Haw Par Villa
many months of "I will be heading to Haw Par Villa", I finally get to go! (Again
with my photography kaki- I guess I really find it hard to be taking photo
alone.. Makes me feel like odd one out in the crowds LOL)
Extracted from Wikipedia: Haw Par Villa (Chinese: 虎豹别墅) is a Chinese mythological theme park in Singapore, located along Pasir Panjang Road.
The park contains over 1,000 statues and 150 giant dioramas depicting scenes from Chinese folklore, legends, history, and illustrating various aspects of Confucianism. These include The Laughing Buddha, The Goddess of Mercy, The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and most famously The Ten Courts of Hell, a depiction of a gruesome underworld of tortures and torments set in the mouth of a 60-meter-long dragon.
Within this place, you can find a lot of interesting statues which comes from
myth and legends.
Opening Hours: 9am to 7pm
Admission: Free
The Entrance
My first stop was the Ten Courts
of Hell (which I would recommend you to go for it), but there is a small fee
The origins of the '10 Courts of Hell' is believed to be based on the Indian
Buddhist legend of the 'World of Suffering' (世间苦难) where one would be punished
in 'Hell' for sins committed in one's present life. The concept of 'one reaps
what one sows' and 'cause and effect' (善有善报,恶有恶报)depicted in the '10 Courts of
Hell' is the central tenet that serves to restrain anti-social, unethical or
immoral behaviour.
A sneak preview of what you might be able to see via the path to Ten Courts
of Hell:
This is a chinese saying on Retribution... Do you believe?
The guard passing out the sentence
(Translation of the chinese: The judge sentenced the guy to be reincarnated as a black sheep and the girl will be reincarnated as a rabbit)
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