Hi Guys! In the newest Hong Kong Snapshot series, I will introduce the story of Causeway Bay. Causeway Bay is at the HK Island. When HK is a world known city, Causeway Bay is a tourists known district. It is a centre of tourism, shopping, culture, entertainment and business, and is a must go place for every HK local and tourist. Causeway Bay has the second most expensive street in the world, and countless international brands. It is the first choice for many international companies to settle in Asia. To introducing Causeway Bay, I firstly have to introduce it’s history of development. Last time, we talked about the horse racecourse built in Happy Valley next to Causeway Bay. And now, we go back to Causeway Bay.
大家好！在最新篇的香港隨拍，我將介紹香港的銅鑼灣區。銅鑼灣為於香港的港島區，當香港是全世界都認識的城市時，銅鑼灣就是每一個遊客都認識的地區。它集旅遊、購物、文化、娛樂、商業於一身，是每一個香港本地人及遊客的必到之處。銅鑼灣擁有現時全球第二貴的街道，國際品牌多不勝數，是很多國際企業落戶亞洲的首選之地。介紹銅鑼灣，先要介紹它的發展歷史，在上一回，我們說到銅鑼灣旁邊的馬場建成，帶動銅鑼灣的發展，今天，我們要開始講講銅鑼灣本地的發展了。
Today, the Causeway Bay district includes Causeway bay, Tin Hau and Tai Hang. And in fact, in the ancient time Causeway Bay should be “Tin Hau” and today’s Causeway Bay we are familiar with was called “East Point”. Why was it called? According to legend, the coast of Causeway Bay looked like a sharp point and it was at the east of Central and Sheung Wan (main area of HK at the time). So it was called East point.
今天的銅鑼灣區包括銅鑼灣、天后及大坑等地，但其實古時的銅鑼灣說的是天后一帶，而我們今天認識的銅鑼灣在當年叫做東角。為什麼叫東角？相傳當年填海前的東角海灣突出來就像一隻角，而東角又位於主要地區中環、上環的東邊，所以就叫做東角了。
Causeway Bay reclamations. You can see the sharp point.
銅鑼灣填海圖，很清楚的看到那一隻角
(Photo source: 消失中的海岸線：銅鑼灣（上） - 香港舊照片)
After the British entered HK, the land of Wan Chai and Causeway Bay was auctioned. Most of the land in Causeway Bay was auctioned by Jardine Matheson. Jardine noticed that East Point could be a good haven and built warehouses, docks, piers and Offices at East Point, which were located at today’s Yee Wo Street and Jardine’s Bazaars. Since then, Causeway Bay became the property of Jardine for half a century. Today, we can find the streets’ name in Causeway Bay are related to Jardine Matheson, like Yee Wo Street (Chinese Name of Jardine), Jardine’s Bazaars, Jardine’s Crescent, and also Percival Street, Paterson Street and Matheson Street (All were important people of Jardine Matheson).
英國人進入香港後，就將灣仔及銅鑼灣的土地拿來拍賣，其中銅鑼灣的大部份土地都被怡和洋行拍得。怡和看中東角的水深，能成為良好的避風港，於是就將銅鑼灣建成倉庫、碼頭、辦公室等，集中於今天的怡和街、渣甸街一帶，自此銅鑼灣有半個世紀成為怡和的天下。今天所見，在銅鑼灣很多的街道名，都能找到怡和的痕迹， 如怡和街、渣甸街、渣甸坊，還有以怡和重要人物命名的波斯富街、百德新街、勿地臣街等等。
East Point in 1880. 1880年的東角
The name East Point is gone already. There are only some buildings still have the name of East Point. The mall in the photo is East point Laforet
今天東角的名字已失去了，只有小量建築物仍有這名字，如圖中的東角Laforet
Later, Causeway Bay underwent several reclamation projects and gradually become the shape we can find in map today. Most traces of Jardine are lost. One example still left is the Jardine Noonday Gun. It was a private Noonday Gun of Jardine and originally set up at Cannon Street. Later it was moved to the coast after reclamation and now still hold the noon gun ceremony. For more about it, please read my post: Hong Kong Snapshot (58) – Pass through a secret tunnel and watch the gun salute – Jardine Noonday Gun 香港隨拍 (58) – 走過神秘隧道，去看怡和午炮！
後來銅鑼灣經歷數次填海工程，漸漸形成今天的形狀。不過，怡和在銅鑼灣的大部份痕跡早已失去，只剩下少部份留下，如怡和午炮。怡和午炮是怡和洋行私人設置的午炮，本設於景隆街（景隆街的英文正是Cannon Street)，後因填海移到海邊，怡和午炮至今仍保持中午十二時進行午炮儀式，詳情可參閱我的另一篇文章：Hong Kong Snapshot (58) – Pass through a secret tunnel and watch the gun salute – Jardine Noonday Gun 香港隨拍 (58) – 走過神秘隧道，去看怡和午炮！
On the other hand, the mint operated by the Government on Sugar Street today was bought by Jardine due to it’s poor operation. Jardine changed it to sugar factory. It is also the origin of the name Sugar Street. The Chinese started to gather at the area near the sugar factory and formed a bazaar. Today, the street is named as “Jardine’s bazaars”. Later, bad people of dubious character also gathered at the place, which led to the government’s intention to rectify and built the Tang Lung Chau Market. Unfortunately, the results were extremely poor. You may read my post about this story: Hong Kong Snapshot (26) (With Video) – Tang Lung Chau Market, a half-ruined market 香港随拍(26)(附有视频) – 灯笼洲街市，半废墟的街市
另一方面，政府於今天糖街經營的造幣廠因經營不善，被怡和收購改建成糖廠，這也是糖街名稱的由來。這糖廠附近一帶吸引了華人們在附近聚集，他們大多聚集在渣甸街一帶，形成小市集，這也是渣甸街英文名稱的由來。後來這裡人流複雜，導致政府有意整頓，在渣甸街興建了燈籠州街市，可惜成效極差，這一段故事，可參看本人另一篇文章：Hong Kong Snapshot (26) (With Video) – Tang Lung Chau Market, a half-ruined market 香港随拍(26)(附有视频) – 灯笼洲街市，半废墟的街市
Yee Wo Street in 1950 (the street with tram) 1950年的怡和街，有電車的那一條
Today’s Yee Wo Street 今天的怡和街
Jardine’s Bazaar, so crowded! 渣甸街，任何時候都很擠擁！
The mint 當年的糖廠
This was Yee Wo Street and Sugar Street in the early 20th century
20世紀初期的怡和街及糖街
Today’s Sugar Street, after reclamation
填海後的糖街
Jardine Matheson led the development of Causeway Bay in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Then, another family joined. the family was called the “King of Opium”. It was one of the four major families in HK. It is also the founder of Television Broadcast, the most influential TV station for Chinese. We will talk about it in the next post. See you!
怡和洋行帶動了銅鑼灣在19世紀至20世紀初期的發展，而在之後，就是另一個家族出場的時候，這個家族是當年的鴉片大王，是香港四大家族之一，也是影響華人最深的電視台無綫電視的創辦人家族，下回再見！
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