02/04/2026
都市傳奇~
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追憶龍城蛻變(2) —— 消失了的「九龍街」
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今日行經九龍城聯合道、侯王道，你只覺是尋常鬧市。整齊的網狀街道，三橫十一直，與深水埗如出一轍。但你可知道——在這張整齊的路網之下，埋藏着一條早已消失的古老街道。
它的名字，就叫「九龍街」。
時間回到清朝。那時候，九龍城沒有那麼多縱橫交錯的路。全城只有一條大街，由墟市自然演變而成，兩旁是密集的民房與商舖。這條街之所以重要，因為它是權力的通道——清朝官員從龍津石橋登岸後，必經此路進入九龍寨城。換句話說，這是當年九龍半島上，最接近「官道」的一條路。
今日我們談九龍城寨，總想到三不管、迷宮、罪惡之城。但更早以前，九龍城曾經是整個九龍的中心。你有沒有去過聯合道旁的侯王廟？廟內一塊1822年的碑文，刻滿了當年捐款建廟的商號與個人名字——那是九龍墟市繁盛的真實證據。
不過，故事有趣的地方來了。
當年的九龍墟，規模其實遠比大埔墟、坪山墟要小。為甚麼？因為這裏遠離中原的政權核心，從來不是甚麼重鎮。換句話說，若非後來歷史的風雲際會——殖民、戰爭、逃難、圍城——九龍寨城很可能早就隨着城市發展而徹底消失，根本不會有後來的「城寨傳奇」。
一條曾經通往寨城的「九龍街」，今日已完全消失在城市網格之中。你每天走過的路，其實是歷史的暗面。
下次經過九龍城，不妨低頭想一想：你腳下的馬路，曾經只有一條街。而那條街的盡頭，是一座後來變成了傳奇的城。
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Tracing the Transformation of Kowloon Walled City (2): The Lost Kowloon Street
When you walk along Junction Road and Hou Wong Road in Kowloon City today, you might see nothing more than an ordinary urban neighbourhood. The neat grid of three horizontal streets and eleven vertical streets looks just like the layout in Sham Shui Po. But did you know – hidden beneath this orderly street network lies an ancient thoroughfare that has long since disappeared?
Its name was "Kowloon Street".
Let's go back to the Qing dynasty. Back then, Kowloon City didn't have so many crisscrossing roads. There was only one main street, which had naturally evolved from a market town, flanked by dense rows of houses and shops. Why was this street so important?
Because it was a passage of power – after stepping ashore from the Lung Tsun Stone Bridge, Qing officials had to take this very road to enter the Kowloon Walled City. In other words, this was the closest thing to an "official road" on the Kowloon Peninsula in those days.
Today, when we talk about the Kowloon Walled City, we think of the "lawless triangle," a labyrinth, a city of sin. But long before that, Kowloon City was once the very centre of Kowloon. Have you ever visited the Hau Wong Temple on Junction Road? Inside, a stone stele dating back to 1822 is inscribed with the names of shops and individuals who donated to the temple's reconstruction – tangible proof of the bustling market town that once stood here.
And here is where the story gets interesting.
The Kowloon Market of those days was actually much smaller than the Tai Po Market or the Ping Shan Market. Why? Because this place was far from the political heart of the Central Plains – it was never a major stronghold. In other words, had it not been for the extraordinary twists of history that followed – colonisation, war, refugees, siege – the Kowloon Walled City could well have vanished entirely as the city developed. The "legend of the walled city" might never have come to be.
A street that once led to the Walled City – "Kowloon Street" – has now completely disappeared into the urban grid. The roads you walk every day are, in fact, the dark side of history.
The next time you pass through Kowloon City, look down for a moment and think: beneath your feet, there was once only one street. And at the end of that street stood a city that later became a legend.
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