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Tiger Balm Gardens are public gardens that existed or continue to exist in three East Asia locations. They are also known as Haw Par Villa gardens. All three Tiger Balm Garden locations were built by the Aw family (

Aw Boon Haw Aw Boon-Haw (; 1882–1954), OBE, was a Chinese entrepreneur and philanthropist best known as founder of Tiger Balm. He was a son of Hakka herbalist Aw Chu-Kin, with his ancestral home in Yongding County, Fujian, China. Career Aw was a B ...

and

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). They were created to promote the

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products produced by the family. The original garden was located in Hong Kong but is now closed. The second is in Singapore, and a third is in

Fujian Fujian is a provinces of China, province in East China, southeastern China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest prefe ...

province of mainland China. The gardens contain statues and dioramas depicting scenes from Chinese folklore, legends, history and illustrations of various aspects of

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Tiger Balm Gardens at different locations

* Tiger Balm Garden (Hong Kong) – Opened in 1935, now closed following redevelopment into the "Haw Par Villa" amusement park in 1985 and then into housing in 1998. The Haw Par Mansion, together with its private garden, is preserved as a museum at the site of the Hong Kong Garden. *

Haw Par Villa Haw Par Villa () is a theme park located along Pasir Panjang Road in Singapore. The park contains over 1,000 statues and 150 giant dioramas depicting scenes from Chinese Literature, folklore, legends, history, and statuary of key Chinese rel ...

(Singapore) – Opened in 1937 and continues as a tourist attraction. * Tiger Balm Garden (Fujian) – Located in

Yongding County Yongding () is a district under the jurisdiction of Longyan prefecture-level city in the southwest of Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. The district is a center for Hakka culture, including the traditional Hakka '' tulou'', and a local ...

, Fujian Province, China; it was founded in 1946, but the location was abandoned in 1949. It reopened in 1994 as a museum. A garden was never built.Homes and family
Tiger balm Foundation website. Accessed June 2012

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leading the group to Tiger Balm Garden for his confrontation with Mohammed Avdol.

References

Bibliography

* ''TIGER BALM GARDENS A Chinese Billionaire's Fantasy Environments'', Judith Brandel & Tina Turbeville, 1998 Aw Boon Haw Foundation Pleasure gardens Sculpture gardens, trails and parks in Asia Aw family {{Garden-stub