Type:Skill

Subject:Art
Business

Description:"Flowers are popularly used in Hong Kong for decorations in big events or offerings in temples. Most of the open markets across Hong Kong have small flower shops that sell flower arrangements using various flowers such as Magnolia, Hong Kong Camellia, Palms, Bauhinia, Azalea, Rhododendron, Yulan, Saucer Magnolia, Chinese Magnolia, Purple Camel's Foot, Hibiscus Mutabilis Chinese Bell, Red Bottle Brush, Melastoma, Musseander, and Flame Flowers which are grown in the Botanical Gardens of Hong Kong. For gifting purposes, White, Pink and Red Roses, Carnations, Orchids and Lilies are very famous and are the most popular flowers used in floral arrangements." [show more]

Type:Physical Object

Subject:Historic Building

Description:The Old Wan Chai Post Office is the oldest surviving post office building in Hong Kong. It is not known if the buildings original purpose was to be a post office but it opened on 1 March 1915 as the Wan Chai Post Office. Having served the Wan Chai area for 77 years it closed in 1992. [show more]

Type:Building

Subject:Grade 2 Historic Building
Graded Building
Historic Building

Description:The Green House is listed as a grade 2 historic building. It's name was derived from the green painted exteriors. It is located at 1-11 Mallory Street and It is one of the last remaining tong-lau of the balcony type in Hong Kong.

Type:Building

Subject:Graded Building
Historic Building

Description:Green House earlier was a block of ten tenement houses. It was located at 1–11, Mallory Street in Hong Kong. Its name is owed to the green colored exteriors of the building. It is one of the tong-lau of the balcony type in Hong Kong.

Type:Service

Subject:Market

Description:Gresson Street was opened around 1909 and the street was named after William Jardine Gresson who was a British merchant and politician in Hong Kong and China. The market began in the 1950s and the stalls sold wet and dry goods.

Type:Building

Subject:Medical Utility

Description:This institute provides education, research and training in cardiorespiratory disease and, in particular, tuberculosis, which is still a major problem in Hong Kong. It also offers treatment through several hospitals, including The Freni Care & Attention Home in Wan Chai. [show more]

Type:Physical Object

Subject:Historic Site

Description:The temple was likely built around 1847 and is one of several temples dedicated to Hung Shing on the Hong Kong Island. Renovations of the temple were recorded to have been carried serval times over the years the latest one in 1992.

Type:Physical Object

Subject:Religious Offering

Description:"Burning incense is done by worshippers as an offering with the belief that it attracts attention from the Gods or, in some cases, is food for the spirits that have passed prior. They can either be long and straight or in the form of coils.The long-burning incense spirals take up to a couple of weeks to burn through and they purify the surroundings, which keeps the ancestors and gods happy." [show more]

Type:Physical Object

Subject:Religious Offering

Description:"Worshippers offer pink lillies to the Gods, decorate the altars using flowers and fruits. These are considered as offerings as well as a mode to beautify the temple. "

Type:Building

Subject:Grade 1 Historic Building

Description:It is a mansion with Eastern and Western architectural styles and is famously known as "The Wan Chai Haunted House"