There is one special destination in Central and Western District. When you walk through the street in this District, you may find that the trees in retaining walls. Between the 19th century and World War II, the Hong Kong Government and other contractors constructed masonry stone walls to prevent these hazards. Not until the last two decades have slopes been stabilised through cementing.
In early constructed walls, opened joints between stones allowed strong species like banyans to sprout. Traffic and human activities carry on despite the growth of these plants, which further stabilise the retaining walls they are growing on. As time goes by, sprouts mature into fully developed stone wall trees.
As of today, 1275
stone wall trees are situated on 504 masonry stone retaining walls, with 110 walls in the Central
and Western District, where most walls remain,
with many others in Wan
Chai District. A majority of these trees have lived
for over a century.
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