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Hong Kong

Explore Hong Kong through its changing shores, working districts, village traditions, craft, food, literature and film.

Hong Kong
Central and Western Wan Chai Eastern Southern Yau Tsim Mong Sham Shui Po Kowloon City Wong Tai Sin Kwun Tong Tsuen Wan Tuen Mun Yuen Long North District Tai Po Sha Tin Sai Kung Kwai Tsing Islands Man Mo Temple Compound St John's Cathedral Duddell Street Steps and Gas Lamps Tin Hau Temple, Causeway Bay Old Wan Chai Post Office Stanley Main Street and Old Stanley Police Station Kowloon Walled City Park Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum Lui Seng Chun Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda Tai O Tai Lam Country Park Sam Tung Uk Cheung Chau Hong Kong Railway Museum Tin Hau Temple and adjoining buildings, Yau Ma Tei Law Uk Folk Museum Jin Yong Gallery, Hong Kong Heritage Museum Hong Kong Museum of Art Bruce Lee exhibition, Hong Kong Heritage Museum

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Sham Shui Po.

A housing project in 1955 exposed a Han tomb at Lei Cheng Uk, turning a construction site into one of Hong Kong’s key archaeological discoveries.

A single place-name on a tomb brick locates Lei Cheng Uk within the administrative geography of Han-era southern China.

Today’s inland streets preserve a name tied to a deepwater pier said to have stood near Pei Ho and Tung Chau streets.

Street traffic on Pei Ho Street in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong.
Street traffic on Pei Ho Street in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong.

Sham Shui Po

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Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb

A housing project in 1955 exposed a Han tomb at Lei Cheng Uk, turning a construction site into one of Hong Kong’s key archaeological discoveries.

Pei Ho Street and Tung Chau Street

Today’s inland streets preserve a name tied to a deepwater pier said to have stood near Pei Ho and Tung Chau streets.

Cheung Sha Wan Road and Sham Shui Po

Textile, garment, metal and enamel industries shaped Sham Shui Po; specialist streets still carry traces of that commercial landscape.

Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre

A nine-storey factory building from 1977 became a centre where studios and public cultural activity occupy former industrial space.

Shek Kip Mei Estate

The H-shaped Mei Ho House records the first generation of Hong Kong public housing and the spatial form of early resettlement blocks.

Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum

At Lei Cheng Uk, a glass barrier lets visitors look into a brick tomb discovered during housing construction in 1955.

Industrial Buildings of Sham Shui Po

As manufacturing moved north, Sham Shui Po’s industrial buildings shifted toward trade, exhibitions, logistics and new creative uses.
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  1. Street traffic on Pei Ho Street in Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong.deardavidyan · CC BY 2.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized proportionally and converted to WebP; no cropping or changes to image content.
  2. A pile of used power tools at a flea market in Sham Shui Po.Bernard Spragg · CC0 1.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized proportionally and converted to WebP; no cropping or changes to image content.
  3. The interior atrium of Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre in Shek Kip Mei.tomw99au · CC BY 2.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized proportionally and converted to WebP; no cropping or changes to image content.
  4. A person sits before a concrete façade at Shek Kip Mei Estate.Ding Yuin Shan · CC BY 2.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized proportionally and converted to WebP; no cropping or changes to image content.