My photo essay under pen name 蓝天游 on Taipei 台北《老社区变国际艺术村》is published in today's LianheZaobao 联合早报缤纷版 dated 25 August 2018! 感谢、感恩! Thrilled to see it being featured nationwide in print! Special thanks to Lianhe Zaobao, you have made my day! :)
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Take a stroll in the streets of Hong Kong and we can find history left many its footprints: from historical sites to old buildings in all sorts of styles reflecting the old times, as if each has a story to tell. The legacy of these sites are well kept through “Revitalising Historic Buildings Through Partnership Scheme” imposed by Hong Kong Government to enhance the awareness about the importance of historic heritages through conserving and redeveloping historic buildings into good use.
Located on a hillside at Lai Chi Kok, Jao Tsung-I Academy was formerly a hospital compound. The site was used as a seaside customs station at the end of the 19th century. In the many years followed, the site has been served as a quarantine station, a prison, an infectious disease hospital and a psychiatric rehabitation center before it was closed in 2004 and left vacant until Professor Jao Tsung-I, a world-renowned scholar on sinology, selected the site for revitalization. Today the Academy serves as a cultural hub to facilitate cultural exchanges and contribute to the society in need. 我自问未算是个文青,但每当放假想沾一身文化气息时,我总会向身边的文青朋友打探好去处,结果走了大大小小的展览、市集、咖啡室。。。走马看花过后,悟出一个真正具文化深度的地方需要环境人事兼备,单单在昏黄的灯光底下饮杯咖啡只能谈得上悠闲,称不上有文化。今次我又经朋友介绍香港文化游去处,到位于荔枝角的饶宗颐文化馆攒了大半天;喝杯茶、看本书、睇展览,就在鸟语花香中当半天文人。我经常很羡慕外地有很多古蹟,因为很喜欢那种历史沉淀的感觉。 其实香港也有充满历史感的地方,这里是饶宗颐文化馆。我早闻国学大师饶宗颐的大名,而文化馆以大师命名实有文化承传之意。一代国学大师饶宗颐教授在今2018年二月六日辞世,享年101岁。饶宗颐不但系国学大师、东方学家、艺术家,对书法、书画、诗词、古琴亦造诣极高。著作无数,亦获奖无数。佢嘅研究领域除了历史文化、宗教经典外,更系现今少有精通甲骨文及敦煌学嘅资深学者,对弘扬传统中华文化贡献良多,备受社会尊崇。 |
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