Traditionally, the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the Yu Lan month. In this month, different Yu Lan festivals can be seen in various districts in Hong Kong. Even in Central, the core of Hong Kong, in this highly commercial area, you can actually find this activity full of traditional flavor, which is the Yu Lan Festival which held by 30 Houses on Staunton Street.
This Yu Lan Festival is traditionally held on the 24th day of the seventh lunar month. Converted to the Western calendar, this year it will be held on August 27th. In fact, the event has been suspended since the outbreak of the epidemic in 2020, and it was not fully resumed until this year, allowing this unique event to be held again.
Without further ado, please watch the film and feel the unique atmosphere of the scene.
以下地圖標示了本節目曾經到過香港什麼地方，方便大家查閱及前往探索。
番組内で紹介した場所は、以下の地図で確認・探索するのに便利です。
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In the last episode, I went to Kowloon City to watch the Yu Lan Festival. This episode continues where the last episode left off, talking about the The Chinese opera I saw at the scene.
Every year in the seventh month of the lunar calendar, it is the time of the Yu Lan Festival. During this the Yu Lan month, many public sports venues in Hong Kong will be transformed into the Yu Lan Festival sites. This unique scenery may be unique to Hong Kong.
In this episode, we come to Kowloon City to see a 57-year-old the Yu Lan Festival.
Is this little-known monument hidden in a busy city special? In fact, it is a cemetery built to commemorate a tragedy. Today we will come here to take a look and tell some stories about it.
The tragedy mentioned earlier refers to the disastrous fire in the Happy Valley racecourse on February 26, 1918, which killed more than 600 people. A cemetery to commemorate this event was built near today’s Hong Kong Stadium.
An unexpected disaster turned the originally joyful racecourse into a living hell in an instant. Because there were too many dead, the bodies had to be disposed of as soon as possible. Therefore, the government arranged for family members to identify the bodies immediately. If the bodies were intact, they would be taken away immediately by the family members. Many of the victims had their bodies deformed or fragmented due to fire or being crushed by collapsed stables, making them difficult to identify. For the sake of public health, these mutilated bodies were immediately transported to nearby Coffee Garden for burial. Although the authorities have tried their best to clean up the scene, there are still some body parts mixed in the rubble. According to old newspaper records, after the cleaning workers cleared the scene, they scattered the rubble and garbage into the sea. Some people saw it at that time. He thought there might be something valuable in it, but one of them found a heavy object and planned to clean it and take a look at it. Unexpectedly…it turned out to be a cooked human head. He was so frightened and threw the head back to the sea…
After the accident, Tung Wah Group of Hospitals fully assisted in disaster relief and negotiated with the government to officially convert the temporary cemetery in the coffee garden into a cemetery to commemorate the victims. The cemetery was completed in 1922 and named
“Race Course Fire Memorial “. " Race Course Fire Memorial " was rated as a Grade I historic building in 2010.
The design of the cemetery is symmetrical, with a pagoda and a pavilion on the left and right sides. Because the victims included people from different nationalities, both Chinese and Western, the design of the cemetery combines the characteristics of Chinese and Western cultures, with Chinese-style tiles and Western-style pillars. As for the inscriptions, there are both Chinese and English, and the names of the victims are engraved and borrowed from various countries. It can be seen that most of the victims were Chinese, and there were also foreigners.
以下地圖標示了本節目曾經到過香港什麼地方，方便大家查閱及前往探索。
番組内で紹介した場所は、以下の地図で確認・探索するのに便利です。
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In previous programs, we have always filmed while traveling on land. This time we will try something new and take a boat ride.
In this episode, we will take a route that will only be opened in 2024. This route is between Tseung Kwan O South and Sai Wan Ho. The boat trip will pass through the Lei Yue Mun Strait and we will see some scenery that even Hong Kong locals may not usually see, such as From the sea, you can see the abandoned Lei Yue Mun Quarry, the tiny houses, the historic Tin Hau Temple, and the Hong Kong Museum of Costal Defence.
This time we chose to board the boat at Tseung Kwan O South and disembark at Sai Wan Ho. The boat trip takes about 18 minutes.
No more gossip, let’s go.
