and is well worth a visit when visiting Hong Kong.

7. Central Market

In the heart of Hong Kong lies the Central Market, which has been in business since 1842. In 2003, it was officially closed with plans to build another skyscraper, but protests by residents prevented the project, convincing the government to protect and revive the market. However, for more than a decade, the Central Market has been abandoned, with only a few shops still operating inside.

8. The White House

Victoria Street Prison, commonly known as the White House, was built during the colonial period. It was originally a British military recreation club, and later used as a political prison. The building was abandoned after 1995 and is occasionally visited by explorers.

(According to 24h, August 30, 2023)

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