Glimpses 驚豔

Ko Lau Wan Tsui 高流灣咀

Professor Hui Cheuk Kuen, Desmond (許焯權教授)

This view of Ko Lau Wan was seen from the top of Grass Island as one descends from the grass land park towards the ferry pier. The area is in the easternmost part of Hong Kong surrounded by the country park of Sai Kung. The magnificence of the gaze includes not only the horizontal tip of the land protruding into the bay but also the vertical tip some distance behind from the Sharp Peak, known as the most dangerous peak of Hong Kong. Historically Ko Lau Wan was a very important midway port for merchants travelling between Hong Kong and the Mainland but otherwise it is not a famous tourist spot even for the locals. However, a 2005 French movie La Moustache shot part of the film in the fishing village of Ko Lau Wan Tsui. Although not a box-office success, the movie portrayed the place as context of the main characters’ struggle between reality and imagination by shaving off his moustache.

這是從塔門大草地公園下山往渡輪碼頭方向走時看到的景緻。這一帶是香港最東的部分，週邊被西貢郊野公園所包圍。這個景觀壯麗之處是因為它除了看到水平上地形伸展出海灣之外，也看到後面不遠處「香港第一險峯」蚺蛇尖垂直往上延伸的險要。高流灣在歷史上是中港兩地其中最重要的一站補給港，但除此以外它並非旅遊熱點，連本地人也不熟悉這地方。但2005年一部法國電影《鬍子》卻以此作電影的部分場景，可以看到漁村及居民的日常生活。雖然這部電影票房收入並不可觀，但有趣的是劇情故事將這裡描繪成主角在刮去鬍子後在現實和想像之間掙扎的地方。

August 10, 2015

Ko Lau Wan, Hong Kong

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