Kowloon Walled City, Sung Shing City, Sung Wong Toi, Li Cheng Uk Ancient Tomb in Kowloon; Sung Tei Rock and Hung Lau in Tuen Mun; Tsang Tai Uk and Ng Kwok Luk Tsuen in Shatin; Sam Tung Uk and Hoi Kan Tsuen Uk in Tsuen Wan; San Tin Dafu Dai in Yuen Long, Kat Hing Wai in Kam Tin, Shui Tau Tsuen Monument, Ju Sing Lau, and Deng Clan Ancestral Hall in Ha Tsuen; Sheung Yiu Folk Museum in Sai Kung, etc.; and Hong Kong Island Fortresses and the old forts such as Tung Chung Fortress on Lantau Island and Fo Tong on Tung Lung Island are all tourist attractions.
Hong Kong offers a wide range of cuisines from all over the world, and some of the streets in Hong Kong, such as Mongkok, Causeway Bay, Tsim Sha Tsui East and Kowloon City, are filled with restaurants. Asian flavors abound in Hong Kong, with specialties such as spicy Thai soup, tangy Indian curry, Korean barbecue, Vietnamese salad rolls, Japanese sushi and more.
Hong Kong's Chinese restaurants offer specialties from all over China, with Cantonese cuisine being particularly popular, as well as other local dishes such as Teochew, Hunan, Szechuan, Peking and Shanghai, and vegetarian dishes. There are also vegetarian dishes, as well as traditional Cantonese dim sum for breakfast.
The traditional local cuisine of Hong Kong is mainly Guangzhou cuisine, while Poon Choi is the traditional dish of the indigenous people of the New Territories during festivals. Because of Hong Kong's proximity to the sea, seafood is also a common dish, and typhoon shelter dishes such as fried crabs from the typhoon shelter have also been developed.
Hong Kong singers include Sam Hui, Lam Tze Cheung, Chan Pak Keung, Alan Tam, Leslie Cheung, Anita Mui, Lo Man, Tsui Siu Fung, Beyond, Anita Ip, Sandy Lam, Vivien Chan, Damien I, the "Four Heavenly Kings", Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Leon Lai and Aaron Kwok.
Hong Kong hosts a wide range of cultural, recreational and sporting events every year, with larger events including the Hong Kong Arts Festival, the Hong Kong International Film Festival, the International Arts Carnival, the Hong Kong International Rugby Sevens, the Cricket Sixes, and international horse racing. Hong Kong athletes have also participated in a number of major international games, such as the Asian Games and the East Asian Games. In December 2009, Hong Kong hosted the 5th East Asian Games.
Lan Kwai Fong in Central, SoHo, the Lockhart Road area in Wan Chai, Causeway Bay and Tsim Sha Tsui (Nathan Road, Ashley Road, Knutsford Terrace and Peking Road) are home to many bars, karaoke establishments, nightclubs and lounges that are frequented by residents and tourists alike.
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Hong Kong is a highly prosperous free port and a cosmopolitan city, known as the "Nuremberg" together with New York and London, and is the world's third-largest financial center, an important center for international finance, trade, shipping, and an international center for innovation and technology, and one of the world's freest and most competitive cities. It is also the world's freest economy and one of the most competitive cities, enjoying a high reputation in the world, and is rated by GaWC as the world's third largest first-tier city.
Hong Kong is a place where Chinese and Western cultures meet, combining the wisdom of the Chinese people with the advantages of the Western social system, and is famous for its clean government, good law and order, free economic system and perfect legal system. It is also known as the "Pearl of the Orient", "Gourmet Paradise" and "Shopper's Paradise".
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