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Introduction:
the Hong Kong Maritime Museum (HKMM) and the City University of Hong Kong jointly present online Lecture and Screening of the documentary ""Lighthouse Memories: Waglan Island Lighthouse (Japanese version)"" on 23 January 2022 (15:00-17:00 GMT+8). Produced by the Lighthouse Heritage Research Connections (LHRC) of the City University of Hong Kong, the documentary Lighthouse Memories: Waglan Island Lighthouse introduces an article published in 1856 in the Chinese Serial, Hong Kong’s first Chinese newspaper published by Ying Wah College. The article described western-style lighthouse with an illustration. The notion of a western lighthouse was unknown to people in Hong Kong, China and Japan at that time. Since the era of Bakumatsu (1853-1868), learned Japanese was interested in western knowledge through Chinese Serial. The Japanese hand copied them in order to disseminate and circulate. It is reasonable to conclude that Chinese Serial is a bridge for East Asia to learn the west’s advanced science and technology.

Narrator and translator of the documentary, Taga Yumi, gave a lecture to reveal a hidden history of the Japanese language through exploring the article. Archived in Japan, the article includes a Japanese transcription which people who understand Chinese can read without problem. Marks in red ink were added, indicating the system “Kanbun kundoku go” which is applied in Japan in order to read Chinese with Japanese grammar. Taga Yumi will compare the article with other official documents written by Japanese officials and explain that Chinese writing was an official language of Japan at that time.
 
 

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