[Historical Interpretation] Now Hong Kong can no longer tolerate the fun

Since joining the Web 3.0 circle, the type of articles written by Ben Bear has gradually developed from only stories to short stories and papers. The theme of writing has also been from a single fantasy reasoning story, and then added more realistic community research, In the fields of spiritual sand record research, human nature interpretation, etc., the variety of species makes Ben Xiong a little troubled, and he does not know how to introduce himself to everyone simply.

However, if you think about it carefully, the articles written by Ben Xiong are all closely related to history: fantasy and reasoning stories are always written based on some real current events or classic legends; the observational power of community research comes from people who are immersed in history and life experience. Time; Interpretation of spiritual sand records is often dismantling the personal history of different people's past lives; human nature transformation always requires stories recorded in historical records to be able to compare; the world of blockchain is slowly established on the basis of history, and gradually becomes a new history... …

Ben Xiong is sure that all the articles he writes are related to history.

In fact, although Ben Xiong was born in the 1990s, he could only be in touch with that glorious era, and he could not collect all the things he liked since then, but it happened that his partner also liked to collect all kinds of Hong Kong antiques, and he also followed Ben Bear is also a history lover and a collector of historical objects, which makes Ben Bear's collection more and more rich: postcards, coins, banknotes, commemorative medals, various products made in Hong Kong, etc.

Among them, stamps are the most abundant and richest in Ben Bear's collection, such as the basic Hong Kong 1992-1997 Hong Kong stamps and stamps, and the classic "Queen's Head":

1986 Queen's Visit Commemorative Cover and Stamps:

1985 Hong Kong Historic Buildings First Day Covers and Stamps:

These stamps all tell a bit of history and often center on things that make Hong Kong people proud, showing Hong Kong's self-confidence as an international financial center in that glorious history.

Not only that, the design of Hong Kong stamps in the British Hong Kong period also always has a delightful playfulness in it, which is never seen in Hong Kong stamps now, such as the first day cover and stamps of the 40th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne in 1992, which The design combines the various expressions of the Queen of England with the scenery of Hong Kong. It is the most common design, but the stamp in the lower left corner can be called "The Queen's Expressions". Even if I look at it again now, I still find it very interesting:

In that era, Hong Kong had a sense of humor that combined self-mockery and seriousness. I really don't know if it was an interesting phenomenon that was infected by the self-mockery culture of the British. But what is certain is that the attitude of Hong Kong people after the handover of sovereignty towards Chinese high-ranking officials and politics is indeed more boring than before.

Perhaps, the holders of rights after the transfer of sovereignty have always had different educational environment, living environment, and even the idea of "basic living standards". They are not subject to the Western-style pondering of those years, and it is not incomprehensible. However, their "incomprehensible" is obviously a different interpretation from the "incomprehensible" of the general Hong Kong people.

With the baptism of time, Hong Kong culture has also been forced to change slowly, but Ben Xiong thinks about the "Hong Kong spirit", in addition to absolutely missing the "no spirit" that netizens call it, it will remain forever: as long as The native Hong Kong people are still alive and will not disappear.

This article was first published on Grid and will be published simultaneously in Mirror , Matters , Potato Media and Penana .

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