{"id":906,"date":"2018-11-15T14:57:56","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T14:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sebetanne.co.uk\/hkblog\/?page_id=906"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:08:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T11:08:30","slug":"happy-valley-cemeteries-22-10-2018","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sebetanne.co.uk\/hkblog\/gallery-photos\/hong-kong\/2018-august-to-december\/happy-valley-cemeteries-22-10-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Valley Cemeteries – 22-10-2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

I always liked cemeteries. They are calm and spiritual places and I find myself thinking about the lives of the persons there. In Happy Valley there are 3 big cemeteries: the Parsee, which is the oldest, is very green and flowery; the Roman Catholic, which is huge and has non-catholic tombs; and the Muslim, which I didn’t have time to look at. It is very odd as these cemeteries are on the slope of the hill and a busy motorway is running on their doorstep. But when you step inside, you are in another world.<\/p>\n

J’ai toujours aim\u00e9 les cimeti\u00e8res. Ce sont des endroits calmes et spirituels et je m\u2019imagine la vie des personnes qui y sont enterr\u00e9es. Dans Happy Valley, il y a 3 grands cimeti\u00e8res: le Parsee, qui est le plus ancien, est tr\u00e8s vert et fleuri; le catholique, qui est \u00e9norme et a des tombeaux non catholiques; et le musulman, que je n’ai pas eu le temps de visiter. Ce qui est surprenant, c\u2019est que ces cimeti\u00e8res sont \u00e0 flanc de colline et qu\u2019une autoroute tr\u00e8s fr\u00e9quent\u00e9e passe juste devant. Mais quand vous entrez, vous \u00eates dans un autre monde.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The bright white and the grey one \/ Contraste<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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There are still signs of the typhoon \/ Il y a toujours les marques du typhon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The tree has taken over \/ L’arbre prend toute la place<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Chinese tombs \/ S\u00e9pultures chinoises<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Happy Valley and the Parsee cemetary at the bottom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Strange archways in the middle of the green \/ Des arches perdues dans la verdure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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