Collection of Frank’s social media posts (22 to 26 Feb 2021) This post is the collection of Frank the tour guide’s posts at social media from 22 to 26 Feb 2021. Readers can follow Frank the tour guide’s social media. Frank is eager to share more about his country China, city Hong…
Frank the tour guide’s stories with Hong Kong City Hall When Frank the tour guide prepares the new blog post, Frank finds out that the ground-breaking ceremony of Hong Kong City Hall in Central was on 25 Feb 1960. Actually Hong Kong City Hall is related to Frank the tour guide’s study, career and…
Visit East Kowloon’s cattle-related places by yourselves Travelers can find a lot of cattle-related places in the map of Hong Kong. All of their names have the sound “Ngau” (牛, cattle). Most of them are in the New Territories and the rural areas. Frank the tour guide is going to show travelers the cattle…
Differences between Hong Kong’s buffalo sculptures and New York’s Charging Bull sculpture Recently Italian Sculptor Mr. Arturo Di Modica, who made the famous Charging Bull sculpture in New York, has passed away. As another international financial center, Hong Kong also has a pair of buffalo sculpture at the Exchange Square. Frank the tour guide is…
Vaccine may bring Insignia’s passengers chances to book private shore excursions independently in 2023 According to the post of Cruise fever, the 2023 Oceania World Cruise sells very well. This first shows cruisers have a very strong wanderlust to take the Oceania’s Insignia cruise to travel around the world in 218 days. This also shows…
Other names for the famous mountains in Hong Kong Hong Kong’s scenery is special. It is the fusion of amazing architectures, great sea view and beautiful hills! The names of the high mountains can show their landscape, local history and people’s creativity. The old local guide books recorded a lot of different other…
Hong Kong citizens get two gifts from government on People’s Day Today is the seventh day of the Chinese New Year or the People’s Day. People believe that the supreme Goddess creates human on the seventh day in the first month in the Chinese calendar. So today is everyone’s birthday! Happy Birthday to you!…
The easy and vivid Chinese character 牛 (ox) A lot of people think that Chinese characters are very complicated. Actually quite a lot of them are very simple with a few strokes only. On the sixth day of Lunar New Year of Ox, Frank the tour guide introduces the easy Chinese character for 牛 (ox)…
Homophones and Chinese New Year taboos Chinese New Year is the most important festival for Chinese people. Apart from different celebrations, there are a lot of strange taboos during the Spring Festival. Some of the taboos are related to the homophones in the Chinese language. Frank the tour guide is going to show you…
Happy CNY of Vacca, which means cow in Latin, the origin of English word vaccine Happy Chinese New Year of Vacca! Vacca actually means cow in Latin. English doctor Edward Jenner used the cowpox virus to make the world’s first vaccine in 1796. That was the first step to eradicate the once deadly…
