Anyone can fall in love at first sight with beautiful nig ht scenery of Hong Kong.
By the side of the desk, there are two postcards. One is a photo postcard of actual night scenery of Victoria Harbour
thaken in 1997, and another one is a hand-sketched image postcard of 1967’s scenery with the same frame. Keeping
these two postcards has only simple reason – for their flawless nature. The framing of the scenery, the choice of
shutter and the timing of the photo taken, as well as the impeccable color and paint combination of the sketch, are just
perfect.
I was only touched by these two images but have not fallen in love with them yet.
One can always connect Hong Kong night scenery with the shimmering lights along the waterfronts of Vicotria Harbor.
Beyond physical beauty, our night scenery also reflects the inner charm of the city of Hong Kong, However, all images
of our harbour have similar angles and outlooks, which lack of personal attachment with the place.Still remeber the
spectacular scene of planes landing on the airport? Have you ever leaned over your bedroom window and took a look at
the busy Nathan Road after dark? Have you ever sstood at The Convention and Exhibition Centre in the middle of the
night to embrace the glamour of our city by yourself?
We all know it is gorgeous, nut we may not realize our passion for its charm.
what if the sun disappeared all of a sudden? Then we may treasure the gilittering fireflies more than before. If Hao Yi
from the chinese legend really shot down all the ten suns, how would our world be like? The prequel of the story is full
of chinese mythology, whereas the sequel has a totally different approach. We tell the story with montage of pictures
and surreal images. Besides, the mystical characters demonstrate the modern cosmopolitan nature of Hong Kong,
presenting Hong Kong’s cultural uniqueness in the world.
People from around the world love Hong Kong for her glamour and the vibrant nightlife. Yet, have we ever really
enjoyed the inner beauty of the places we pass by every day in Hong Kong?
Prequel
This is an ancient Chinese legend about a family. The god and goddess of the sky had ten sons. Every day, one son
would travel by a gold cart, rise from the east and sail across the sky to the west, to shine on the earth, We called them
“suns”. After 200 years of the same routine, they were tired of taking turns and so, they decided to rise to the sky
altogether at one time. However, the presence of ten suns at once was disatrous for earth – plants wilted, animals died.
That was the start of the catastrophic age…
God of sky was very angry about the deed of his sons. He appointed the gurad of archery Hou Yi to punish the naguhty
sons. He granted Hou Yi a magic red bow and 10 powerful white arrows. Hou Yi took his hunting dog Black Ear with him
and hiked up Mount NuXue, the highest mountain on earth, to shoot each sun down one by one. The goddess of sky
heard the roaring pain from the dying sons and begged her husband to forgive them. However, it was too late. There
was only one son left behind in the sky, who became the only sun in the universe.
The pain of goddess infuriated the god of sky. He sent a lightning to end Houe Yi’s life.
That was the beginning of a series of revenge.
Sequel
Nine Sun,the son of Hou Yi, heard the tragedy of his father from the loyal dog Black Ear, He was extremely furious at
god of sky’s decision to kill his father, despite his fathers’s obedience to god of sky’s instruction to shoot down the suns.
He decoded to shoot the last sun as a revenge for his father. He changed his name to Nine Sun in memory of his father’s
deed to save the earrth by shooting down nine suns.
Nine Sun took the last bow and arrow his father left behind. He practiced archery every day, awwaited for the best
moment to take revenge. The time has come. When Nine Sun was about to shoot from the top of Mount NuXue,god of
moon stealthily covered up the whole sun. The earth was in the dark. As god of moon only had 6 hours’ time to cover up
the sun, he sent his daughter, Second Day,to earth to stop the revenge from happening. At the same time, the sun sent
Fire Spirit to protect Second Day to earth.
Even with the guide from Magic Eagle to search for Nine Sun., Secound Day and Fire Spirit faced a lot of obstacles.
Without sunshine, the earth turned into complete darkness. People had different feelings and experience in the dark.
What would the world look life after these 6 hours?
Characters
Nine Sun: The only son of guard of archery Hou Yi. Brave and excellent fighter with a very extreme love-or-hate
personality, who does anything for revenge.
Second Day: The daughter of the god of moon. A peacemaker with a “new moon Knife” gifted by her mother but she has
never used it.
Fire Spirit: The first guard of the sun. His immortal red body is covered with a metallic suit of amour.
Dragon Horse: Dragonhead and a body like a horse covered with fur displaying 8 swirls. It is a powerful and lucky
creature coming from the water. Wherever it goes, the place will be rich and prosperous.
Black Ear: The hunting dog of Hou Yi, with silver body and black ears. Loyal to his master and protected the master’s
son Nine Day after the death of the master.
Chi Cat: Eyes are three times bigger than normal mythological creatures, with perfect vision in the dark, quick
movements like flashed, and appears without any sign.
Magic Eagle: Can be in a form of eagle-man or various types of eagles; be able to fly around the world in different forms
to cope with circumstances.
Siuhak
Born in 1974 in Hong Kong, Siuhak acquired his bachelor degree in design from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
in 1996, Since then, he started his career in illustration and comic industry. With the commercial illustrations for Kowlook
Dairy Ovaltine Milk, he achieved the Silver Award in illustrations from New York Festival 2002, Besides drawings, he is
also a script-writer for a various radio shows of Commerical Radio Hong Kong. In 2004, he formed a group with a few
friends named “springrolllll” and released the comic series “Hong Kong Springrolllll”. The group was being invited to the
Fumetto International Comic Festival in Luzern, Switzerland. In the same year, Siuhak released his first comic book
“Fake Forensic Science”. He is now a regular guest lecturer for School of Design in The Hong Kong Polytechnic
Lewis Ho
Lewis Ho is born in Hong Kong. He studied sculpture in The University of Washington, and graduated in Photography
Studies from New York Schooldd of Visual Art in 1996 and acquired his bachelor degree in Fine Art. Lewis has his first
solo photography exhibition in Hong Kong in 1997. Throughout the past decade, he has been dedicated to fashion and
commercial photography, as well as teaching professional photography for Hong Kong Arts Centre and Hong Kong
Open University. In 2004 and 2006, his works were selected by archive as “The 200 Best Advertising Photographer of The
World”. He has numerous collaborations with film artists and celebrities. He was the wedding photographer for the
international famous canton-pop singer Hacken Lee and his wifte Emily Lo and led them to London for their wedding
story photo shoot. In 2007, Lewis with famous illustrator Siuhak worked together and released “ belittle Not”. These
works were published in Select New York. In the recent years, Lewis is the favorite photographer of Reebok China for
their Yao Ming Campaign. These photo series are used for Reebok’s advertisement Globally.S