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[[File:Spring Gardens, Hong Kong.jpg|thumb|Spring Gardens, 20 August 1846]] |
[[File:Spring Gardens, Hong Kong.jpg|thumb|Spring Gardens, 20 August 1846]] |
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[[File:HK Tram Wan Chai Spring Garden Lane 11-2009.JPG|thumb|Northern end of Spring Garden Lane, vied from [[Johnston Road]].]] |
[[File:HK Tram Wan Chai Spring Garden Lane 11-2009.JPG|thumb|Northern end of Spring Garden Lane, vied from [[Johnston Road]].]] |
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'''Spring Garden Lane''' is a street in [[Wan Chai]], [[Hong Kong]], connecting [[Queen's Road East]] |
'''Spring Garden Lane''' is a street in [[Wan Chai]], [[Hong Kong]], connecting [[Queen's Road East]] to its south) and [[Johnston Road]] to the north. It was one of the first focal areas developed by the British in Hong Kong during the 1840s. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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During the early development of Wan Chai, one of the focal area of development was Spring Gardens. The name was used by the British during the early [[History of Hong Kong (1800s–1930s)|Colonial Hong Kong]] era in the 1840s.<ref name="Wordie">{{cite book |title= Streets: Exploring Hong Kong Island|last= Wordie|first= Jason|authorlink= |coauthors= |year= 2002|publisher= [[Hong Kong University Press]]|location= Hong Kong|isbn= 962-209-563-1|page= |pages= |url= |accessdate=}}</ref> The |
During the early development of Wan Chai, one of the focal area of development was Spring Gardens. The name was used by the British during the early [[History of Hong Kong (1800s–1930s)|Colonial Hong Kong]] era in the 1840s.<ref name="Wordie">{{cite book |title= Streets: Exploring Hong Kong Island|last= Wordie|first= Jason|authorlink= |coauthors= |year= 2002|publisher= [[Hong Kong University Press]]|location= Hong Kong|isbn= 962-209-563-1|page= |pages= |url= |accessdate=}}</ref> The word "spring" in "Spring Gardens" was supposed to be referring to a [[Spring (hydrosphere)|water spring]]. However, when the name "Spring Garden Lane" was translated into Chinese, the resulting name became "春園街", with the character "春" meaning [[Spring (season)|spring season]]. The water spring mentioned possibly refers to the mountain creek beside [[Hopewell Centre, Hong Kong|Hopewell Centre]] in [[Queen's Road East]]. |
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In the early 1900s, Spring Garden Lane and Sam Pan Street (三板街) became [[Prostitution in Hong Kong|a red-light district]] with western and Chinese prostitutes. In order to attract attention, [[brothel]]s were displaying large street number plates, and the area became known as "Big Number Brothels".<ref>[http://www.undo.net/it/mostra/16991 "Early Hong Kong Brothels"], Exhibition at the [[University Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong|University Museum and Art Gallery]], 26 November 2003 to 29 February 2004</ref><ref>[http://www.wcheritage.org.hk/pdf/wan_chai_map_e.pdf Wan Chai Heritage Trail flyer. p.2]</ref> |
In the early 1900s, Spring Garden Lane and Sam Pan Street (三板街) became [[Prostitution in Hong Kong|a red-light district]] with western and Chinese prostitutes. In order to attract attention, [[brothel]]s were displaying large street number plates, and the area became known as "Big Number Brothels".<ref>[http://www.undo.net/it/mostra/16991 "Early Hong Kong Brothels"], Exhibition at the [[University Museum and Art Gallery, Hong Kong|University Museum and Art Gallery]], 26 November 2003 to 29 February 2004</ref><ref>[http://www.wcheritage.org.hk/pdf/wan_chai_map_e.pdf Wan Chai Heritage Trail flyer. p.2]</ref> |
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Spring Garden Lane is a street in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, connecting Queen's Road East to its south) and Johnston Road to the north. It was one of the first focal areas developed by the British in Hong Kong during the 1840s.
History
During the early development of Wan Chai, one of the focal area of development was Spring Gardens. The name was used by the British during the early Colonial Hong Kong era in the 1840s.[1] The word "spring" in "Spring Gardens" was supposed to be referring to a water spring. However, when the name "Spring Garden Lane" was translated into Chinese, the resulting name became "春園街", with the character "春" meaning spring season. The water spring mentioned possibly refers to the mountain creek beside Hopewell Centre in Queen's Road East.
In the early 1900s, Spring Garden Lane and Sam Pan Street (三板街) became a red-light district with western and Chinese prostitutes. In order to attract attention, brothels were displaying large street number plates, and the area became known as "Big Number Brothels".[2][3]
During the founding of the People's Republic of China around 1948 to 1949, many of the Communist party guerrilla forces found their way to Hong Kong after World War II. One of them was the East River Guerrilla Force (東江縱隊), which formed a pro-Communist underground group called the Hailiushe (海流社). They were headquartered in the rooftop of a multi-story house on Spring Garden Lane. The area and group was raided by the Hong Kong police, while it was an operating network cell.[4]
Around Spring Garden Lane are Lee Tung Street, Swatow Street and Amoy Street where abounded with warehouses storing cargoes to be shipped to Chinese coastline cities.
See also
- Queen's Road East, for a list of lanes connecting Johnston Road and Queen's Road East
References
- ^ Wordie, Jason (2002). Streets: Exploring Hong Kong Island. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 962-209-563-1.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ "Early Hong Kong Brothels", Exhibition at the University Museum and Art Gallery, 26 November 2003 to 29 February 2004
- ^ Wan Chai Heritage Trail flyer. p.2
- ^ Fung, Chi Ming (2005). Reluctant Heroes: Rickshaw Pullers in Hong Kong and Canton, 1874-1954. Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong studies series. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-962-209-734-6.
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External links
- Picture of "Big Number Houses" on gwulo.com