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July 6 (Lunar calendar: May 19), 2023 Thursday | Dawnxisoul393art

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      《 The Coast of Grass Island 》, painted by dawnxisoul393   The Grass Island of Hong Kong Part 1: An island away from the hustle The island we went to sketch and paint on is a lesser-known island called "Grass Island". This island is not far from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, where Daniel did two years of research work when he was in the fieldwork phase of his Doctoral research and returned to Hong Kong from the UK to do fieldwork for his dissertation. The island is almost at the easternmost tip of Hong Kong, near the country park in eastern Sai Kung, and has an area of 1.69 square kilometers. This outlying island north of Sai Kung, with its green grass, blue sea, blue sky, and fishermen's culture, allowed Daniel to get away from the hustle and bustle and relax his mind after his busy research work at that time. Because of the remote location, not many ferries traveled there every day, so the number of people going there was quite small. At ...

June 23 (Lunar calendar: May 6), 2023 Friday | Dawnxisoul393art

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《 A "Paradise" to Avoid the Noise - Tung Lung Chau Island 》,  painted by dawnxisoul393 A "Paradise" to Avoid the Noise - Tung Lung Chau Island : It's not too difficult to go to Tung Lung Chau Island for sketching and painting. Last weekend, we took a boat from Mui Wo to central, walked about 500 meters from central (Hong Kong and Macao wharf) to Gilliwen street, took KMB 603s Road, passed 7 or 8 stops, got off at Liyumen square, and walked about 700 meters to Liyumen Wharf in Sanjia village. Take a boat from Sanjia village wharf and arrive in about half an hour. It was a holiday and there were a lot of people. Tung Lung Chau Island is the southernmost island in Saigon District, Hong Kong. The island covers an area of 2.42 square kilometers. Most places are shrub-covered mountains, with a maximum altitude of 232 meters. As the island has been battered by wind and waves for a long time, many natural sea caves have been formed. The only public transport connecting ...