Tolo Harbour

Tolo Harbour (formerly known as Tai Po sea, formerly known as Tai Po sea) is one of the main inner harbors in the new territories of Hong Kong. It is located to the north of Sha Tin District and to the east of Tai Po District. The harbour runs from southwest to northeast. The exit is the Chi men Strait, from which the sea water flows into Mirs Bay in the northeast of Hong Kong. A number of rivers flow to Tolo Harbour, including the Shing Mun River in Sha Tin and the Lam Tsuen River in Tai Po. Tolo harbor is close to the Chinese University of Hong Kong. From the top of the mountain of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the view of Tolo harbor has a unique style. Especially, standing by the pavilion of harmony between man and nature of New Asia College, you can have a panoramic view of Tolo harbor. In the distance, there are green hills, water and sky. The cycling path here provides a safe and comfortable riding route for cyclists. There are clear road signs at each section of the cycling trail. Cycling is very busy on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. On non holiday days, it will be more comfortable, especially at dusk, when the scenery is beautiful.

Tolo Harbour

Tolo Harbour (formerly known as Tai Po sea, formerly known as Tai Po sea) is one of the main inner harbors in the new territories of Hong Kong. It is located to the north of Sha Tin District and to the east of Tai Po District. The harbour runs from southwest to northeast. The exit is the Chi men Strait, from which the sea water flows into Mirs Bay in the northeast of Hong Kong. A number of rivers flow to Tolo Harbour, including the Shing Mun River in Sha Tin and the Lam Tsuen River in Tai Po.

brief introduction

Tolo Harbour (formerly known as Tai Po sea, formerly known as Tai Po sea) is one of the main inner harbors in the new territories of Hong Kong. It is located to the north of Sha Tin District and to the east of Tai Po District. The harbour runs from southwest to northeast. The exit is the Chi men Strait, from which the sea water flows into Mirs Bay in the northeast of Hong Kong. A number of rivers flow to Tolo Harbour, including the Shing Mun River in Sha Tin and the Lam Tsuen River in Tai Po. In 963, the Southern Han Dynasty set up Meichuan capital in Dapu and collected pearls in the sea of Dapu. It reached its peak in the Song Dynasty and was as famous as Hepu in Guangdong (today's Beihai City in Guangxi). Due to the well-developed pearl mining industry, the Tai Po sea is also known as "Mei Zhu Chi", while the local fishermen call it "Pearl River". The local pearl picking industry continued until the middle of Ming Dynasty. In the seventh year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the government decided to give up and move to Hepu because it was only half a Jin after picking pearls for five months.

In 1937, the Dingchou typhoon occurred in Hong Kong. A strong typhoon hit Hong Kong in the early morning of September 2, 1937, causing extensive damage. The typhoon caused a storm surge more than 20 feet (6 meters) high in Tolo Harbour, causing heavy casualties in Tai Po.

In the north of Tolo Harbour, Shuen Wan in the area of Tai Mei tuk used to be a big bay in the harbour. In the 1960s, due to the lack of water resources in Hong Kong, the government built a dam in Shuen wan to completely close the Bay, and pumped the seawater from the bay to build a fresh water lake in Shuen Wan. There used to be a number of villages along the coast of chuanwan, which were demolished during the construction of the freshwater lake.

In the 1980s, in order to improve the traffic between Sha Tin and northern New Territories, the government built Tolo Highway along the south coast of Tolo port between Sha Tin and Tai Po. In 2000, the government carried out widening works for Tolo Highway, and reclaimed the sea around Ma Liu Shui to build the Hong Kong Science Park.

Features

Tolo harbor is close to the Chinese University of Hong Kong. From the top of the mountain of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the view of Tolo harbor has a unique style. Especially, standing by the pavilion of harmony between man and nature of New Asia College, you can have a panoramic view of Tolo harbor. In the distance, there are green hills, water and sky. The cycling path here provides a safe and comfortable riding route for cyclists. There are clear road signs at each section of the cycling trail. Cycling is very busy on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. On non holiday days, it will be more comfortable, especially at dusk, when the scenery is beautiful.

