Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, SAR China

Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, SAR China

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Hong Kong Island Hong Kong, SAR China

Human settlement of the area dates back millennia, as evidenced by Neolithic artifacts discovered in Stanley, Hong Kong Island. Qin Shihuang's( Chinese: 秦始皇) imperial government settled Baiyue, and today Hong Kong Island is under the jurisdiction of Panyu County ( Chinese: 番禺縣)in Nanhai County( Chinese: 南海郡), to the Western Jin Dynasty. After the sixth year of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (a.d. 331 ), it belonged to Baoan County( traditional Chinese: 寶安縣 simplified Chinese: 宝安県 )According to the "Hong Kong Island East Region Winds", the Hong Kong Yacht Club (formerly known as Lantern Island, also known as Kellett Island) (the entrance to the Hong Kong Island at the Cross Harbour Tunnel today) has unearthed the copper coins from the Sui and Tang Dynasties to the Song Dynasty. It is estimated that at during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the island already had commercial activity. In the first year of the Wanli Period of the Ming Dynasty (1573), it was the territory of Xin'an County, and remained so until it was ceded to the United Kingdom.
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Nearby destinations
  • Hong Kong a 6.35 km
  • Shenzhen a 33.20 km
  • Kowloon a 7.52 km