Hollywood Road Park

Hollywood Road Park (Chinese: 荷李活道公園) is an urban public park in Sheung Wan, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.

The park is built in Chinese architectural style and is surrounded by buildings nearby.

History

In maps of the 1980s and before, Hollywood Road Park is marked as Possession Point. Possession Point is the location where the Royal Navy landed on Hong Kong Island, before the signing of the Treaty of Nanking. The commander of Far East Fleet, James John Gordon Bremer, came to Hong Kong via HMS Calliope on 26 January 1841. A flag raising and gun ceremony marked the official possession of Hong Kong, and the landing venue was renamed as Possession Point. And this date is considered as the foundation of Hong Kong.^[1]^[2]

Hollywood Road Park is also the site of the former Tai Tat Tei (or Dai tat dei, lit. "large piece of land"), which was nicknamed the "poor man's nightclub" in the 1960s and 1970s.^[3]^[4]^[5] The Tai Tat Tei was popular bazaar market. It showcased a rendez-vous of old Hong Kong style street entertainment activities. People gathered to browse at night market, eat cheap food and watch free entertainment.^[6]

References

^ UK Parliament (20 January 2021). "Early Day Motion: 180th anniversary of the founding of modern Hong Kong". Archived from the original on 3 September 2021.
^ "拜登延長及擴大在美港人不被強制離境兩年：受惠人數增時間長半年". Radio France Internationale (in Chinese). 27 January 2023. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. 1月26日是香港開埠日⋯⋯香港於1841年1月26日開埠，當日是英國與中國滿清政府簽訂《穿鼻草約》後向香港殖民，並開放為自由港之日。
^ Central and Western Heritage Trail - Old Site of the Tai Tat Tei
^ Location Library - Hollywood Road Park^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Footprint Guides - Hong Kong Island". Archived from the original on 2008-11-04. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
^ thaiworldview.com Sheung Wan

External links

Media related to Hollywood Road Park at Wikimedia Commons
Central and Western Heritage Trail - Old Site of the Possession Point (Shui Hang Hau)

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[1] UK Parliament (20 January 2021). "Early Day Motion: 180th anniversary of the founding of modern Hong Kong". Archived from the original on 3 September 2021.

[2] "拜登延長及擴大在美港人不被強制離境兩年：受惠人數增時間長半年". Radio France Internationale (in Chinese). 27 January 2023. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. 1月26日是香港開埠日⋯⋯香港於1841年1月26日開埠，當日是英國與中國滿清政府簽訂《穿鼻草約》後向香港殖民，並開放為自由港之日。

[3] Central and Western Heritage Trail - Old Site of the Tai Tat Tei

[4] Location Library - Hollywood Road Park^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] "Footprint Guides - Hong Kong Island". Archived from the original on 2008-11-04. Retrieved 2009-05-19.

[6] thaiworldview.com Sheung Wan

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