I love Kowloon. I visited the city last year and last week and today. In ever visit i found a shop or a little street. This is amazing for me.
the market
Hong Kong was originally a fishing village. The British East India Company imported from China tea and silk, paid in money, because the Empire did not care no good. La Cie imagined introducing opium, then unknown in China, to pay for its imports with the complicity of Chinese shopkeepers. After
the destruction of 20,000 chests of opium by the Emperor, Britain sent
ships of war and won the Isle of Hong Kong as a permanent basis 26
January 1841 (the first Opium War). In
1860 there was the second Opium War and the signing of the first
agreement that provided for the sale of the Kowloon peninsula to protect
the island of Hong Kong (see my photos). In 1898 the second agreement provides for the sale for 99 years of the New Territories in the north of Kowloon and 233 islands. Until 1950 reign compradors: corruption in recent years, opium, prostitution, quick riches are the symbol of Hong Kong. Following
the colony is being modernized relentlessly and is committed to being
at the forefront in all sectors (ferry, funiculars, railways, metro,
skyscrapers, international airports, etc.). In 1997, Hong Kong returned to China, but will benefit from a special status until 2047.
Kowloon gave me the impression of enclosing the soul of Chinese Hong Kong. More colorful, chaotic, messy. Signs and stalls everywhere. In addition, well worth the market.
KOWLOON, kowloon (147, 16, 24)
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