Little Hong Kong

Aberdeen was originally called Shek Pai Wan (now refers to Shek Pai Wan Village in the mid-levels of Aberdeen). In 1841, a group of British troops landed in Aberdeen and asked where the local residents were. The local residents answered HongKong (Hong Kong), so the whole island is called Hong Kong Island, and this place is called Aberdeen. Later, the British Hong Kong government named the place Aberdeen (Aberdeen, the English name of Aberdeen) in honor of Lord Aberdeen, the then British foreign secretary. Aberdeen was renamed Yuan Hong Kong, which means "the origin of Hong Kong". With the development of the times, many fishermen in Aberdeen have moved to live on land since the 1960s. The original site of the Aberdeen Dry Plant was reclaimed in the 1970s and became the Aberdeen Centre, a large private housing estate in the Southern District today. Aberdeen used to be a major re-export port in Hong Kong. In ancient times, most of the stone bricks produced in Hong Kong were first transported to the Bay Branch in Aberdeen before being transported to Guangzhou, so the bay was named "Shek Pai Bay". In the Ming Dynasty, Shipaiwan also engaged in the transshipment of incense tree products. Products produced from Shatin and Sha Lo Wan will be sent to Seac Pai Wan by boat via Tsim Sha Tsui, and then shipped to Guangzhou by boat commonly known as "big-eyed chicken". Legend has it that the Hong Kong Village established in the Ming Dynasty was named after it. The re-export business of Aberdeen declined with the relocation of the territory in the early Qing Dynasty. On the other hand, before the opening of Hong Kong as a port, there were fishermen living in Aberdeen. After the opening of the port, in addition to fishing, the Aberdeen area also began to develop industries. Xiapu Dock, built in 1857, was the first large-scale dock in Hong Kong. Later, it was acquired by Whampoa Dock in the 1860s and developed into Aberdeen Dry Dock[3], which later became one of the four major docks in Hong Kong. At the beginning of the 20th century, Dacheng Paper Mill was established in the east of Aberdeen, but in the 1920s, due to the expansion of the Aberdeen Reservoir, the water source could no longer be used, and the business had to be terminated. School). Most of the initial residents lived in the area of Island Road (now Aberdeen Avenue) and Aberdeen Street (now Aberdeen Old Street) to the east of Aberdeen Whampoa Dockyard, while boaters mostly lived in the Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter and the west of Wong Chuk Hang The fifteen rooms and Yongwei seafront.