Ladder Street

Ladder Street
Traditional Chinese	樓梯街
Simplified Chinese	楼梯街
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lóutī Jiē Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization lau4 tai1 gaai1

Ladder Street (Chinese: 樓梯街) is a street in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, consisting entirely of stone steps.

One of the most visited temples in Hong Kong, the Man Mo Temple, is on Hollywood Road at the corner of Ladder Street.

There is also the oldest western hospital, the Tung Wah Hospital, and some funeral homes in the area. It is said that more than 100 years ago, when coolies died, their bodies were rested here for funeral services before they were carried back to their home villages back in China. Euphemistically, people call these shops as "long-living shops". Another old-fashioned slang is "four-and-a-half-piece", possibly referring to the number of pieces of wood used to make a coffin.

See also

• Ladder streets
• List of streets and roads in Hong Kong

External links

• Media related to Ladder Street at Wikimedia Commons