以下地圖標示了本節目曾經到過香港什麼地方，方便大家查閱及前往探索。
番組内で紹介した場所は、以下の地図で確認・探索するのに便利です。
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Sham Shui Po is a very famous old district in Hong Kong, and this old district is full of vitality and multifacetedness. If you want to simply appreciate its “oldness", there are many old buildings in this district that you can see. If you are looking for the most authentic Hong Kong food, Sham Shui Po has a lot of choices, ranging from wonton noodles, cart noodles, Cha chaan teng (tea restaurants), Western restaurants, dessert shops… and even snake-eating restaurants, Sham Shui Po can satisfy you. If you like history, Sham Shui Po also has various historical buildings and temples…
It takes time to explore Sham Shui Po, which is full of possibilities and multifaceted features. Taking advantage of the Christmas holidays, in this episode we will take a one-day tour of Sham Shui Po, starting from Apliu Street. Along the way, we will pass Nam Cheong Street, Yu Chau Street, Pei Ho Street, Fuk Wing Street… and other streets will introduce Sham Shui Po, which is full of Hong Kong flavor, to everyone. If you have time during the Christmas holidays, you can give it a try.
Of course, this route is just a reference. There are many places worth exploring in Sham Shui Po. One route is really endless. You can use this as a reference to continue exploring other interesting places in Sham Shui Po.
以下地圖標示了本節目曾經到過香港什麼地方，方便大家查閱及前往探索。
番組内で紹介した場所は、以下の地図で確認・探索するのに便利です。
The following map indicates the places introduced in this column, which is convenient for you to check and explore.
In different previous episodes, we have been to some temples hidden in Hong Kong. This time we came to Mong Kok, a famous place for eating, drinking and having fun in Hong Kong. An area where you can buy a lot of trendy gadgets. There is also one hidden here. The most special thing about this ancient temple is that it is surrounded by modern high-rise buildings on three sides. An ancient temple in traditional style is mixed among a bunch of modern buildings, presenting a unique scene of a mixture of old and new, and the coexistence of Chinese and Western. This temple is the Shui Yuet Temple, Shan Tung Street.
Shui Yuet Temple, Shan Tung Street was built in 1884, probably during the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, and moved to its current location in 1926. This ancient temple, which has been standing for nearly a century, has been rated as a Grade III historical building.
Without further ado, let’s start our exploration tour of Shui Yuet Temple, Shan Tung Street.
以下地圖標示了本節目曾經到過香港什麼地方，方便大家查閱及前往探索。
番組内で紹介した場所は、以下の地図で確認・探索するのに便利です。
The following map indicates the places introduced in this column, which is convenient for you to check and explore.
このエピソードは MTR 銅鑼湾 F1 出口から始まり、クライスト ザ キング チャペルまで続きます。早速、映画を見に行きましょう。
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In the previous episode, we introduced two churches full of Chinese style. In this episode, we will introduce a typical church full of Western style. The most special thing about this church is that it is located in a In the busy city, it is rarely seen by people because it is hidden in the building complex and cannot be seen from the outside. It is the Chapel of Christ the King.
Christ the King Chapel, built in 1928, is almost a hundred years old and is now listed as a first-class historic building. Although it is called a chapel, the church building is not small, but very grand. At first glance at the site, I thought I had gone to Europe.
Near the Chapel of Christ the King, there is the HKSKH St. Mary’s Church. , which was introduced before and is full of Chinese architectural style. Two churches with completely different architectural styles, each with Chinese and Western characteristics. They are so close, and this unique scenery, Or maybe it’s unique to Hong Kong, a melting pot of Chinese and Western cultures.
This episode will start from the MTR Causeway Bay Exit F1 and go all the way to Christ the King Chapel. Without further ado, let’s go to the movie.
以下地圖標示了本節目曾經到過香港什麼地方，方便大家查閱及前往探索。
番組内で紹介した場所は、以下の地図で確認・探索するのに便利です。
The following map indicates the places introduced in this column, which is convenient for you to check and explore.
髒神及雞口
髒神
香港人，卡通造型 John Dog 原創者，網上漫画「塵世海」編劇、信報連載漫画（2011 – 2012）「狗夢連篇」創作人、網台主持丶香港插圖師協會專業會長（2014 – 2016）。在2015香港動漫電玩節主辦的原創動漫人型設計比賽中，榮獲亞軍，對藝術創作有着濃厚興趣。
八十年代在出版集團工作，在此創作出多個書刊封面和繪畫插圖。之後在廣告公司任職創作總監多年。想藉廣告創作來磨練自己的腦筋及提升(creative service management) 的能力，現在主要從事插圖丶藝術創作及廣告創意統籌等工作。
