Hong Kong: Quest for the Dragon
In its corridors of traffic, in its seething alleys of ancient apothecaries, in its earthly rhythms and Promethean self, Hong Kong's uninhibited energy is clear as rice wine. But what cultural murmur runs through this island and its surrounding landscapes? What traditions galvanize the violent devotion to work and family here? To what can we attribute its citizens their longevity, constitution, unparalleled triumphs against enormous odds, and even their seemingly improbable success with environmental protection?
It's not geography....there are spectacular harbors and islands, too many to add up, that never spawned such a city. It's not latitude; many lesser cities part its position on the globe. As Rudyard Kipling said, "Hong Kong beats into a hamlet" other consequential cities of the world.
Could the answer lie in a legend as old as the land itself? My old boon companion, the well-known National Geographic photographer, How Man Wong, who lives in Hong Kong, told me, "To apprehend the heart of Hong Kong, you have to look to the dragon."
So, I went to Hong Kong, one of the most resplendent cities on earth, to explore how the vital, flowing energies of the dragon live in the jungles of the imagination.
Hong Kong's allure is unmistakeable and unanswerable, from its cloud-busting buildings and exuberant festivals, to its unruffled shorelines and roar of nighttime neon. It began as a amassment of quiet fishing villages, but found its voice and métier 150 years ago as a nexus for occupation between East and West. After World War II, this sputtering dynamo fired and forged into the pecuniary capital of Asia. While the population is overwhelmingly Chinese, the fusion of styles and sensibilities from around the area makes this an intoxicating cocktail of cultures. Here more intimately than anywhere else, civilizations have been thrown together. But two fundamentals tarry constant yet in healthy balance: the reverence for tradition, and the truculent pursuit of prosperity.
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