China Photos 3

There is a museum complex that includes the Hong Kong Museum of History and the Hong Kong Museum of Science.
Science is the same everywhere, so I went to the history museum.
A bronze wine container from the Western Han dynasty (206 BCE- 8 CE). I would say this was used to hold wine not as a giant cup, but they may have been big drinkers back then.
Traditional clothes comprising a bamboo hat, a jacket and a pair of trousers, worn by a male boat dweller.
In a village Ta Chiu ceremony, giant effigies of Chinese gods are erected to guard against malicious spirits.
In Hong Kong village communities, Chinese opera is staged to give thanks to the gods as well as entertain the villagers during certain festivities and celebrations.
Programs and advertisements for the Chinese operas.
Musical instruments used in the operas.
Lin Zexu was a good government official who was Governor-General of Hubei and Hunan and was appointed as Imperial Commissioner with instructions from Emperor Daoguang to enforce a total ban on the importation of opium.
Don't leave home without it.
Opium paraphernalia, including an opium lamp and an opium pipe.
A recreation of a pre-WWII Hong Kong grocery store.
An old Chinese newspaper, Tsun Yat Po, dated May 3, 1919.
Whatever you do, don't mention the war. The Japanese and particularly the Chinese are still sensitive about the subject. These are some artifacts dating to the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.
An old Hong Kong trolley.
Chinese people are short. I had to duck just to walk through the trolley and I'm only a little taller than six foot.
I remember when people used to say that cheap crap was made in Hong Kong. Here is some cheap crap from the old days.
In 1984, the UK agreed to return Hong Kong back to China in 1997. Maybe Deng Xiaoping is leaning back because Margaret Thatcher has bad breath.
These two podiums were used during the ceremony on July 1, 1997. Part of the handover was on the condition that Hong Kong would retain its free-market economy and its social and legal systems for fifty years. So if you want to see Hong Kong as a capitalist center, you may only have until June 30, 2047.

TO CENTRAL AND SHEUNG WAN