1970s Hong Kong Tiger Balm Garden Pagoda Temple Aw Boon Haw China N817 Postcard

Title:
1970s Hong Kong Tiger Balm Garden Pagoda Temple Aw Boon Haw China N817 Postcard

Front Description:
A vibrant colour photographic view of the Tiger Balm Garden (Aw Boon Haw Gardens) in Hong Kong, set against a lush green hillside under a clear blue sky. The scene is dominated by the elaborate, ornate architecture of the estate, featuring traditional Chinese-style buildings with sweeping green-tiled roofs, upturned eaves, and richly painted red and cream façades. To the left stands a cluster of grand pagoda-roofed pavilions and mansion buildings decorated in classical Chinese style, with several tiers of green-glazed tiled roofs rising up the slope. On the right rises the famous white seven-tiered hexagonal Tiger Pagoda, its tapering tiers each with dark window openings and green-tiled roof edges, crowned with a slender finial spire. A signboard reading “TIGER PAGODA” can be seen on the terraced wall at the pagoda’s base, alongside the ornate rockery gardens. In the foreground is an ornate white stone balustrade with carved posts, with landscaped rockeries, small pavilions, shrubs, and flowering plants clinging to the sloping terrain, and a small red-and-white pavilion at the lower right. The whole composition captures the flamboyant, decorative style for which this well-known Hong Kong tourist landmark was celebrated.

Back Description:
View of Tiger Gardens
タイガーバーム庭園の全景
POST CARD
STAMP
N817
PUBLISH BY National co.

Handwritten in blue ink:
Tiger Balm
Tourist attraction
Beautiful gardens
are mostly artificial
trees etc

(The card is unposted, with no postmark, but carries a handwritten note as transcribed above.)

Estimated Era:
Approximately 1970s. The Tiger Balm Garden and its distinctive white pagoda on Tai Hang Road, Hong Kong Island, were a major tourist attraction throughout the mid-20th century. The divided back with bold “POST CARD” lettering, the paired English and Japanese captions, and the “Publish by National Co.” imprint with catalogue code N817 place it firmly within the same National Co. Hong Kong tourist series as the other N-series cards in this group. The handwritten note reflects a visitor’s own observation of the gardens as a tourist attraction.

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