The Discover Hong Kong package tours Hong Kong Tourism website has a little history of the region - one of the world's most important cities despite the fact that Hong Kong was nothing more than a bunch of fishing villages only 160 years ago. Unlike other key world commerce capitals like New York, Paris, London, Beijing, etc, Hong Kong is relatively new and also sprung into being largely as the result of trade - often illegal - between China and the sprawling British Empire. In fact Hong Kong was under British control and protection until 1997 when the islands became a semi autonomous regio of China.
Although I lost most of my pictures from a Hong Kong visit in April here are a few Hong Kong Pictures mixed in with my China set.
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Saturday, October 25, 2008
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Tian Tan Buddha on Lantau Island, Hong Kong
Tian Tan Buddha is the world's largest seated bronze Buddah and sits high above the Po Lin Monastery at Ngong Ping on Lantau Island which is part of Hong Kong.
The statue is also called the the "Big Buddha".
Wikipedia says that the statue symbolizes the harmonious relationship between man and nature, people and religion.
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