Chapter 33 "Fragrant Harbor"

"Fragrant Harbor" "Fragrant Hong Kong" is the free translation of the word "Hong Kong" by foreigners.There are many foreigners, by In the 1930s, foreign merchant ships who came to Guangdong for trade used to go to the west of Hong Kong Island. A large waterfall at the end of Aberdeen near Hong Kong draws fresh water into the sea (this place is still called "Waterfall Bay", The waterfall has dried up due to the cut off of the upstream water source), so it misunderstood the origin of the name "Hong Kong". It was thought to be due to the sweet and fragrant water quality, so it was translated as "fragrant port".In fact, it was a misunderstanding.Hongkong

The "fragrance" of Dongguan originates from the export of Shipaiwan, a special product of Dongguan, not because of the waterfall. The water quality of Buwan is fragrant. This "Fragrant Hong Kong" co-authored by An Deke and Hinton is a brief history of Hong Kong. It is used as a middle school textbook, and the space is not much, but because the writing method is very unique, the text is also simple and clear. Therefore, it has become a brief history of Hong Kong that is also suitable for ordinary people to read. (GB Endacott and A. Himton: Fragrant Harbour.) This book is divided into twelve chapters, and each chapter is divided into several subsections, each with a small topic, and each chapter contains excerpts of related texts.

A question is presented to see the public opinion and reaction to these newly involved matters at that time, and a question for review is attached. A number of questions.At first glance, this brief history of Hong Kong seems to be fragmented and incoherent, but in fact it has made the colonial The formation process of the land, its characteristics and development, as well as some major events over the years are all summarized. Introduced to the readers. There are several illustrations attached to this book, most of which are contrasted with old and new, showing the changes in the appearance of Hong Kong.

And development. There are three appendices at the end of the volume, one is a brief history of Macao, the other is some interesting places in Hong Kong, and the other is the surname and term of office of successive governors.The author attaches a short history of Macao at the end of this volume, not only because The relationship between Hong Kong and Macao is very close, but because on the eve of the Opium War, Elliot, the British commercial supervisor in China, once He wanted to occupy Macau and replace it with the Portuguese, but this opinion was not accepted by London, so it was The next best thing is to claim Hong Kong from Lin Zexu's successor, Qi Shan. Therefore, the form of Hong Kong as a colony,

It can be said that it was facilitated by Macau. The second part of the appendix, "Some Interesting Places in Hong Kong", can be said to be the most interesting part of this book. part.With 81 small topics, the author narrates some ancient stories in Hong Kong, Kowloon, New Territories and outlying islands. ruins of buildings and ancient roads, etc., in other books about Hong Kong written by outsiders Rarely readable material. When the author narrates the anecdotes about the naming of some streets in Hong Kong, he captures this for the British businessmen at that time. The law of justice in the colonies was injustice.Because many lesser characters from earlier years have left their names here

As a commemoration, only Elliot, the commercial supervisor of Hong Kong Island, has not had a mountain, a street, or A building is named after him.It is said that today Central connects to Wyndham Street and passes through Caine Road "Killiliana" (commonly known as Iron Hill) on Robinson Road was originally named "Elephant Valley", but later it was The British businessman objected, so it was changed to the current name.In fact, those who opposed him were not only those who came to China for trade at that time. The British businessman, even Queen Victoria, condemned him for taking Hong Kong Island without authorization and sent him back to his country.

Send another Sir Pottinger to replace him.Elliott can be said to be thankless, no wonder the author of "Fragrant Harbor" After a year, I will complain about him.