Local food

Hong Kong is internationally recognized as an international city. In terms of the catering industry, there are traditional Chinese regional dishes, such as Cantonese, Sichuan, Shanghai, Chaozhou, Hunan and northeast dishes, as well as Japanese cuisine, South Korean barbecue, Vietnamese spicy food, Indonesia's shatihu and Singapore's fried rice. Each of them has its own strengths and flavors, forming a grand view of Hong Kong's cuisine. There are many Southeast Asian restaurants serving authentic Thai, Malaysian, Indonesian and Singaporean cuisine in Tolo. There are many choices of Japanese cuisine, and Korean barbecue is also very popular. If you want to eat Thai food, you don't have to go to Thailand. Tolo port is the center of Thai restaurants. There are authentic Cantonese food, Chaozhou food, Vietnamese food, Thai food and halal food.

Authentic food

The authentic food in Tolo Harbour is closely linked with the history of Hong Kong. It appears in the life of the general public and is closely related to them. Chezai noodles and wonton noodles are good examples. Why chezai noodles? This is because it was originally sold by itinerant vendors. In particular, there are many kinds of food in a bowl of noodles, such as beef brisket, fish eggs, tofu pudding, pig skin, radish The number and coordination of food types are all decided by customers, and the price is cheap.

Desserts

When tourists come to xiangtolo harbor, what is particularly fascinating is desserts, which are called "sugar water".

Tourists have to eat sugar water and desserts from Tolo harbor. There are different shops all over the world, so tourists can taste what they want.

Tea tradition

"Snacks" is also known as "tea". Tea drinking is not only the essence of Hong Kong's local food culture, but also one of Hong Kong's food culture. Many tourists come to Hong Kong to enjoy the authentic food. It seems that tea drinking has long been equated with that of the people of Hong Kong. Among them, shrimp dumplings, Shaomai and barbecued pork are delicious snacks. Dim sum is not only a kind of delicious food, but also a local flavor closely related to modern life.

street food

Tolo harbor is a gourmet paradise, where all kinds of food can be seen everywhere. When you go shopping, you will feel hungry. If you want to find some food to eat, the quickest and most convenient is the snacks on the street. The most common street snacks are not only fish eggs and beef offal, but also a wide range of snacks with local color, such as dingdingtang, tangcong pancakes, fried chestnuts, longxutang, etc. Most of the most common street snacks are in Garden Street, women's street in Mong Kok and Temple Street in Yau Ma Tei. The reason why street snacks are so popular is that they are cheap and diversified. In addition, the most popular food with Hong Kong characteristics is "fish egg powder". There are also the most common snacks in Mong Kok, such as fried Jean Sambo and fried large intestine, which are delicious.

Folk customs

Fire dragon dance is the most traditional custom in Tolo port's Autumn Festival. From the 14th night of August every year, a grand fire dragon dance activity is held for three nights in a row. The fire dragon is more than 70 meters long. It is tied into 32 sections of dragon body with pearl grass and filled with longevity fragrance. On the night of the grand meeting, the streets and alleys in this district were full of lively fire dragons dancing under the light and dragon drum music. There is also a legend about the origin of the Mid Autumn Festival Fire Dragon Dance: long ago, a boa constrictor appeared in the Dakeng district after a wind disaster. The villagers searched everywhere and finally killed it. But the next day the boa constrictor disappeared. A few days later, a plague broke out in Tai Hang. At this time, the village's father suddenly got a Bodhisattva's dream, saying that as long as the dragon dances in the Mid Autumn Festival, the plague can be eliminated. By coincidence, it worked. Since then, the fire dragon dance has been handed down to this day.

No matter how superstitious the legend may be, China is the hometown of dragons. It has been more than 100 years since the Mid Autumn Festival in Tai Hang, Hong Kong. This is worth cherishing. Nowadays, the fire dragon dance activities in Dakeng district are quite large in scale. Besides the head coach, coach, commander in chief and commander in chief, the safety team and so on. There are more than 30000 dragon dancers in turn.

Address: New Territories, Hong Kong (north of Sha Tin, east of Tai Po)

Longitude: 114.206354

Latitude: 22.439988

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