Built in 1937 by the entrepreneurial and charismatic Aw Boon Haw for his brother Boon Par, Haw Par Villa is the quintessential house of Chinese folklore.
Twenty-five clusters of original statues and figurines replicate Chinese mythology characters like the Laughing Buddha and the Fu Lu Shou (Taoist deities). A must-see exhibit is the Ten Courts of Hell, featuring the ten steps of judgement before reincarnation. Literal and leaving nothing to the imagination, the statues and sets immortalise moral values and Chinese cultural heritage for generations to come.
(http://www.visitsingapore.com/publish/stbportal/en/home/what_to_see/themed___other_attractions/haw_par_villa.html)
Ever since my first visit, which would have been in 2000 when I was 11 or 12, the display above has been my favorite. It depicts a story about some friends camping when suddenly some bears find them and think they look delicious. The boys run away, but one boy is too slow and can't climb trees etc and his friends leave him behind so that they can escape unhindered by the slow friend. So the slow boy pretends to be dead, and one of the bears comes over to him and sniffs at him and says 'never trust a friend who abandons you in a time of need'.Or something to that affect.
O and the bears don't eat the playing dead boy.
Shotgun.
Shotgun.
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