Wan Chai

 

Wurin Wan Chai a cikin Hong Kong SAR

Wan Chai yana yammacin gundumar Wan Chai a arewacin gabar tekun Hong Kong Island, a Hong Kong . Sauran iyakokinta sune Canal Road zuwa gabas, titin Arsenal zuwa yamma da Bowen Road zuwa kudu. Yankin arewacin titin Gloucester galibi ana kiransa Wan Chai North .

Wan Chai yana ɗaya daga cikin wuraren kasuwanci mafi yawan jama'a a Hong Kong tare da ofisoshi na ƙanana da matsakaitan kamfanoni masu yawa. Wan Chai North yana da hasumiya na ofis, wuraren shakatawa, otal-otal da wurin taro da cibiyar baje koli. A matsayin ɗaya daga cikin wuraren farko da aka haɓaka a Hong Kong, yankin yana da yawan jama'a duk da haka tare da sanannen wuraren zama da ke fuskantar lalatawar birane . Da tada hankalin jama'a sosai, gwamnati ta aiwatar da ayyukan sabunta birane da yawa a cikin 'yan shekarun nan. Akwai alamomi daban-daban da manyan gine-gine a cikin yankin, musamman Cibiyar Taro da Nunin Hong Kong (HKCEC), Plaza ta Tsakiya da Cibiyar Hopewell .  

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Panorama na Wan Chai, Hong Kong, an ɗauke shi daga kallon kallo a kan titin Stubbs kusa da Victoria Peak

Wan Chai asalinsa ya fara ne da Ha Wan (下環), a zahiri yana nufin "zobe na ƙasa" ko "ƙananan kewaye". A matsayin ɗaya daga cikin wuraren da aka fara ci gaba a Hong Kong tare da tashar jiragen ruwa na Victoria, Tsakiyar ("zobe na tsakiya" a cikin Sinanci), Sheung Wan ("zobe na sama"), Sai Wan ("zoben yamma") da Wan Chai gabaɗaya ana kiran su da sunan zobe hudu (四環) na mutanen gida. Wan Chai a zahiri yana nufin "cove" a cikin Cantonese daga sifar layinta na bakin teku, duk da haka, saboda tsattsauran ci gaban birni da ci gaba da sake fasalin ƙasa, yankin ya daina zama kwarin gwiwa.

Yankin bakin tekun Wan Chai a farkon shekarun 1960

An kafa yankunan zanga-zangar a Wan Chai don taron WTO na kasa da kasa na 2005

Manyan gine-gine a Wan Chai

Wan Chai was the first home to the many Chinese villagers living along the undisturbed coastlines in proximity to Hung Shing Temple. Most of them were fishermen, who worked around the area near Hung Shing Temple overlooking the entire harbour. Hung Shing Ye, the God of the Sea, was one of the deities worshiped by the locals.

Mulkin Biritaniya (daga 1842)

Tare da ci gaban gwamnatin Hong Kong na Burtaniya, wanda ke tsakiyar tsohuwar Victoria (tsakiya ta zamani), Wan Chai ya jawo hankalin waɗanda ke kan ɓangarorin al'umma, kamar ma'aikatan "coolie", waɗanda suka zo rayuwa a kan titin Sarauniya ta Gabas . Babban abin ci gaba a wancan lokacin shine Lambunan bazara, yanki mai haske .

A cikin 1936, Cocin Methodist na kasar Sin (香港基督教循道衛理教會) ya motsa gininsa daga titin Caine, tsakiyar matakin tsakiya, zuwa titin Hennessy (軒尼詩道), Wanchai, hanyar gabas zuwa gabas daga gabas. Wannan ginin coci ya zama abin tarihi na gundumar. A cikin 1998, an rushe wannan ginin kuma aka maye gurbinsa da wani gini mai hawa 23.Ya zuwa shekarun 1850, yankin ya riga ya zama wurin zama na kasar Sin. Akwai wuraren saukar jiragen ruwa a titin Ship da titin McGregor don gini da gyaran jiragen ruwa. Gefen Sun Street, Moon Street da Star Street shine asalin wurin farko na tashar wutar lantarki a Hong Kong, wanda Kamfanin Lantarki na Hongkong ke sarrafawa, wanda ya fara samar da wuta a 1890.

Ɗaya daga cikin asibitocin da ke gaban ruwa na farko shine Asibitin Seaman, wanda aka gina a 1843, wanda ƙungiyar 'yan kasuwa ta Birtaniya Jardine ta dauki nauyinsa. Daga nan aka sayar da shi ga Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Biritaniya a cikin 1873 kuma daga baya aka sake inganta shi zuwa Asibitin Sojojin Ruwa. Bayan yakin duniya na biyu, an sake farfado da asibitin a matsayin asibitin Ruttonjee kuma ya zama daya daga cikin manyan asibitocin jama'a a Hong Kong.

Gundumar gida ce ga sanannun makarantu da yawa. Shahararren malamin gargajiya, Mo Dunmei (莫敦梅) ne ya kafa ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan makarantu. An fara shi azaman shushu (書塾) a cikin 1919, an canza makarantar suna Dunmei School (敦梅學校) a 1934 bayansa. Ya koyar da rubuce-rubucen gargajiya na kasar Sin da ka'idojin Confucian .