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Being Hong Kong 017 : Cherish Hong Kong

Being Hong Kong 017 : Cherish Hong Kong

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In the winter of 2022,
For the first time, "Being Hong Kong is Hong Kong" is presented with a re-edited "Reissue Collector's Edition".



408 pages of content, 7 feature stories from the sold-out issue between the first issue of 2018 and the winter issue of 2020,
Around the precious heritage of Hong Kong city, nature, culture and religion.



REvisit REthink REcreate, tells the story of Hong Kong in the past, present and future.
REedit REdesign REprint, from a quarterly magazine to a timeless book.



It's been this way,
In the future, let us walk together.




#REvisit REthink REcreate // Great Hall

In May this year, City Hall became "Hong Kong's youngest declared monument". When it was completed in 1962, this elegant modern building marked an important stage in Hong Kong's transformation into a modern international city. From the first issue of the 2018 summer issue of the City Hall, the story of more than 100 pages not only traces the background, process and operation mode of the City Hall 60 years ago, but also invites roundtable people from the government/cultural/conservation/creative circles to rethink the Great Hall The architectural preservation of the auditorium, the utilization of space, and how to promote the future cultural and artistic development of Hong Kong; another nine local graphic designers thought about how to rebrand the auditorium through logo and font design; and many creators, creative units and professionals discussed Suggestions are put forward for the reconstruction of architecture/public space/library to make the city hall more suitable for current and future needs, and to reconnect the lives of Hong Kong people.
 

#REvisit// Wanted. tour. Hong KongTravellingHK


For more than a hundred years since the middle of the nineteenth century, Hong Kong has been one of the most popular tourist cities in Asia and even in the world. Tourism is also one of Hong Kong's four major industries and a key economic pillar. Originally published in the 2019 Summer Issue, the feature "Thinking. Traveling. Hong Kong" takes readers from insider (resident) to outsider (tourist) through postcards, travel posters, guides, maps, etc. of different ages. Examine Hong Kong's attraction to tourists from another angle, and try to sort out the intricate historical changes and mixed cultural background of this place, and reflect her inner spiritual value.

 

#REminiscence // Tanka & Hakka

The Danjia on the water and the Hakka in the countryside used to constitute the main population of Hong Kong in the early years and influenced the local people’s daily life and culture. However, these two cultures have faded or even disappeared during the rapid urban development in the past few decades. Topics from the 2019 Summer issue, from traditional communities to food tastes to folk songs and surrounding village buildings, looking for the only remaining memories and afterimages. With the "sinking" of Jumbo Seafood Restaurant this year, Tai O, which was once the most important local fishing port, and Lai Chi Wo, which has preserved Hakka rural culture for hundreds of years, the former is facing the test of community aging and over-tourism, while the latter has experienced As an experiment to revive agriculture and village culture, can they help pass on the cultural heritage of Danjia and Hakka to the end?


#REvisit// Outing, Castle Peak Road
In Hong Kong, where traffic and roads dominate urban and rural development, the roads themselves are also important attractions. The feature from the 2019 Summer issue brings back into view the 25-kilometer, longest century-old road in Hong Kong that runs from Kowloon through the Northwest of the New Territories. In addition to reviewing how people traveled along the Castle Peak Road in the New Territories in the 1960s and 1970s, it also shows the changes in various communities along the road including Tsuen Wan, Sham Tseng, Ting Kau, Castle Peak, Tuen Mun, and Yuen Long over the decades. Today, when the traditional countryside has become blurred, Castle Peak Road is like another kind of heritage, witnessing the relationship and changes between urban and rural areas in Hong Kong over the past century.



#REdiscover // Pond, A Time to Heal
The Tai Tam Reservoir, Plover Cove Reservoir and Shing Mun Reservoir were completed in different years. They were all epoch-making projects at the time of construction, and they have witnessed Hong Kong's thinking of solving social problems directly and pragmatically. A feature from the Autumn 2019 issue, reprinting a travel guide from 1893, revisiting the journey from the Central District to Tai Tam Reservoir; and Roman Jacquet- Lagreze, a French photographer based in Hong Kong, who spent ten hours walking 36 kilometers , Climb up the mountain to take pictures of the changing colors of the Plover Cove Freshwater Lake, and another photographer from Shanren has used his lens to record the "Hong Kong Peach Blossom Land" ----- Shing Mun Reservoir in his mind for many years. Whether it is from construction projects, social resources, or even physical and mental aspects, the pond has never left our lives.



#REdiscover // Camellia, and a story of a time


Although Hong Kong is small in size, there are many species in nature, including many native ones. In the 19th century, the British began to search for different species around the world, and transplanted the first camellia from China to the West; when they came to colonize Hong Kong, they established the first local garden (later the Zoological and Botanical Park) and herbarium. Record the local flourishing flower trees, including a variety of native camellias. In the spring of 2019, we started with a camellia, rediscovering the story of Hong Kong’s native plants, and at the same time recreating the contribution of Hong Kong’s most important early naturalist: Geoffrey AC Herklots (1902-86) to Hong Kong in front of you. Many works of Xianglesi not only recorded the local animals and plants such as flowers, birds, fish and insects in detail, but also participated in the establishment of the Hong Kong Fisheries and Conservation Department, the Vegetable Marketing Office and the Kadoorie Farm.
 

#Retreat // Journey Through Time, A Retreat Journey

For more than a hundred years, Western missionaries have brought profound influence to Hong Kong in medical care, education, publishing, etc., and the churches and seminaries they built in Hong Kong have also brought another spiritual realm to Hong Kong with diverse religions and cultures . In the early 20th century and in the 1950s after the war, Christian and Catholic missionaries chose Dao Fung Hill in Sha Tin and the secluded seaside of Lantau Island respectively to meditate. Tao Fung Shan Christian Forest and Lantau Island Divine Music Temple are located in different communities. The old buildings turn the spirit of religious seeking into reality, and invisibly add the most legacy to Hong Kong's history and culture.

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