Hong Kong People's Ancestral Origins: Guangzhou
Highlights
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Date
19 - 29 Sep 2023
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Organiser
PolyU Artists’ Alliance
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Time
00:00 - 00:00
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Venue
Chiang Chen Studio Theatre, PolyU
Summary
PolyU Artists’ Alliance
Hong Kong People's Ancestral Origins: Guangzhou
Dr Joseph S. P. Ting
PolyU Artists' Alliance Member
PolyU Historian-in-Residence
Former Chief Curator of the Hong Kong Museum of History
PolyU Historian-in-Residence
Former Chief Curator of the Hong Kong Museum of History
Talk
19 September 2023 (Tuesday), 7 pm
Chiang Chen Studio Theatre, PolyU
Historical Exploration
Chiang Chen Studio Theatre, PolyU
Historical Exploration
27 – 29 September 2023 (Wednesday - Friday)
Hong Kong People's Ancestral Origins – Guangzhou
Guangzhou, known as Yang Cheng (the city of goats), is a renowned city of Lingnan culture with a history of over 2,000 years, the origin of the Maritime Silk Road since the Qin and Han Dynasties, and China's Southern Gateway to the world. Guangzhou was the birthplace of China's democratic revolution in modern times. Three of the eleven uprisings led by Dr Sun Yat-sen were held in Guangzhou, just across a river from Hong Kong. Due to the geographical factors, the revolutions in Guangzhou also brought numerous immigrants to Hong Kong, including many martyrs who were eventually laid to rest in Hong Kong. Therefore, Guangzhou and Hong Kong are closely related. Through a talk and historical exploration to Guangzhou’s museums, places of historical architecture, monuments and sites, Dr Joseph S P Ting will enable PolyU students and staff to explore the abundant
historical stories of Guangzhou.
Sites to be visited (available in Chinese only)
南海神廟, 廣州海事博物館, 十三行博物館/遺址, 黃埔軍校舊址, 毛澤東農民運動講習所, 廣州近代史博物館(廣東諮議局舊址), 八和會館, 鎮海樓, 越秀山光復紀念碑等
Important Notes
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The programme will be conducted in Cantonese.
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Each applicant can register for up to 2 tickets for the Talk. Free admission. First-come, first-served.
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The Historical Exploration is for PolyU full-time students and staff only. Lots will be drawn by computer to determine the successful applicants. Successful applicants must have attended the talk hosted by Dr Ting on 19 September 2023.
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A fee is required for the Historical Exploration.
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Limited wheelchair seats available, please contact us at 2766 7100 for reservation and arrangement.
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Videos and photos will be taken during the Programme for PolyU’s archival or promotional purposes.
Please enrol at the following link with your PolyU account on or before 19 September 2023. Successful applicants will be notified by email individually.
Enrolment: https://polyu.hk/eJbVY
Biography of Dr Joseph S.P. Ting, BBS
Dr Joseph S.P. Ting was born in Guangzhou and graduated from The University of Hong Kong with a BA in 1974, followed by an MPhil in 1979 and a PhD in 1989. As Chief Curator of the Hong Kong Museum of History from 1995 to 2007, Dr Ting played a vital part in the planning and implementation of the new Hong Kong Museum of History premises, Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence and Dr Sun Yat-sen Museum.
Dr Ting is currently a member of the Culture Promotion Committee and a university fellow of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; adjunct professor and honorary senior research fellow of the Centre for Comparative and Public History, Department of History, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; honorary professor of the School of Chinese, The University of Hong Kong; member of the Departmental Advisory Committee, Department of Chinese and History, City University of Hong Kong; member of the Advisory Board on History, Lingnan University; museum expert adviser and member of the Museums Advisory Committee, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, HKSAR Government; member of the Board of Trustees, The Lord Wilson Heritage Trust; honorary fellow of The University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong University of Education and the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong; deputy director of the Hong Kong Local Records Office; and member of the Board of Hong Kong Palace Museum Limited. In addition, he is an honorary adviser to or committee member of a number of local museums and museums in mainland China. For his exceptional achievement in museum management and his lifelong endeavour in history, the HKSAR government bestowed a Bronze Bauhinia Star upon him in 2019.
Dr Ting has a wide range of research interests: history of Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Macao; history of overseas Chinese communities; Dr Sun Yat-sen and Hong Kong; China trade paintings, etc. Since his retirement in 2007, Dr Ting has published more than ten books, two of which won the Hong Kong Book Prize.
Dr Ting is currently a member of the Culture Promotion Committee and a university fellow of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University; adjunct professor and honorary senior research fellow of the Centre for Comparative and Public History, Department of History, The Chinese University of Hong Kong; honorary professor of the School of Chinese, The University of Hong Kong; member of the Departmental Advisory Committee, Department of Chinese and History, City University of Hong Kong; member of the Advisory Board on History, Lingnan University; museum expert adviser and member of the Museums Advisory Committee, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, HKSAR Government; member of the Board of Trustees, The Lord Wilson Heritage Trust; honorary fellow of The University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong University of Education and the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong; deputy director of the Hong Kong Local Records Office; and member of the Board of Hong Kong Palace Museum Limited. In addition, he is an honorary adviser to or committee member of a number of local museums and museums in mainland China. For his exceptional achievement in museum management and his lifelong endeavour in history, the HKSAR government bestowed a Bronze Bauhinia Star upon him in 2019.
Dr Ting has a wide range of research interests: history of Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Macao; history of overseas Chinese communities; Dr Sun Yat-sen and Hong Kong; China trade paintings, etc. Since his retirement in 2007, Dr Ting has published more than ten books, two of which won the Hong Kong Book Prize.
