Haw Par Villa is an outdoor park of vivid sculptures and dioramas depicting Chinese stories, values, and religious ideas. Created by Tiger Balm entrepreneur Aw Boon Haw, it has changed from a private family garden into a public cultural site.
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The park’s sculptures bring stories from Chinese literature, history, and belief into open air, often at a larger-than-life scale. Haw Par Villa was built in 1937 by Aw Boon Haw for his younger brother, Aw Boon Par, whose family fortune came from Tiger Balm.
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- Haw Par Villa was built in 1937 by Aw Boon Haw for his brother.
- The garden includes scenes such as the Courts of Hell and Journey to the West.
- The original villa was demolished, while the garden survived.
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