Haw Par Villa, formerly called Tiger Balm Gardens, was originally constructed in 1937 by "Tiger Balm King" Aw Boon Haw as a grand residence for his younger brother, Aw Boon Par, who helped create their fortune with the anagesic balm. In English, Haw Par Villa translates as Villa of the Tiger and Leopard.
Aw Boon Haw then created an entertainment park to teach and preserve Chinese values. The park's colorful collection of over 1,000 statues and 150 giant tableaux centered around Chinese folklore, legends, history, and Confucian ideology. Morality tales included classic battles between good and evil and tributes to Chinese cultural heroes such as the famous pugilist Wu Song, who tamed a ferocious tiger with his bare hands.
At the entrance
Daddy with RR
Tiger Car
Crossing the bridge
Mummy, what's this?
八仙过海
白蛇传
Peekaboo fun
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it's a shame that haw par villa has become the state it is in now. it was a "must go" place when i was young, and most of my childhood pics were taken there. i brought my daughter there once and that's IT. I am going to wait till they do something abt the place before i will go again.
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