The Legend of “Nine Dragons”

Kowloon has a much longer recorded history than Hong Kong. Early maps from the Ming and Qing dynasties consigned all of what would become Kowloon and the New Territories to Xin’an county（新安縣）, Guangdong. The area was home to farming and fishing communities for hundreds of years before its occupation（佔領）by the British in 1860. Map of Hong ...Read More