Lantau Island
As well as the Nantou-Tuen Mun connection there is another remaining connection between Nantou and Hong Kong. In English, the largest island in Hong Kong is named Lantau. This …
Category: Shenzhen
WESTERN SHENZHEN OVERSEAS CHINESE TOWN
Entering Nanshan district along Shennan Ave. from the East, the first sub-district you come to is Overseas Chinese Town. Overseas Chinese town known universally as OCT is a district …
DA WAN SHI JU
If you think the Hehu Hakka Cultural Museum’s size is something unusual, go up the road to Pingshan Town to the Hakka wei, Da Wan Shi Ju. Da Wan …
INTERNATIONAL TRADE BUILDING
In the 1980s and early 1990s this was the absolute centre of Shenzhen. This was the first super tall skyscraper built in Shenzhen and one of the first in …
CHIWAN TIN HAU TEMPLE SHENZHEN
Tian Hou or Queen of Heaven, better known by her Cantonese name Tin Hau, is a female Daoist deity worshipped by seafarers and their families all around the coast …
CENTRAL SHENZHEN SHENNAN AVENUE
The choice of Shennan Avenue as one of Shenzhen’s great sights was an inspired one. Shennan Avenue runs the length of the city for approximately 30 km starting at …
THE THEME PARKS SHENZHEN
In the early 1980s in China, theme parks were considered one of the marks of development. This was an unexpected consequence of China’s opening to the world in the …
HUAQIANG BEI SHENZHEN
Huaqiang Bei is the main road in the downtown city area and not for the faint-hearted. People flock here from the countryside and crowds, hustlers and stalls proliferate. Huaqiang …