Traveling to Lose the Misery

Symphony of Lights
Hong Kong has established itself with the great light show Symphony of Lights a very special and unique attraction for tourists. Every night by 20 clock to be around the Victoria Harbour on both sides of the Straits of 43 high-rises impressively set with LED lights, search lights, flood lights and lasers for about 15 minutes in the limelight, with the same right music on the radio to FM 103.4 MHz is broadcast (or on the cell phone when you dial 35,665,665). colors of the high-rises, this sophisticated multimedia spectacle has already led to an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records as the “world’s largest permanent light and sound show. The high rentals on offer are almost mutually exclusive with their colorful lights, some of which are even adapted to the season. An image which is located on a visit to Hong Kong really should not miss!
2003, the Australian company Laser Vision the order was given for tourism purposes, a light show in Hong Kong to install, which eventually was turned first time in 2004 (then 18 buildings on the Iceland side). In 2005, two more phases of installation completed and now was the Kowloon-side integrated into the show – in total were involved at that time already 31 buildings in the show. Even the earlier phase of 2005 brought the entry in the Guinness Book of World Records, which was broken after completion of the later phase. 2007 Finally, the fourth and final phase has been completed – now with 43 participating building (23 on the Iceland and 20 on the Kowloon side). Of course this was again broken its own record or on verbessert.Lichtershow Kowloon is the complete show is divided in its course in 5 different sections, which are constructed according to color and music: Awakening, Energy, Heritage, Partnership and Celebration. On feast days and usually is additionally fitted with a fireworks display.
To view the Symphony of Lights, there are two really good vantage points, one on the Kowloon and one on the Iceland page. On the Kowloon side you have to just to elevated terrace (Sitzplätze!) at the Kowloon pier or on the “Avenue of Stars” go – can not miss it actually. On the Iceland-side offers the best view of the Wan Chai waterfront (Metro Station Wan Chai, exit A5, follow signs to the toilet Ferry Pier and walk a little further on the shore to the east). This place is not for people with a dog phobia, for the evening, this is a collection and a playground for people with dogs. I personally find the view of the Iceland-side (ie, the location Kowloon) because of the great skyline much better and more impressive. The find, however, most other tourists and it is at the Kowloon pier always much richer than in the Wan Chai waterfront. Who wants to see both sides of the same show, which will have to attend a special harbor tour on that date or simply compile with the Star Ferry at the right time. Good photos can not be done during such a trip on a ship, however shaky, for of such images is a longer exposure time and a tripod is necessary. Nevertheless, try it again and again and the tourists are seen everywhere on the boats, the flash lights aufleuchten.

Park
Come one the bustling centers of Hong Kong is always crowded and uneasy before, so there are among the skyscrapers, a number of quiet parks. This well-maintained and clean facilities are frequented mainly by locals seeking relaxation you and usually offer a wealth of diverse opportunities for employment. So if you also sometimes want to escape the hustle and bustle of everyday life, who need only consult the nearest park.
The nearly 14-acre Kowloon park oasis in the middle of the city (Metro Station Tsim Sha Tsui, exit Haiphong Road) on Nathan Road was opened in 1970 officially and is an absolute oasis of calm amid the traffic and shopping hustle and bustle of Tsim Sha Tsui and the green lung Chinese Garden of Stadt.Im Unbelievable but true – no one has past the mosque (the largest in Hong Kong, which was built by the British for the many Muslim members of their army) entered the stairs to the parking passes, no noise of main road more to the ear and you hear only bird song. The right is the sculpture garden, can issue in which young artists from Hong Kong and other regions to work a long time before the system is arranged with new works. The park is laid out in classical Chinese style, and everywhere there are numerous benches, where people read newspapers, sleeping or playing board games. The park offers the labyrinth, the flamingo and turtle ponds, the maze, the Chinese garden and large bird cages, a lot of free variation in the heart of the city. If you want something that is off and recharge, which is right here! The northern part of the plant is subject to various sports facilities, such as an indoor and outdoor pools, squash, badminton, tennis and table tennis. (more…)

