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History does not always begin with cities.
Sometimes,
it begins with a stone.
In Kowloon,
there is a place known as Sung Wong Toi.
It is not large.
It is not grand.
But it carries a name.
And with that name,
history begins to speak.
During the final years of the Southern Song dynasty,
the empire was collapsing.
The court was in retreat.
War followed them south.
According to historical records,
the young Song emperors passed through this region,
seeking refuge as the world they knew fell apart.
They did not stay long.
But the memory remained.
Later generations carved that memory into stone.
A simple inscription.
A place given a name.
Sung Wong Toi.
The Terrace of the Song Emperors.
This was not written to celebrate victory.
It was written to remember loss.
To mark a moment when history touched this land.
As Hong Kong changed,
the stone remained.
The city grew around it.
Roads, railways, and buildings closed in.
At times, the site was threatened.
At times, nearly forgotten.
But it survived.
Not because it was large,
but because it mattered.
Sung Wong Toi reminds us that history is not always loud.
Sometimes, it is quiet.
Set in stone.
Waiting to be noticed.
This is where Hong Kong’s written history begins.
Not with a city,
but with a memory
that refused to disappear.