19 January 2019

Humen History and Heritage Tour

The Chinese History Department organized a history and heritage tour (one-day tour) by leading forty S.4 – 5 Chinese History and History students to Humen (Dongguan, China) on 19 January.  The tour included visits to the Opium War Museum, Weiyuan Fort and Humen Lin Zexu Memorial Hall.  Students developed a deeper understanding of the First Opium War (aka the First Anglo-Chinese War), especially the development over the banning of opium in the mid-19th century.  They also learned the skills and methods applied in the warfare under the leadership of Lin Zexu.  Thanks to the support of the Education Bureau (EDB) for the provision of the One-off Grant for the Promotion of Chinese History and Culture, a number of teachers from the Chinese Department and the History Department were also invited to help in the tour while developing professionally in leading tours outside Hong Kong.

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