Red House (Hong Kong)
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Red House or Hung Lau (Traditional Chinese: 紅樓) is a house in a farm in Pak Kok, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, near the Tun Mun Public Riding School, Butterfly Estate and Castle Peak. The house and the farm was where Dr. Sun Yat-sen planned to overthrow the Qing dynasty.
It named after its appearance, red bricks with plastering in red colour. The two-storey house is of the combination of Chinese and Western architectures.
[edit] History
In 1901，a Hong Kong merchant, who met Dr. Sun Yat-sen and joined Revive China Society in 1895, provided his farm to the Society as the seret base. The farm then provided secrecy and sustainance due to its large siza and the location. Here coups in Guangzhou and Wuhang were planned.
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