How much do you know about Cyberpunk in the eyes of foreigners?

Compared with the ordinary life around, Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong exudes mysterious beauty. In fact, the origin of Hong Kong Kowloon City is also a very strong history in China's humiliation history. It is Cyberpunk in the eyes of foreigners, with the highest population density in the world.

Hong Kong's Kowloon Walled City is a besieged city during the colonial period of Hong Kong, and it belongs to a famous historical city. There is a street named Boundary Street in the north of Mong Kok, Kowloon. This street spans the Kowloon Peninsula, and the Dongjiekou Scenic Resort Scenic Area leads to Kai Tak Airport. To the north of Kai Tak Airport is the famous Kowloon Walled City. Kowloon City Village covers an area of only 6 mu, about 27,000 square meters, which is almost equivalent to 26 standard football fields, but accommodates more than 50,000 residents. The population density of the village in the city is as high as 0/0.8 people per square meter. Because there is not much room for these people, the height of Kowloon Walled City keeps increasing until it reaches the antenna at the top, which affects the normal take-off and landing of aircraft at Kai Tak Airport. Otherwise, the height of this village in the city will continue to rise, and more people may settle here.

The history of the Kowloon walled city can be traced back to the Song Dynasty in China. With a unique geographical position, it is the frontier of frontier defense and was once the stronghold of the imperial court to resist foreign enemies. At that time, the outer wall of Kowloon City Village was used to erect batteries. In the fifth year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty, the Qing government moved all the batteries to the flood in Kowloon. 1842, the weak and corrupt Qing government signed the treaty of nanking with Britain, and Hong Kong officially became a British colony. 1847, the Qing government extended the flood season in Kowloon to Jiulong Village, and set Jiulong Village as the base camp of nearby garrison. Because of its geographical position, the Qing government could better monitor the British people's every move on Hong Kong Island. The Qing government can also conduct military exercises here to strengthen its forces, better fight against the British army and protect national security.

1898, Britain forced the Qing government to sign the "Special Provisions on Expanding the Border of Hong Kong" on the lease of Kowloon, and the New Territories and Kowloon Peninsula also became British colonies. However, Jiulong Village is still under the jurisdiction of Manchu. Because the Qing government was worried that continuing to rule here would be regarded as a provocation by Britain, it voluntarily gave up here, and Kowloon Village became a land separated from the Qing government and the British colony. Britain invaded the village in the city, but at that time the village in the city was empty and useless. It was not until 194 1 Japan occupied Hong Kong Island. In order to expand Kai Tak Airport, which is 0/00 meters away from Kowloon Walled City/KLOC-,all the outer walls of Walled City were demolished. Later, when China surrendered, because the local Royal Hong Kong police and colonial government had no right to enter the village in the city, and the then Japanese government refused to manage it, it became a "three-no-care" area regardless of Hong Kong and Britain.

After War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, some homeless people began to settle in Kowloon City Village. With the rapid increase of urban population, the British tried to drive illegal residents out of the villages in the city, but the residents strongly resisted. There were more than 2000 residents at that time. They not only started riots, but also set fire to the British consulate in Guangdong. The British government compromised and stopped expelling these illegal residents. A large number of refugees poured into Hong Kong from South China. Due to the special management style at that time, Jiulongzhai became a good place for this group of people to settle down. This is also the hiding place of criminal gangs. Because of the large population and mixed fish and dragons, it is simply a needle in a haystack to find a criminal suspect here. With the passage of time, due to the lack of government jurisdiction, mixed gangs began to appear in the city, and branches of Hong Men and the underworld began to control the whole village in the city.

But contrary to everyone's guess, being under the control of gangs is not chaotic, but very harmonious. There is one condition for the underworld to rule it, that is, the underworld lives in the east of the city and the civilians live in the west of it. The two do not interfere with each other and live in harmony, which is completely different from the dark appearance of Kowloon City. 1963, residents living in the west of the city spontaneously set up the Kowloon City Village Owners' Welfare Promotion Association, which opened the "autonomous government" model. The inner structure of the village in the city is crowded, with only one street with a wide corridor, sewage discharged from high places, bad smell, illegally wound wires, roaring planes ... and many signboards are unique here. In such a crowded environment, Kowloon City Village has become a blessed place for entrepreneurs.

Residents of Kowloon Walled City have established dentists, grocery stores and textile mills to support many families. Although the poor people here are poor, they will give up everything and send their children out to school in order to get rid of this dark city and village through knowledge. Although the underworld will not pose a threat to people's life safety, nor will it endanger the property safety of people in cities, the business of the underworld is illegal. Because this is a place outside the law, there are more and more illegal activities gathered in Kowloon City Village. This angered the government and entered the village in the city to start anti-drug operations. In this operation, the key drug chain was broken by the police, and the illegal gambling and drug industry in Kowloon City Village began to decline.

In the eyes of outsiders, Kowloon Walled City may be full of darkness and stench, but for city people, it is their home and a scar of Hong Kong. In order to welcome the return of Hong Kong, the local government planned to demolish Kowloon City Village, which was strongly opposed by the residents of the city. 1994, the Kowloon Walled City was officially demolished, and the Kowloon Walled City Park was established on the original site. In the eyes of foreigners, Kowloon walled city is out of place with ordinary living areas around it, but it has a unique and mysterious charm, which is also in line with the concept of "Cyberpunk". Beneath the bustling city is a slum full of chaos, collapse and crime.

Many scholars even take Kowloon City Village as the prototype to write works with serious visual differences between prosperous buildings and dilapidated alleys. Kowloon City Village has also become a true portrayal of the end in the eyes of westerners. He is Cyberpunk in the eyes of foreigners, a scar in Hongkong and a lifelong memory and farewell for many people.