Wong Wai Man (Irene)

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Cultural Studies

Fundamentals

Museum Visit Reflective Review



Hong Kong Heritage Museum

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New Territories Heritage Hall

Hong Kong, which commaned the sea routes to Guangzhou,Was inevitably a stop-over for foreign merchants on their way toGuangzhou. The city of Guangzhou has been a centre ofInternational commerce since the Qin (221 BC – 206 BC) and

Han (206 BC – AD 220) Dynasties.













SilkTea Porcelain

Freighter and Wares







Fishing Village

Before the British made Hong Kong their colony in1842,there had been farmers and fishermen living in the region.

Most early fishing families lived on boats, they were calledthe’floating people’. The rapid development of the New Territories, massive land-fill projects and growth of industry and businessover the past decades have moved to live in high-rise apartmentsand taken up jobs on land.

This exhibition hall depicts the life og Hong Kong fishermen,where they lived, their beliefs and customs, and what they wore.














Beore the 1960s, most fishingfamilies made their homes in

their boats.Not surprisingly, these boatscame to be known as“house-boats”.

Fishing families would docktheir boats at designated areas

which served as their home base.Groups of fishing families whoshared the same home basebecame distinct communities.Cheung Chau, Tai O,Castle Peak Bay and Tai Pogrew into major homebases for Hong Kong fishermen.





















Maintenance of Fishing Boats andImplements





Fish barrel used for storing frozen fish

Fish Basket 1940s

Shrimp Sauce Barrel 1960s






Apparel

Fishing families lived on and worked intheir boats, therefore their clothes wereentirely functional. To enable movementon board, they went about barefoot.








Wooden Effigies

The fishing family placed wooden effigiesinside the little shrine at home for worshipping






Earth God

Many pile shack dwellers worshippedthe Earth God which was representedby a piece of stone placed at theentrance of a house, or in an open space.The Earth God was revered by the dwellersfor its power to safeguard the well-being of

family members, and to warn off evil spirits.











Dragon boat dance

Performed by Hoklo women on occasions of weddings and festivals





Life in a Village




Faming Implements

Threshing Tub, Wooden Frameand Bamboo Screen

Sieve for Buffalo Manure

Harrow

Muzzle for Buffalo

Water BucketRice-hulling Mill











Hakka food

Hakka Dumplings





Hakka Clothing




Grain Spreader

Husk Chaffer

Hammer and Cake MouldBasin for the Basin Meal

Flail

The Shoulder Pole







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