Hong Kong Tourist Guides — History

Different kinds of potteries have been found in Hong Kong, which the archeologists have dated back to the fourth millennium BC. It is also said that the civilization began sporadically in some parts of Hong Kong long before. In the following millennium there were great craftsmanship in ceramics. Even bejeweled rings were created in this phase. In the second millennium armors were being made out of bronze. Geometric patterns can be found to dominate in those days not only in ceramics but also the weapons. There are many excavations, which can be cited to establish relations with the Chinese dynasties. In fact during the Qin (221 - 206BC) and Han (206BC - AD220) dynasties there were incomers from the Mainland China. Trading of silk and tea through the Silk Road finally brought in Western culture during the fifteenth and fourteenth century to Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong harbors allured the Europeans to come in and consequently the Portuguese reached China in 1555. The British East India Company did not remain behind. They approached Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty who began dealings in restricted terms in Guangzhou with the Britishers. The trade began with opium and porcelains. Despite Chinese restrictions (when the regime began smelling the danger of huge export of silver) opium business proved fruitful for the English. Illegal trading of opium was not far away which forced the emperor to appoint Lin Zexu as a special commissioner to Guangzhou in 1839, to end the business. The result was the inevitable Opium War and ultimately Hong Kong was gifted to the British under the Convention of Chuen Pi in January 1841. With the hoisting of British flag on 26the January 1841, the colonization phase commenced. Hong Kong received its first British governor in the following month of August, Sir Henry Pottinger.

Then the patch up session began with the initiative of the governor; there were land grants and sending of troops to the Chang Jiang (Yangtze River). He also threatened to attack Nanjing (Nan king). The Treaty of Nanjing was signed in 1841 between both the governments. Thus Hong Kong was handed over to the British powers on official terms. Interestingly the Chuen Pi Convention was never signed and so did not get legalized.

Hong Kong turned out to be the most successful port city of the world. With the British backbone it thrived with riches. Nevertheless the tensions between the British and the Chinese never actually ceased and another Opium war followed. Other nations like Russia, France, Germany and Japan joined the party soon to utilize the gifted port of Hong Kong. There were a flood of treaties in between but finally the British had the last laugh. They managed to get hold of New Territories, which was affirmed a part of the by and large province of Hong Kong. What makes Hong Kong so interesting. is how they still preserve its tradition against the power which literally rules the locale.

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