● Central Statue Square 中環皇后像廣場 |
It was dubbed Statue Square due to the number of effigies here. The only statue still standing after World War II is that of Sir Thomas Jackson, a former HSBC chief. Is it all about Feng Shui?
聽說原本共有九個銅像豎立在皇后像廣場,現在僅剩一個。是因為風水的關係把他留下來嗎? |
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● HSBC Main Building 匯豐銀行 |
Designed by British architect Lord Norman Foster (London's The Gherkin), components were brought in from all over the world, but it is the building's distinctive feng shui that really gives it character. Do you know how the HSBC is named?
一幢又一幢的高樓大廈,背後存著了風水佈局。匯豐銀行名字由來,你有沒有興趣想知道? |
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● Battery Path 炮台里 |
Do you notice that the buildings on Battery Path are constructed in granite and red bricks in the Neo-classical style?
你有沒有注意到港島區存著了不少建築物及街道是由花崗石建築而成的呢? |
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● Hollywood Road 荷李活道 |
The well-trodden Hollywood Road connects a large portion of the district, from east to west. The British landed at its western end in 1841 and promptly named it Possession Point. It also named Mystic Crossroads and there is a story behind this name...
荷李活道是此區觀光的熱門地段,由東至西連結一大塊區域。早在1841年,英軍登陸荷李活道西端,隨即將其取名為「佔領角」。它又名神秘十字大道,內裡有一個典故... |
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● Lyndhurst Terrace 擺花街 |
The Cantonese name 擺花 literally means "flower arrangement", possibly because of presence of numerous stalls in the area, selling flowers to the customers of the nearby brothels.
倫核士街原為西洋高級妓院的集中地,當年男士前往附近的妓院前,習慣買花束送給妓女,故吸引一眾賣花小販前往擺攤,後來這條街漸漸被稱為擺花街,而英文名稱不變。
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● Public Bathhouses 大眾浴場 |
As early as in the late nineteenth century when bubonic plague was severe, public bathhouses had appeared in the form of matshed and accommodated in rental tenements by the government in the City of Victoria.
當年因為鼠疫為患,政府下令搞衞生而着手興建,其後主要服務西環的基層街坊,樓高兩層,分男女浴室,內裏保留昔日裝潢。
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● Pak Shing Temple 百姓廟 |
Built in the 1850s and popularly known as the ‘Pak Shing Temple’, Kwong Fook I Tsz houses the tablets of mainland Chinese who worked and died in Hong Kong... Have you ever heard the tragic story of this temple?
太平山街廟宇特別的多,當中的悲慘故事你可曾聽過? |
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● Western Market 西港城 |
The impressive building has a red brick exterior with a handsome granite arch over its entrance and attractive ‘bandaged’ brickwork.
透過房屋設計,路牌及街道名稱,可窺探當時的居民生活習性... 西港城採愛德華式古典建築風格,外牆以紅磚建成,拱頂正門入口則是以花崗石砌成,殖民色彩濃厚,在四周的高樓群中益顯獨特。
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