Tai Ping Shan

Farther on is Tai Ping Shan, the residents of which were once followers of a famous Chinese pirate. The old tenements are reminders of nineteenth-century village China. There are three temples in Tai Ping Shan, all crowded with joss sticks, tablets in memory of the dead, and fortune tellers.

1984, “Exploring Hong Kong”, in Fodor's Hong Kong and Macau, New York: Fodor's Travel Guides, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 68

Tai Ping Shan (peace mountain) is, strictly speaking, not a mountain but a hillside district in Victoria situated to the south of Sheung Wan between Queen's Road and Caine Road.

2012, Qizhang Dong, “The Curse of Tai Ping Shan”, in Atlas: The Archaeology of an Imaginary City, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 76

The committee recommended that if the Chinese moved to Tai Ping Shan, which would be leveled with streets marked out, they would have their arrears of rent excused and would enjoy a “rent holiday” for a period of five years, as well as $50 compensation.

2018, Moira M W Chan-Yeung, “The Reluctant Birth of Medical Services in Hong Kong”, in A Medical History of Hong Kong: 1842–1941, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 8

The international property consultancy Knight Frank noted in a May 2021 report: “With almost no overseas tourists because of travel restrictions and lockdowns, prime retail rents have declined by over 50%.” Thanks to this trend, the founders of Young Soy were able to procure their first space in an industrial building in the Ap Lei Chau neighborhood, while fellow newcomer 13a New Street Gallery opened up in the Tai Ping Shan neighborhood.

2023 March 22, Christy Choi, “Hong Kong’s New Kids on the Block”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2023, Art & Design