Rock Carving at Shek Pik 石壁石刻Shíbì Shíkè

About Rock Carving at Shek Pik

The Rock Carving at Shek Pik shows geometric patterns of spiral squares and circles that closely resemble those on Bronze Age objects, and the Antiquities and Monuments Office dates it to about 3,000 years ago. Most of Hong Kong's ancient carvings overlook the sea, but this one stands about 300 m from the coast, where the sea inlet may once have reached. It lies near the Shek Pik Reservoir dam on south Lantau and was declared a monument in 1979.

How to get to Rock Carving at Shek Pik

Beside Shek Pik Reservoir Road on south Lantau, about 0.7 km south-east of the Sha Tsui bus stop, which New Lantao Bus routes 1, 2, 11 and 23 serve.

Nearby

• Tian Tan Buddha & Ngong Ping 天坛大佛与昂坪 under 10 km
  A giant bronze Buddha on Lantau, reached by a 25-minute cable car ride
• Victoria Peak 太平山顶 30 km
  Ride the 1888 funicular to the skyline view, then walk the Lugard Road loop
• Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港 30 km
  Glass towers and green hills around a harbour you can cross in ten minutes
• Historic Centre of Macau 澳门历史城区 30 km
  Portuguese tiled squares, baroque churches and Chinese temples, a short walk apart

Also within 20 km: Po Lin Monastery 宝莲禅寺 (under 10 km), Tai O Fishing Village 大澳渔村 (under 10 km), Yeung Hau Temple, Tai O 大澳杨侯古庙 (under 10 km), Fan Lau Fort 分流炮台 (under 10 km), Stone Circle at Fan Lau 分流石圆环 (under 10 km), Tung Chung Fort 东涌炮台 (under 10 km).

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Learn more

• Wikipedia (Chinese)