When traveling abroad, it is just natural to visit local historic sites and monuments, museums and art museums, because our lives are short compared to the long human civilization. Those architectures and relics can tell us stories about the past. Therefore, we should do the same to the city that we grew up in, to understand her in depth through visiting historic sites. Thanks to our ancestors have stuck to our heritage, Hong Kong, being colonized for over 100 years, is still full of historical traces for us to observe if we are willing to look for them in the streets or in rural areas. Even paying attention to just small things, a road sign, a pillar box, a temple, an old Tong Lau, or even an abandoned house with green tiles in the rural areas, an out of use factory building, we can learn a few stories under the Lion Rock.
In these pages, we will introduce over 40 historic sites, located in
Hong Kong Island,
Kowloon,
the New Territories and the Outlying Islands, which have great historic value and can be easily accessed. Some of them have kept their original appearances, some have been restored with new elements added. Whatever way you choose, visiting them alone or with a few friends and family, joining guided tours or taking a stroll, spending your free time there will take you back in time.
There is also information on guided tours organized by different groups for a more interesting, value-added visit.
Hong Kong Island
Tea Ware Museum (former residence of Commander of British Forces)
Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre (Cassels Block)
Asia Society Hong Kong Center (Explosives Magazine complex)
The Fringe Club (former Dairy Farm Cold Storage Depot)
Tai Kwun （former Central Police Station Compound）
PMQ(Former Police Married Quarters)
Hong Kong Museum of Medical Science (Old Pathological Institute)
Dr. Sun Yat-sen Museum（Kom Tong Hall）
Man Mo Temple Compound
Heritage in the University of Hong Kong
Wan Chai Heritage Trail
Blue House
Wo Cheong Pawn House
Wan Chai Pak Tai Temple
King Yin Lei
Environmental Resource Center (Former Wan Chai Post Office)
Causeway Bay
Causeway Bay Tin Hau Temple
Lin Fa Kung, Tai Hang
Law Uk Hakka House, Chai Wan
Lei Yu Mun Park & Holiday Camp
Stanley Historic Sites
Kowloon
SCAD
Lui Seng Chun
Jao Tsung-I Academy
Mie Ho House (former Shek Kip Mei Estate)
Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum
Yau Ma Tei Theatre
Tung Wah Musem
Kowloon Walled City Park (Former Kowloon Walled City Park)
Hau Wong Temple, Kowloon City
Cattle Depot Artists Village(Former Cattle Depot)
Stone Houses
St. Andrew’s Church
1881 (Former Marine Police Headquarters)
Hong Kong Heritage Discovery Centre(Former Whitfield Barracks)
New Territories and the Outlying Islands
Kan Yung Study Hall, Sha Tau Kok
Wong Uk Village
Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail
Ping Shan Heritage Trail
Kat Hing Wai Walled Village
Tai Fu Tai Mansion
Tsang Tai Uk
Cheung Shan Monastery
Hong Kong Railway Museum(Old Tai Po Market Railway Station)
Kiln Site at Wun Yiu
Man Mo Temple
Green Hub(Old Tai Po Police Station)
Kwu Tung’s Historical site: Yan Wha House
Kwu Tung’s Historical site: Yeung Garden
Kwu Tung’s Historical site: Lady Ho Tung Welfare Centre
Kwu Tung’s Historical site: Hau Chung Fuk Tong Communal Hall
Tai O Heritage Hotel (Old Tai O Police Station)
