Everything about The Kowloon Peninsula totally explained
The
Kowloon Peninsula, commonly referred to as
Kowloon, is a
peninsula that forms the southern part of the main landmass in the territory of
Hong Kong,
China.
Kowloon Bay is located at the northeast of the peninsula.
History
Prior to the establishment of the actual
Kowloon boundaries, the Kowloon Peninsula served as one of the first destination for escape during China's dynastic times. In
1287, the last emperor of the
Song Dynasty,
Emperor Bing was running away from the
mongol leader
Kublai Khan. Taking refuge in a cave in the Kowloon peninsula, the inscription wrote "Sung Wong Toi" or "Song Emperor's Pavilion". In the 1600s, after the fall of the
Ming Dynasty, many of the
Emperor's followers also found shelter in the Kowloon peninsula to hide from the
Manchus
.
Historically speaking, the peninsula refers to the ceded territories of
Kowloon in
1860 as part of the
Convention of Peking, but geographically it covers the entire
Kowloon south of the mountain ranges of
Lion Rock,
Kowloon Peak and other hills.
In
1898 a resolution was passed by the
Colonial Hong Kong Legislative Council to preserve the land where some of the caves stood.
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