This situation led to the diversity of its culture and the people there are openminded to accept variety. Covering the political and cultural angles on the city as well as fiction and personal memoirs, these are our ten best. This book is about the history of hong kong, from the earliest time that hong kong apepeople were known to exist which is about 4000bc. In this timely and insightful book, yiuwai chu takes stock of hong kongs culture since its transition to a special administrative region of the peoples republic of china in 1997.
The mix of buddhism, confucianism, and taoism makes up the core of hong kong religion, combined with myths, legends, and deities specific to each region. Jan 15, 2016 beare, caldwell, and millikan 1992 claim that culture serves to define the unique qualities of individual organizations. Hong kong became a colony of the british empire after qing empire ceded hong kong island at the end of the first opium war in 1842. Hong kong food, people, culture, beliefs and everything. It is an important transitional period at the last part of hong kongs colonial history. Image, precariousness and the logic of cultural production in. Chinasprout promotes learning of chinese language and culture by providing chinese and english books relating to chinese language, chinese test, chinese food, chinese zodiac, chinese symbols, chinese music, chinese tea, chinese calligraphy, chinese new year, moon festival, spring festival, dragon boat festival and chinese arts. While the majority of the citys population are chinese speakers, simply walking the streets will expose you to a medley of asian and european languages. Image, precariousness and the logic of cultural production. The first thing you will see when you walk into the hong kong museum of history is a few old rocks. It came under the influence of china around 200 bc, with serious settlement by han chinese beginning in the 12th century ad. Prereader and earlyreader childrens picture books only, please. Over the past century, as a melting pot of chinese and western cultures, hong kong has become a cosmopolitan city, a unique and colorful place.
The royal life saving society was established in 1960, and had the sole right to award certificates in hong kong before the handover. Dont forget to learn about hong kongs past and maritime history, and check out the museums about outer space and science. It later became influenced by british culture due to british colonialism, resulting in a culture characterised by both cantoneseness. Before 1997, hong kong was the focal point of the world. He went on to be awarded fpshk by the photographic society of hong kong, and frps by the royal photographic society of great britain in.
While the population is predominantly chinese, hong kong has a culture that is very distinct from china. When you are 15 years old and you get a medal engraved with your name all the way from the uk, it is pretty special, says ho. The culture of hong kong, or hongkongers culture, can best be described as a foundation that. As part of a series of talks held by its faculty of arts department of humanities and creative writing, the casual session featured three notable speakers among them our own guest writer and earthpulse. The colony expanded to the kowloon peninsula in 1860 after the second opium war, and was further extended when britain obtained a 99year lease of the new territories in 1898. They look neat, sure, but they are not our focus here. The history of a movie icon from fay wray to peter. The chief unit of currency is the hong kong dollar. Hong kong history, language and culture world travel guide.
Hong kong food, people, culture, beliefs and everything else. It not only kept many chinese traditions, but also experienced a baptism of western culture. Hong kong as a world city draws on a rich variety of foundational texts in film, fiction, architecture, and other forms of visual culture. Posts about hong kong and chinese literature and culture written by hamilton.
Hong kong is a place that is well known for the blending culture of east and west. King kong has achieved the stature of a popculture icon and modern myth. Hong kong can mostly thank its colonial history and international harbour for the rich blend of cultures that give it its unique character. Hong kong uncyclopedia, the contentfree encyclopedia. Kongers are noted to have a habit of sprinkling their cantonese with english words, resulting in a new speech pattern called kongish. Hong kong and chinese literature and culture hong kong. Its highly original popular culture was well known in chinese communities, and its renowned film industry enjoyed worldwide audiences and farreaching artistic influence. King kong is one of the bestknown figures in cinema history. This edition includes nearly a thousand titles of books, journals, research reports, theses and dissertations, and government reports.
The chinese university of hong kong department of cultural. Oct 01, 2005 since the 1960s, hong kong cinema has helped to shape one of the worlds most popular cultural genres. Food, knowledge, culture at the hong kong baptist university. The official business language is english, with the cantonese dialect of chinese used for daily communication purposes. Lisa see goodreads author shelved 59 times as chineseculture avg rating 4. Jun 15, 2014 the purpose of the present study is to investigate how contemporary korea and its culture are portrayed in childrens picture books published in the united states. To have a better understanding of this cultural phenomenon, you can give a. Instead, it is a heartfelt, even whitehot examination of hong kong culture since the. Edited by kam louie, dean of the faculty of arts at the university of hong kong and a prolific scholar in chinese literature, the essays in this book come from a.
Department of cultural and religious studies 1st semester, 20162017 cure2016 ugec2042 modernity and urban culture. Jul 03, 2010 hong kong as a world city draws on a rich variety of foundational texts in film, fiction, architecture and other forms of visual culture. The year 2009 saw the publication by hong kong university press of incense tree. From defining hong kong as a residue of chinese culture, to taking for granted that a bona fide hong kong culture does exist, the study of hong kong has gone through a tremendous change. He comments on the local culture and politics with curt statements and appropriated images on the basis of certain feminist and postcolonial theories. Youll want to experience cantonese opera, visit the art museum, or catch a show at the hong kong cultural centre. Snow flower and the secret fan by lisa see, peony in love by lisa see, the good earth by pearl s.
