Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery
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Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery is a major public burial ground in Hong Kong, known as one of the territory’s largest and most prominent cemeteries.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hong Kong Cemetery (remains later transferred to the Philippines) | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
burial ground
ⓘ
cemetery ⓘ public cemetery ⓘ |
| accessibleBy |
bus
ⓘ
minibus ⓘ |
| country |
Hong Kong, China
ⓘ
surface form:
Hong Kong
|
| district | North District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedBy | Cemeteries and Crematoria regulation of Hong Kong ⓘ |
| hasAdjacentFacility |
Wo Hop Shek Columbarium
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wo Hop Shek Crematorium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBurialType |
earth burial
ⓘ
grave burial ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Cemeteries in Hong Kong
ⓘ
North District, Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ Public cemeteries ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext |
Chinese folk religion
ⓘ
ancestor veneration ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfGravestones |
Chinese
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
Chinese-style grave designs
ⓘ
ancestral graves ⓘ extensive grave plots ⓘ large hillside burial terraces ⓘ |
| hasTransportationAccess | Wo Hop Shek Public Transport Interchange NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasType |
Chinese permanent cemetery
ⓘ
Chinese public cemetery ⓘ |
| isImportantFor |
Chinese traditional burial customs in Hong Kong
ⓘ
observance of Ching Ming Festival ⓘ observance of Chung Yeung Festival ⓘ |
| isKnownAs | Wo Hop Shek Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isKnownFor |
being one of the largest public cemeteries in Hong Kong
ⓘ
high concentration of graves on terraced hillsides ⓘ |
| isMajorCemeteryIn | Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOneOfLargestCemeteriesIn | Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPublic | true ⓘ |
| isSubjectOf | Hong Kong government cemetery management policies ⓘ |
| location | Wo Hop Shek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
Fanling
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sheung Shui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operator | Food and Environmental Hygiene Department NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Government of Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | New Territories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesPopulationOf | Hong Kong residents ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ancestral worship
ⓘ
burial ⓘ interment of human remains ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Hong Kong Cemetery (remains later transferred to the Philippines)