Temple
In Hong Kong there is a very great religious tolerance, and so here are pretty much all religions are practiced. For the Chinese people have traditionally dominated by the Buddhist, Taoist and Confucian belief that, Christianity has also been delivered to more than 10% of the population represented. It is quite common for the locals to include not only a religion, but to live a combination of several. No wonder that there are in Hong Kong, a large number of religious sites and temples of all the different world views. Many of the temple, however, are often not just one but as many deities dedicated to being dominant but always a deity. Some would like featured temple I introduce below.
Wong Tai Sin Temple: one of Hong Kong’s Wong favorite saints. The shepherd said to have been once at the age of 15 years, taught by an immortal in art, the transform mineral cinnabar into a medicine that could cure all diseases. Wong was able to see along the way also in the future. His first name means Tai Sin ‘Almighty God’. Wong Tai Sin Tempel1915 was a small-Wong Tai Sin statue of immigrants from Guangdong province, more precisely from the first Wong Tai Sin Temple in Guangzhou brought and placed in a small temple on the island. A few years later, the Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon Peninsula on the trailer purchased some land there and built a new Tempel.Frau on shaking the chim However, this was demolished in 1968 and replaced by the present temple in 1973 and the public was made available. The Clock is open daily from 7-17 Wong Tai Sin Temple (Wong Tai Sin Metro station, exit E) is actually very busy throughout the year (annually over three million believers!), But for the Chinese New Year and on Wong Tai Sin special day gather here thousands of Chinese and you do not get a foot on the ground. Admission is also free but a donation is expected. As Wong Tai Sin was considered an excellent soothsayer, search here many Chinese Council for any situation. In a special ritual they hope will for good news. This will remove one specific question about it and then the chim (99 numbered bamboo sticks in a tube) shaken until one falls out of the rods. The number on the chim corresponds to a poetic description of divination, which can be looked up in a book. Before, however, may look at the prophecy, the questioner must ask nor sing pui (crescent-shaped pieces of wood), whether the issue is ever permissible. You will be dropped on the floor and only if a curved side up and one pointing down, the question was accepted by the saints. Otherwise you have to shake a new rod What we Europeans seems amusing in the Chinese religion is a firmly established faith and the most natural thing in the world. One can in Wong Tai Sin Temple is not just old people but Chinese people watch each age layer in this ritual on their faces and distinguished formally from the desire for a positive interpretation of their questions. In the two-story building are over 100 soothsayers practices. (more…)

Flowers, Birds and Gold Fish Market
Metro Station: Prince Edward (Exit B1).
In Hong Kong everything is organized very central and it is not surprising that the sale of certain products is mainly done in certain districts or streets of the metropolis. As Europeans, it’s hard to keep overview of the rich supply when in the streets of an electric or delicatessen on the other ranks, but the Chinese love this system and enjoy the huge selection. In the district of Mong Kok are found next to other industries, the flowers, birds and gold fish market.
In the Flower Market Road flower market near the Metro station you will find – as the name suggests – only flowers and plants. Daily 7-19 clock available at the flower market, exotic flowers, bonsai trees, lucky potted plants and colorful flower bouquets in specialist shops and discount stores. It is great experience if you walk along the road and the air is completed once it smells of sweet flowers. In Hong Kong it is very popular to embellish his small apartment with a little green and flowering, and no matter what time you are on the flower market, the shops are almost always crowded with customers (including the flowers can only dream of business in Germany). Here, the prices are actually quite steep, as practically all the flowers have to be imported to Hong Kong. If you want to give away a bunch of flowers, so you should make sure that are not incorporated in these white ribbons or bows. Weiss would be in China the color of death and mourning and such accordingly Strauss as a bad omen or be interpreted as an insult. (more…)

The Peak
Metro Station: Central (exit K), on foot or by bus 15C to the Lower Peak Tram Station.
The highest mountain by 554 meters Hong Kong is the number one visitor attraction, because of no other place you have probably (assuming good weather of course) such a magnificent view of houses and jungle city of the world sees the incredible dimensions of this metropolis. You will be rewarded with above the glittering panorama of Hong Kong, Iceland, the harbor, Kowloon and the green hills in the background.
A steep climb of the peak TramNachdem the first colonization attempts in the Happy Valley failed due to malaria, a few years later, recommended that the medical service of the colonial administration, the settlement of the mountain for Europeans. However, this was because of the steep slope associated with considerable difficulties and it was the start of the Peak Tram in 1888 left a real opening up of the area. Even today, the adventurous ride on the funicular railway up the steep path is to come up the most popular way to access the top of the mountain. Whole eight minutes does the train for 1.5 kilometers with a vertical drop of 367 m. One should try to forward or to the right tension a seat grab, because the only word that applies to the panoramic views offered by this trip, is “incredible.” View of Hong Kong Alternatively, there are still options with the double-decker bus on Stubbs Road or the minibus on Magazine Gap Road to get up easily. For those who have more time to recommend either the gentle climb (60 minutes) about the Lugard and Harlech Road, on the slopes and hardly the most part are shadows, or the hard route through the many stages in parallel with the peak Tram. I had chosen the easy way ride (more…)

The name is derived from Hong Kong Heung Geung, which means “Fragrant Harbour” and probably refers to the earlier production of incense sticks. This name still fits well, because Hong Kong lives off its port, which connects not only the city but throughout southern China with the rest of the world. Where once even the rice fields ‘Bare Island’ covered, you find yourself today in high-rise forests. Between all these concrete masses, one finds again and again restored temples, ancestral halls and old houses that give the visitor a glimpse of the ancient traditions of China.
Map of Hong Kong
Hong Kong is located south of the Tropic of Cancer on the coast of the South China Sea at the mouth of the Pearl River and covers an irregularly shaped peninsula and 235 islands, of which the most important Hong Kong Iceland, Lantau, Cheung Chau, Lamma, Peng Chau and Tsing Yi. Hong Kong can be divided into three main areas: the island of Hong Kong, which is about 18 kilometers and width up to five miles and covers an area of ​​80 square kilometers, including the surrounding smaller islands, the Kowloon Peninsula and Stonecutters Island, which together have an area of ​​ten square kilometers, the New Territories, which consist mainly of a large mainland area and the island of Lantau, and take the remaining land area. A large part of Hong Kong is hilly, the highest point is 957 meters of the Tai Mo Shan in the New Territories. Vast areas were added by land reclamation. (more…)