On Wednesday I went to the Hong Kong Museum of History. The permanent exhibition "The Story of Hong Kong" guides through the history of Hong Kong territory - starting wit prehistoric Hong Kong and ending with Hong Kongs return to China in 1997.
You learn a lot about the ethnic minorities that lived here, too. Before Hong Kong a British colony there were 4 main Chinese ethnic groups living in Hong Kong: the Punti, the Hakka, the Boat Dwellers and the Hoklo. The Punti ("local people") migrated into the region now known as Hong Kong around 960-1127 and settled on the fertile plains where they engaged in farming, farmland leasing and small businesses. The Hakka ("guest people"), who migrated into Hong Kong much later than the Punti, could only settle in relatively remote and infertile hill areas. The sea-born Boat Dwellers lived by fishing in the waters of the Pearl River delta.The Hoklo originally came from coastal places such as Huizhou. They mostly settled in Hong Kong as fisherfolk.
If you ever came here to walk through the museum yourself, I can give you 2 advices: 1. Go on a Wednesday, too. As it's free admission. 2. Come here in the morning. The museum will be captured by hundreds of juniors who go there with their history teachers from noon until the museum closes.
In the evening I went to a film festival where they were showing independent movies. The venue was actually quite cool - as it was the Hong Kong Arts Centre. The film "Exodus of nowhere" consisted of several parts - each dealing with another issue about life in Hong Kong, e.g. the relationship between mainland Chinese and Hong Kong Chinese people.
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