A Hong Kong boat has two meanings: the first means a boat, and the second means a middleman.

1. The first meaning mainly refers to small boats that travel slowly on the water. This kind of boat is very small and generally suitable for a small number of people to travel. In China, there is also a kind of food called boat porridge, which is famous for selling on the water because it is used as a carrier and has a certain position in the food industry.

2. The second meaning mainly refers to the business middleman, who appears in the economic field as the negotiator between the buyer and the seller. At the same time, there is another meaning in Hong Kong, which is the middleman between casinos. Many Hong Kong films will have this kind of role.

Extended information

Features and history of boat porridge

1. Features.

Boat porridge is made of fresh river shrimp or fish fillets, and later jellyfish, fried peanuts, cold rice noodles, chopped green onion, ginger, etc. It is boiled and rolled immediately before eating, which is fragrant, steaming and very fresh and sweet. Boat porridge is a must-have food in Guangdong porridge shops in Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macao and even overseas. Boat porridge is called "one bend" in the industry.

2. History.

Boat porridge was created by Yi Min (also known as house boat), a former water nomad in the Pearl River Delta, and then developed in Guangzhou. In old Guangzhou, in the areas of Haohe, Shajiyong and Litchi Bay in the Pearl River, at night, rows of flower boats leaned against the shore or large cruise ships, and a yellow flag was inserted at the tail of each boat with a big word "porridge" on it, that is, the boat that sold the boat porridge.

Boat owners are mostly women who sell boat porridge to tourists on the shore or on cruise ships. Authentic boat porridge, which is made of fish, shrimps, crabs, snails, etc. freshly salvaged in house boat, is mixed and boiled in a pot of porridge. Because of its freshness, the porridge water is extremely sweet. The original boat porridge was made of different ingredients every day, and whatever was hit was put in it, which was delicious.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Boat Porridge

Reference: People's Daily Online-Why is gambling so popular in Hong Kong and Macao?