Oct 14, 2015 hong kong for nearly four decades, a giant neon cow suspended above a steakhouse in hong kongs western district was a neighborhood landmark. Hong kongs eclectic cultural scene is full of tales to tell, and there are many venues in which you can discover art and local culture. Hong kong culture, culture of hong kong, people, religion. The people of hong kong have their own culture and beliefs, which helps differentiate this region from others in the world. In his most recent book, a hong kong memoir, ho digs through his old archives to put forth neverbeforeseen images from the 50s and 60s. Chung joined the photographic society of hong kong in 1959. Hong kong for nearly four decades, a giant neon cow suspended above a steakhouse in hong kongs western district was a neighborhood landmark. Popular chinese culture books showing 150 of 495 snow flower and the secret fan kindle edition by. Hong kong action films have proved popular over the decades with audiences worldwide, and they have seized the imaginations of filmmakers working in many different cultural traditions and styles. Unfortunately, this turned out to be a fiveminute fever. Earlier this month, we at hong kong tatler dining were fortunate to be invited to a discussion titled lost food. Looking at hong kongs culture, one can discover the historical development of this city, the changes in interpersonal relationship and daily life, as well as the chinese culture behind that shaped.
This image has been copied or parodied in cartoons, comic books, horror films, and television commercials. King kong has inspired advertisements, cartoons, comic books, films, magazine covers, plays, poetry, political cartoons, short stories, television. The culture of hong kong, or hongkongers culture, can best be described as a foundation that began with lingnans cantonese culture which is distinct to begin with and, to a much lesser extent, noncantonese branches of han chinese cultures. Collected poems of louise ho, a book by hong kongs leading english. It is our hope that not only will anthropologists find this compilation useful, but also anyone who is interested in understanding more about hong kong will find this a handy reference. Chu argues that hong kongs culture was lost in transition when it tried to affirm its international visibility and retain the status quo after 1997. He and the series of films featuring him are frequently referenced in popular culture around the world. The aim of this bibliography is to facilitate research on hong kong by categorizing selected academic publications on the culture and society of hong kong. Hong kong as a world city draws on a rich variety of foundational texts in film, fiction, architecture and other forms of visual culture. Awardwinning photographer fan ho arrived in hong kong in 1949. Everywhere, there was hong kong fever, and a whole mass of publications on many areas of hong kong appeared. The official languages in hong kong are chinese and english.
Jul 01, 2015 titled hong kong is not china, and reminiscent of the the popular paris vs new york tumblr now a book, the illustrations juxtapose iconic elements of the two cultures to highlight the. Peoples cultural heritage and festivals, quick facts on hong kong. Chinese pictorial art as viewed by the connoisseur. Hong kong is one of the worlds most enigmatic cities and its complex history has captured peoples imaginations around the world, these ten mustread books about hong kong will help visitors understand what makes this extraordinary citys heart beat. He was the winner of the prussia film photography competition organized by new evening post in 1958. Culture and the p olit ics of disappear ance abbas 1997, a cartier image, pre car iousnes s port al, v ol. The above list is amazing by any standard and will cost taxpayers billions save for the central police compound which is a hong kong. Author ray morton covers the entire history of king kong, from the 1933 classic to the 2005 remake by peter jackson and everything in between in meticulously researched detail. One of the most frequently used images of king kong in popular culture is the scene where king kong and ann darrow are on top of the empire state building. Photos of hong kong in the 50s and 60s business insider.
Our analysis of the representation of korean culture in text and illustrations was based on a sample of 33 picture books written in english and published in the us between 1990 and 2012. The chapters in this book relect this expanded perspective. Indeed, as the following chapters will demonstrate, hong kong culture, while unique, has many facets. Word and image universiteitsbibliotheek gent this volume of essays engages many fields of cultural achievement. Culture and the arts in hong kong hong kong free press hkfp. Read on to know about its people, language, food, martial arts, and festivals, all of which form an indispensable part of its culture and beliefs. History of hong kongabout this book wikibooks, open books. Korean culture as portrayed in young childrens picture books. Hong kong history, language and culture history of hong kong. Covering the political and cultural angles on the city as well as fiction and personal memoirs, these are our ten best books about hong kong. The history of a movie icon from fay wray to peter jackson is simply the best book ever written on the history of this cinematic giant.
Looks at the fate of hong kongs unique culture since its reversion to china. Although the mother tongue for most of its people is chinese spoken cantonese, but due to the long tradition of english education system and its cultural introduction, many locals can speak good. The underside of hong kong as a global city in fruit chan. The final chapter investigates the diverse usages of words and images by a number of other hong kong artists. Oct 12, 2019 hong kong culture was born in a sophisticated fusion of east and west. Hong kong is slowly dimming its neon glow the new york times. Hong kong, of course, is unique in that 150 years of colonial rule has influenced its culture as a superficial overlay on the traditional pillars of chinese rituals and beliefs. One might say that this is hong kong in a single imagewhich was the idea. After 1997 all that was splendor returned to quietude.
Ever since then, he has used his camera to capture the areas colorful street life. Several pieces discuss the tensions of english, closely associated with a colonial past, yet undeniably the key to hong kong s future. Although hong kong is largely thought of in terms of its development from the colonial era onwards, humans have settled in the area since the late stone age. The revival of traditional chinese medicine gabriella zanzanaini october 12, 2016 growing up in hong kong, many of us used to associate traditional chinese medicine with elderly male doctors practicing in dusty old corners and of course the stinky potions our mothers would boil up when we werent feeling well. Hong kongs forgotten food culture tatler hong kong. The city has been a cultural faultline for centuries a translation space where chineseness is interpreted for westerners and westernness is translated for chinese. Covering the political and cultural angles on the city as well as fiction and personal. The year 1984 marked the signing of the sinobritish joint declaration over the future of hong kong, and the year 1997 britains handover of the political sovereignty of hong kong to mainland china. As part of a series of talks held by its faculty of arts department of humanities and creative writing, the casual session featured three notable speakers among.