Introduction to the exhibition area of Hong Kong Museum of History

This exhibition area can be divided into "topography and climate" and "animals and plants". When entering the exhibition hall, there is a globe for visitors to confirm the location of China and Hongkong. Going forward is paved with fake stones. Just visiting, the rock wall is modeled after rocks, which can be confused. The area uses rock and fossil specimens to explain the geological age and landforms of Hong Kong in the past 400 million years. The cinema in the exhibition area showed a group of films summarizing the geological evolution of Hong Kong. With special lava effects, people seemed to be in the vast universe.

Coming out of the narrow just visiting, you are greeted by a forest with a height of over18m, which contains specimens of various birds, reptiles and mammals. With the singing of birds and the roar of animals, people seem to be in nature. This microcosm of the ecosystem introduces the animals and plants in Hong Kong 6,000 years ago and the relationship between various animals and the surrounding natural environment.

The Natural Lifeline of Hong Kong

Duration: 8 minutes

Number of seats per audience: 36

There are Cantonese, Mandarin and English narration, which will be played in turn.

Hong kong in prehistoric times

Archaeological data show that as early as 6,000 years ago in the Neolithic Age, there were human activities in Hong Kong, and most of the ancestors lived on sand dunes by the sea. In addition to exhibiting prehistoric stone tools, pottery and bronzes unearthed in Hong Kong, this exhibition area has specially set up a 42-meter-long beach scene to show activities such as cooking with fire, building houses, making stone tools and decorations, which not only allows the audience to experience the life of their ancestors thousands of years ago through vivid scenes, but also vividly illustrates the practical use of some cultural relics. At the end of the beach, you can also see the copied cliff stone carvings in Dalang Bay. Eight groups of these stone carvings have been found in Hong Kong, which may be the remains of primitive religions in ancestors' society, such as totem worship and deity worship.

Development of past dynasties

In prehistoric times, Nanyue people lived in Lingnan area. After the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Han nationality in the Central Plains moved to Lingnan area one after another, bringing more advanced culture and technology. With the excavation of Dayuling in Tang Dynasty and the gradual reclamation of Pearl River Delta in Song Dynasty, the number of immigrants increased greatly, and Lingnan area gradually developed. The development of Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta is synchronized. The Deng nationality in the New Territories who settled in Hong Kong in the Song Dynasty. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, more surnames moved into this area, and Hong Kong's social economy achieved certain development. This exhibition area mainly describes the development of Hong Kong from Qin and Han Dynasties to Qing Dynasty through cultural relics borrowed from Hong Kong and Shenzhen. The main cultural relics on display include the boundary tablet of Lifu Yishui Mountain on Lantau Island, and the remote tablet of Huaide Toe Kung Fu at Shuiguan Site in Fotouzhou.

Movie title: Li Han Tomb

Duration: 4 minutes

Seats for each audience: No seats.

There are Cantonese, Mandarin and English narration, which will be played in turn.

Folk customs in Hong Kong

This exhibition area introduces the colorful living customs of the four major ethnic groups in Hong Kong and South China. Visitors can board an original replica fishing boat and learn about the life, beliefs and customs of floating houses on the water. Sun-dried salt has long been extinct in Hong Kong, but visitors can learn about the traditional sun-dried salt technology of the Lao people through the copied salt fields. There are three traditional buildings in the center of the exhibition hall. This paper introduces the traditional wedding and Lantern Festival lighting customs of local people. The other corner of the exhibition hall introduces the farming life of Hakkas, and the simple furnishings in the village house fully reflect the hard and simple life of Hakkas. The most striking part of the folk custom exhibition hall is modeled after the scene of Taiping Tomb-Sweeping Day in Changzhou, including Baoshan, theater shed, gone with the wind, lion dance and Taoist altar. It is colorful and lively. Movies shown in the Folk Cinema give visitors a more comprehensive and in-depth understanding of local folk customs in Hong Kong.

My soil and my feelings.

