At the end of the Qing dynasty a century ago, Hong Kong's varied and novel scenes left this impression on the Cantonese scholar Zhao Tianxi. Today his poem still holds true.
一世紀之前的清朝末年，廣東士子趙天錫初遊香江，對眼前五花八門的新奇景觀充滿興味，以一首敘景小詩記下十九、二十世紀之交時的香港風貌，今天讀來仍然貼切。