5022 x 3348 px | 42,5 x 28,3 cm | 16,7 x 11,2 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
13 juin 2007
Lieu:
Wong Nai Chung Road & Morrison Hill Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Asia. .
Informations supplémentaires:
Happy Valley Horse Racing Track is one of the two racecourses for horse racing in Hong Kong. It is located in Happy Valley on Hong Kong Island, surrounded by Wong Nai Chung Road and Morrison Hill Road. It was first built in 1845 to provide horse racing for the British people in Hong Kong. Before it was built, the area was a swampland, but also the only flat ground suitable for horse racing on Hong Kong Island. To make way for the racecourse, Hong Kong Government prohibited rice growing by villages in the surrounding area. The first race ran in December 1846. Over the years, horse racing became more and more popular among the Chinese residents. On 26 February 1918, there was a fire and at least 590 people died. By the next day as many as 576 definite deaths were reported by the Hong Kong Telegraph. It is a fire with one of the highest casualties in Hong Kong history. The track was rebuilt in 1995, and became a world-class horse racing facility. Several football, hockey and rugby fields are encircled by the horseracing track. The Hong Kong Jockey Club Archive and Museum (or Hong Kong Racing Museum) was set up in 1995 and opened on 18 October 1996. It is now located on the second floor of the Happy Valley Stand of the racecourse. There are four galleries in the museum: The Origin of Our Horses, Shaping Sha Tin Racecource, Understanding Horses and Thematic Exhibitions. There is also a cinema and a souvenir shop. Happy Valley is a mostly residential suburb of Hong Kong, located in the north of Hong Kong Island. It is one of the early communities of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of Wan Chai District. The valley is also known indigenously as Wong Nai Chung (literally yellow mud stream), named after a stream of the same name. The two names are used interchangeably. The Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, Happy Valley Athletic Association, and a number of cemeteries are located in Happy Valley. This photograph is part of the Imagine Images Collection, hosted by Alamy.
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