What are the famous buildings in Hong Kong?

Peace Monument, Murray House, Kowloon Mosque, Tian Tan Buddha, Wong Tai Sin Temple and so on.

1, Peace Monument

Peace Monument (The Cenotaph), located in Statue Square, Central, Hong Kong, the Republic of China 12 years (1923) May 24 by the then Governor of Hong Kong unveiled by Sir Robert Stubbs, Hong Kong's first to commemorate the victims of the First World War and the official construction of the monument.

The Peace Memorial is constructed of finely cut stone, with a stepped base, the upper portion of which is designed in the form of a ledge, gradually narrowing upwards, and topped by a rectangular sarcophagus adorned with a stone wreath.

The Peace Monument is in the Classical Revival architectural style, built in a purely Romanesque and Hellenistic architectural style established by archaeological and scholarly research, with a well-proportioned exterior design. The design of the Peace Monument appears to be very simple, but in fact, it adopts the beautiful and elegant style of Classical architecture.

2. Murray House

Built in 1844, Murray House was part of the Victoria Barracks and was mainly used as a barracks for the British army. During the Japanese rule in Hong Kong, the building was used by the Japanese army as the "Japanese Military Police Department Office" and the "Japanese Military Command Department", and there were also many prisoners' rooms and used as a torture chamber, in which more than 4,000 people were allegedly killed, making it the building with the largest number of deaths outside the hospital.

After the end of the Second World War, Murray House was used as offices for a number of Hong Kong government departments, and between 1975 and 1982, it became the headquarters of the Hong Kong Rating and Valuation Department.

The building is the only remaining old Continental Victorian building in Hong Kong and is one of the Grade I historical buildings in Hong Kong. The three-storey Murray Building was built with giant granite as the main building material and blends Eastern and Western architectural features.

The Murray House is characterized by the use of both Chinese tiled pitched roofs and old Continental Victorian round stone pillars, together with Hong Kong's special historical background.

3, Kowloon Mosque

Kowloon Mosque is one of Hong Kong's ancient mosques, built in 1896, Kowloon Mosque, a total area of more than 1500 square meters, the overall building for the typical Islamic architectural style.

The architectural features of the Kowloon Mosque are colorful and varied. There are several courtyards, spacious and quiet, curved railings surrounded by pine and cypress monument pavilions, a typical Chinese temple-style architecture; there are Park majestic, carved beams and paintings, spacious hall of the Chinese palace-style architecture.

4, Tian Tan Buddha

Tian Tan Buddha is the world's tallest outdoor bronze seated Buddha, sitting in a towering pedestal at an altitude of 482 meters above sea level on Hong Kong's Lantau Island on the Wooden Fish Peak. Built by the Po Lin Monastery and completed in 12 years, the majestic Buddha symbolizes Hong Kong's stability and prosperity, national peace and world peace.

The Tian Tan Giant Buddha consists of 200 bronze castings, is 26 meters high and weighs 220 metric tons, making it the world's largest outdoor bronze seated Buddha. The Buddha's face is referenced to the Rushena Buddha of the Longmen Grottoes, while the texture of his clothes and headdress are referenced to the Sakyamuni Buddha statue in Cave 36 of the Dunhuang Grottoes. The Buddha is seated on a lotus flower, taking the meaning of its out of the mud and not stained.

5, Wong Tai Sin Temple

Wong Tai Sin Temple, there are two in China, respectively, Guangzhou Wong Tai Sin Temple and Hong Kong Wong Tai Sin Temple, Hong Kong Wong Tai Sin Temple, also known as the Scrooge's Garden, was built in 1945, is one of the famous Hong Kong Kowloon, is one of Hong Kong's most famous temples in Hong Kong, in Hong Kong and overseas enjoys a great reputation.

The Nine Dragon Wall in the Wong Tai Sin Temple is modeled after the Nine Dragon Wall in Beijing, with a poem inscribed by the President of the Chinese Buddhist Association on the wall, adding to the traditional Chinese characteristics of the Wong Tai Sin Temple

The Maharajah's Pavilion is splendid and magnificent, with fine carvings. In the smoke filled, the good faith top membrane worship, praying for blessings to. Inside the hall, there is an inscription that describes how Huang Chuping became immortal.