Kowloon City: A Day In The Life Of Kowloon Walled City Park

Kowloon City: A Day In The Life Of Kowloon Walled City Park

Kowloon Walled City was an encircled city during the colonial period of Hong Kong which was built from 1843 to 1847. Due to the historical reasons, the area of Kowloon Walled City was not included in colonial range and maintained unsupervised for a long time since the late of 19th century. Covering about 6.5 acres and originally a military fort, the unmanned Kowloon Walled City was densely populated since 1950s; it was world known as a slum controlled by underworld gangs with high rates of crimes, prostitution, gambling and drug use. In 1984, the governments of both China and Britain came to an agreement, afterwards the rectification work and re-management of Kowloon Walled City recovered. After several years’ efforts, in 1993, the city was finally razed to the ground but reserved key historical sites and relics, and was constructed to the present park in 1994, which was later opened to the public in 1995.

Completed in August 1995, Kowloon Walled City Park was officially opened on Dec 22 at the same year. Cost about HKD 76 million, the Kowloon Walled City Park of Hong Kong was designed into a south Yangtze River garden in the features of early Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) plus with well maintained distinctive flavor and architectures of the old Walled City. During the dismantling of old buildings and the reconstruction, some ancient objects and relics are found which are now well protected and exhibited to the masses.

Kowloon Walled City Park is now a beautiful garden featuring preserved artefacts from the former Kowloon Walled City — a Chinese garrison which became a lawless enclave for fugitives and criminal gangs through the 20th century.

This exhibition was officially opened for public use on 19 April 2009. It consists of one Outdoor Display Area and six Exhibition Rooms inside the Former Yamen. It seeks to re-create the old days of the Kowloon Walled City through models, images and sound effects etc.

The Kowloon Walled City Park is a historical park in Kowloon City, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The Kowloon Walled City had been a military stronghold since the 15th century due to its coastal location and was a centre of vice and crime until 1987. Under the agreement between the Government of Hong Kong and the PRC, the Kowloon Walled City was demolished in the 1990s while the indigenous buildings and features were preserved for incorporation in the new park.

The Kowloon Walled City Park is designed as a Jiangnan garden of the early Qing dynasty. The park, 31,000 square metres (7.66 acres) in total, is divided into eight theme zones with their own characteristic scenery,matching with the style of the whole park. The design was awarded a Diploma at the IGO Stuttgart Expo 93 (International Garden Exposition).

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00:00 Introduction
00:58 Entry of Kowloon Walled City Park
22:34 Remnants of the South Gate of Kowloon Walled City