Beyond Sailing: Chinese Junks in Hong Kong
Chinese junks played a significant role in maritime transportation in Hong Kong’s early days and facilitated the development of local fisheries. Today, junks have largely withdrawn from major marine transportation, yet they remain as one of Hong Kong’s most important cultural and tourism icons. Hands on the tiller tackles Victoria Harbour, 1980s, Stephen Davies (Author), William Heering (Photographer), ‘Coasting Past: The Last of the South China Coastal Trading Junks’, Hong K
Setting Sail : From Ancient Maritime Trade to Modern Maritime Shipping
On 23 October 2021, the Hong Kong Maritime Museum, in collaboration with the Blanc Art Group, brought the exhibition "Setting Sail: From Ancient Maritime Trade to Modern Maritime Shipping" to the 2021 International Antique Art Fair at the Building A1 of the National Foreign Cultural Trade Base (Beijing). The exhibition is in three sections, namely “Underwater Archaeology and the Ancient Maritime Trade”, “Finding the way: Navigation and Communication” and “The Voice of Titanic