Episode 5 | From Stone to Bronze

For a long time,
stone was enough.
It cut wood.
It shaped tools.
It supported daily life.
But over time,
something changed.
People began to experiment with new materials.
They learned that stone was not the limit.
Metal appeared slowly,
not everywhere at once,
but in small traces.
Bronze tools and objects marked a new stage.
They required heat.
They required knowledge.
They required cooperation.
Metalworking could not be done alone.
It brought people together.
It created roles.
Some gathered materials.
Some shaped tools.
Some traded what they made.
This was more than a technical change.
It was a social one.
As bronze replaced stone in certain uses,
communities became more organized.
Skills were shared.
Knowledge was passed on.
Hong Kong’s location mattered.
Positioned along important coastal routes,
this land became part of wider movement.
Ideas traveled by sea.
Objects moved between shores.
Trade did not begin with cities.
It began with exchange.
The shift from stone to bronze did not erase the past.
Stone tools remained.
Old methods continued.
But something new had begun.
A world where materials carried value.
Where skill created connection.
Where society slowly took shape.
Before cities were built,
before names were written down,
the foundations of change were already here.

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