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Blue House () refers to a 4-storey balcony-type tenement block located at 72-74A Stone Nullah Lane, Wan Chai, Hong Kong, China. It is named after the brilliant blue colour painted on its external walls. It is one of the few remaining examples of Tong Lau of the balcony type in Hong Kong and is classified as Grade I historic building.〔(List of Graded Historic Buildings (As at 6 Jan 2007) )〕 ==Historic background== The building was the original site of the first hospital 'Wah To Hospital' (aka "Wan Chai Kai Fong Hospital"), which was built in the 1870s in Wan Chai.〔(HKHS:Revitalization / Preservation Project in Wan Chai )〕 The hospital, which provided Chinese medical services to local Chinese, was possibly the first hospital in the district.〔(Revitalization / Preservation - Hong Kong Housing Society )〕 After the hospital closed in 1886, the 2-storey building was then used as a temple for Wah To (Pinyin: Hua Tuo), the revered Chinese physician from the Three Kingdoms period. The building was demolished around late 1910s or early 1920s. It was turned into four 4-storey tenement blocks in mid 1920s. The building was subsequently used as a martial arts school in the 1950s by Lam Cho, the nephew of Lam Sai Wing (one of the followers of Wong Fei Hung), and as an osteopathy clinic in the 1960s.〔(Revitalization / Preservation - Hong Kong Housing Society )〕 The construction was acquired by the Government in the 1970s, and the outer walls painted blue, and was thus named the Blue House.〔Michael Ng, (plan to revisit area's colorful history ), The Standard, April 1, 2006〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blue House (Hong Kong)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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