Duration: 6 minutes

Seats per audience: 45 seats

There are Cantonese, Mandarin and English narration, which will be played in turn.

Opium War and the cession of Hong Kong

The failure of the First Opium War and China's cession of Hong Kong to Britain were the watershed in Hong Kong's history. This exhibition area not only introduces the origin, process and influence of the Opium War, but also tells the story of the discovery of new air routes, Portuguese trade in Macao and Guangzhou, early Sino-British relations and the cession of Kowloon and the lease of the New Territories. The historic Lawaube memorial stone pillar and the fountain arch that was originally located at Shuikengkou were exhibited. In order to create a war atmosphere, Humen Fort, a defensive bunker of Qing soldiers against Britain during the First Opium War, was rebuilt in the exhibition hall. A set of movies about the development of Sino-Western relations and the beginning and end of the First Opium War were shown in the cinema located in the battery, so that everyone could understand the cause and effect of the cession of Hong Kong.

Theater Movie Title: From Trade to War

Length: 10 minute

Seats per audience: 90 seats

There are Cantonese, Mandarin and English narration, which will be played in turn.

The Early Development of Hong Kong

Face to face is a three-story classical European building, next to which is a harbor scene with an enlarged old photo of Kowloon in the background. There is also an ancient western-style yacht moored on the shore; Behind the building is an antique street with teahouse, tailor's shop, pawn shop, grocery store, teahouse, post office, bank, shop ... and antique Chengjitang drugstore and a double-decker tram. Accompanied by all kinds of hawking, trams and dim street lamps, the atmosphere at the beginning of the last century filled the public with an understanding of life in Hong Kong before the war. Climbing the stairs leading to the attic, the audience can learn about the development of Hong Kong's political system, legal system, people's livelihood, industry and education before the war. We can also review the revolutionary deeds of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the father of our country, in Hong Kong and understand the role Hong Kong played in the modern history of China.

Movie title: Traffic in Hong Kong

Length: 10 minute

Seats per spectator: 10

Movie title: Xiangjiang Didi

Duration: 6 minutes

Seats for each audience: No seats.

During the Japanese occupation

The exhibition hall was designed as a bomb shelter to create a war atmosphere. 194 1 year 65438+February 25th, after 18 days of hard resistance, Governor Yang surrendered to the Japanese army, and Hong Kong fell into a dark day of three years and eight months. Visitors can learn about the Battle of Kloc-0/8, the life in Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation, the miserable days when everyone was afraid and lived in fear every day, and the glorious deeds of Dongjiang column in bravely resisting the enemy through historical exhibits, historical photos and films. You can see a precious cultural relic that has never been publicly exhibited-the wooden plaque of the Governor's Office in the occupied area of Hong Kong hanging in front of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in Central during the occupation period.

Theater version title: three years and eight months

Duration: 6 minutes

Seats for each audience: 20 seats

There are Cantonese, Mandarin and English narration, which will be played in turn.

Hong Kong has developed into a modern city.

The first half introduces the rapid development of housing, industry, finance and trade in Hong Kong through multimedia programs and interactive exhibits. In the exhibition hall, you can see herbal tea shops, shops, barbershops, cinemas, and industrial exhibition venues that imitate the 1960s, so as to understand the socio-economic situation and the development of popular culture in post-war Hong Kong. In the second half, through cultural relics, souvenirs and important documents, the whole process from Sino-British negotiations, the signing of the joint statement to the handover ceremony is introduced. The exhibition ended with a large-scale multimedia program introducing post-war Sino-Hong Kong relations.

Cinema film titles: 1970s Hong Kong Film and Television 1960 to 1970.

Length: 10 minute

Seats per audience: 40 seats

There are Cantonese, Mandarin and English narration, which will be played in turn.

Cinema Movie Name: Natural Disaster

Duration: 6 minutes

Seats per spectator: 10

There are Cantonese, Mandarin and English narration, which will be played in turn.

Movie title: 184 1 to 1997 Review of China-Hong Kong relations.

Length: 10 minute

Seats per audience: 40 seats