Amah Rock

"husband-watching stone") is a naturally shaped rock located on a hilltop in southwest Sha Tin District, Hong Kong.

The rock is approximately 15 meters in height, and is shaped much like a woman carrying a baby on her back.

According to a legend, the faithful wife of a fisherman climbed the hills every day, carrying her son, to watch for the return of her husband, not knowing he had been drowned at sea.

In reward for her faithfulness she was turned into a rock by the Goddess of the Sea so that her spirit could unite with that of her husband.

[1] Similar legends abound throughout the whole of China—the number of rocks called Mong Fu Shek in the country is high.

The replica of Amah Rock at Tao Fung Shan