(Online) Lecture and Documentary Screening “Lighthouse Memories: Waglan Island Lighthouse (Japanese)”

In view of the latest social distancing measures announced by the Government, the documentary screening and Special Japanese Lecture will now be conducted online. 

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The Hong Kong Maritime Museum (HKMM) and the City University of Hong Kong jointly present the screening of the documentary Lighthouse Memories: Waglan Island Lighthouse (Japanese version) and a Japanese lecture by Taga Yumi on Chinese writing as the historical connection between Japan and China. The event will be followed by a sharing session of the documentary production.

Produced by the Lighthouse Heritage Research Connections (LHRC) of the City University of Hong Kong, the documentary Lighthouse Memories: Waglan Island Lighthouse introduces an article published in 1856 in the Chinese Serial, Hong Kong’s first Chinese newspaper published by Ying Wah College. The article described western-style lighthouse with an illustration. The notion of a western lighthouse was unbeknownst to people in Hong…