How did the name Mong Kok in Hong Kong come from?

Mong Kok (English: Mongkok) is located in Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong, that is, in the middle of Kowloon. There are many new and old buildings; The floors of old residential buildings are mostly shops or restaurants. With Nathan Road as the boundary, shopping centers are concentrated in the east and residential areas are in the west. The traffic is very busy, with buses and subways (east rail line, Tsuen Wan Line and Kwun Tong Line) and green minibuses running all night. Nathan Road is often crowded with people during holidays.

The population density of Mong Kok is very high. According to Guinness World Records, the population density of Mong Kok is the highest in the world, with an average density of 6.5438+0.3 million people per square kilometer. At present, its plot ratio is about 4 times.

Directory [hidden]

1 range

2 history

Three characteristics

4 Liu Chao culture

5 air pollution

6 traffic

6. 1 Main traffic trunk lines

6.2 Public transportation

7 See also

8 website links

9 references

[edit] range

Before Mong Kok was incorporated into Yau Tsim Mong District, the then Mong Kok area started from Boundary Street in the north, Waterloo Road in the east, Dundas Street in the south and ferry street and Tai Kok Tsui Road in the west. However, since the West Kowloon Reclamation Project, the newly reclaimed area from Xi 'ao Haicheng to Furong Garden to the west of ferry street has been called Mong Kok West. At the same time, due to the railway station, Prince Edward Road and Boundary Street will also be called "Prince" by the public.

[Edit] History

A large number of pottery and pottery-making tools from the Eastern Han Dynasty, Jin Dynasty and Tang Dynasty were unearthed in Mong Kok, indicating that Mong Kok was inhabited before the Eastern Han Dynasty. Mong Kok was called Mang Kok in ancient times because the local Miscanthus is overgrown and the terrain is like a horn that extends into the sea. It is called Mangjiaozui, and the nearby village is named Mangjiaocun. According to Xin 'an County Records 18 19, Mangjiao Village is dominated by Hakka villagers. Mangjiao Village is located near today's Bi Street, Jie Street and Garden Street. The villagers make a living by planting vegetables (mainly watercress and Cai Tong), flowers, pigs and chickens. Since 1860, Mangjiao was ceded to Britain with Kowloon Peninsula, and the villagers transported their own flowers, vegetables and livestock to Hong Kong Island for sale. At that time, they often crossed the sea by Chi Min's boat. Because "Mang" is called "Wang", the British call it Mong Kok according to their accent.

1909, the British Hong Kong government began to reclaim the sea, built typhoon shelters near the seaside in Mong Kok, and docks and roads began to appear. At that time, the waterlogged vegetable fields were full of mosquitoes, and local light industries such as laundry and cloth dyeing began to develop.

In A.D. 1930, Mong Kok was officially renamed Mong Kok, which meant its prosperity. However, the English translation in Mong Kok has not changed. Up to now, people on the water still call Mong Kok "Mong Kok". At that time, Mong Kok was an industrial area with many tobacco factories, cotton mills and hardware factories. Since 1950, the area has gradually turned into a commercial and residential area.

The west of Nathan Road in Mong Kok is full of reclaimed land. Today's reclamation street was a seaside before 1950' s. Today, Mong Kok has become an extremely prosperous shopping and residential area.