Chinese New Year Hong Kong 1953 舊香港

Yau Ma Tei sampans and junks are in all their festive splendour at Chinese New Year. It has all disappeared.
Part of Michael Rogge's film: 'Turn of the Tide'

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• hong kong
• china
• kowloon
• yau ma tei
• yaumati
• typhoon
• shelter
• chinese New Year
• 1953
• dragon
• sampans
• junks
• boys
• swim
• 舊香港
• turn of the tide

[Bouncybon]

Michael - your extraordinary archives are unique. Can you assure us that your Hong Kong films are fully protected? Have you made some arrangements with the British Film Institute or similar organisation in Holland or TVB-HK to licence them or archive them for the future? I am sure the BBC would love to make a 1 hour programme on old Hong Kong, using your rare footage.

[MichaelRogge]

@Bouncybon. DVD's of most of my clips are with the HK Film Archive, University, History Museum. Hundreds of them have been distributed in HK. There is a photo exposition in the Tao Gallery and a photobook published. I have accomodated various television stations to use parts in their programs. If the BBC would be interested I am sure that know how to find me as the other stations did.

[hkbreastsurgeon]

Thanks for the sharing. But I think the time it is a record of how the HK ppl celebrate the 'Tin Hau Festival' (The goddess of the sea) on the 23rd of the third lunar month rather than during the CNY. BTW, swimming during the CNY season (usually Jan/ Feb) is still a bit cold in HK. :)

[MichaelRogge]

Indeed, the swimming scenes were taken later in the year.

[MS407]

I was born in early 80's

Now I live in Aberdeen of Southern District

But now...as I know,they don't swim in the shelter because seawater is so dirty...

[MichaelRogge]

No annual cross Victoria harbour swim either!

[princessbobo910]

Those children are lucky because they can swim whenever they like. They don't have to go to the beach or swimming pool. They don't have to think about water pollution.....see Hong Kong now is differenet water and different air, so hard to find clean water and fresh air. What a pity!

[ismaelrionda]

Thanks for sharing your wonderful Hong Kong films!

Whenever I visit Hong Kong (I am writing from it now!)I always rove its streets in search of any remnants of the so-called 'world of Suzie Wong'. You surely were lucky in being part of that wonderful era: the HK of the 1950's, with its wonderful architecture and atmosphere, well before the demolition of the old and the coming of the skyscraper era.

I really envy you...all I can do is dream of that bygone era now. But you LIVED it.

[deejayzyx]

/watch?v=OewE5n6EYWw

[angelinemartin313]

i love hongkong

[connie59do]

You always pair the video with the perfect music. Thank you so much.

[canman5060]

The background music of this upload brings back a lot of childhood memory.I remember the good old days sleeping on those cast iron bunk bed with family of seven crowded in one tint pigeon hole.Tough old days but lots of fun too ! Thanks very much for uploading Muchael.

[tikisailor]

Thanks for sharing these videos. They're wonderful.