Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, SAR China

Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, SAR China

Hong Kong Island Hong Kong, SAR China

People have been living in the area for thousands of years, as shown by Neolithic artefacts found in Stanley on Hong Kong Island. During the time of Qin Shihuang’s imperial government, the Baiyue people were settled in the region, and what is now Hong Kong Island was under the administration of Panyu County in Nanhai Commandery up to the Western Jin Dynasty. After the sixth year of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 331), it became part of Baoan County. According to the “Hong Kong Island East Region Winds”, copper coins dating from the Sui and Tang dynasties through to the Song dynasty were discovered at the site of the Hong Kong Yacht Club (formerly known as Lantern Island, also called Kellett Island), near today’s entrance to the Cross-Harbour Tunnel on Hong Kong Island. These finds suggest that there was already commercial activity on the island during the Sui and Tang periods. In the first year of the Wanli era of the Ming dynasty (1573), the area came under the jurisdiction of Xin’an County, and it remained so until it was ceded to the United Kingdom.
Recommended airport
Hong Kong Intl (HKG)
Nearby destinations
  • Hong Kong a 5.03 km
  • Shenzhen a 33.20 km
  • Hong Kong Disneyland a 12.81 km