Name(English): Chun Yeung Street
Name(Chinese): 春秧街
Category: Photography Enthusiast
Address(English): Chun Yeung Street, North Point, Hong Kong Island
Address(Chinese): 北角春秧街
Address Google Map Link： https://goo.gl/maps/xM6SUAorZ28ZZinc8
Address longitude and latitude： 22.29148528830355, 114.197666468183
Nearest MTR Station：North Point Station Exit A1
Nearest MTR Station Google Map Link： https://goo.gl/maps/qoNnmbYVbmkqh3Nr9
Nearest MTR Station longitude and latitude： 22.291316619415557, 114.20049706546453
How far from the nearest MTR Station：5 mins from North Point MTR Exit A1
Opening hours:
MON 00:00 – 23:59
TUE 00:00 – 23:59
WED 00:00 – 23:59
THU 00:00 – 23:59
FRI 00:00 – 23:59
SAT 00:00 – 23:59
SUN 00:00 – 23:59
Recommended Time to Visit： Avoid rush hour like morning 08:00-09:00 and evening 17:30-19:00
Accessibility Note： Easy access
Chun Yeung Street is one of the few remaining neighbourhoods that capture the essence of old Hong Kong. With a handful of businesses selling Hokkienese and Shanghainese products, the area is also referred to as “Little Hokkien” or “Little Shanghai”. Upon my first visit here, I couldn’t stop comparing Chun Yeung Street’s unique urban landscape with Shifen’s sky lantern railway in Taiwan, or the train which runs through residents’ doorstep in Hanoi, Vietnam.
How to get to Chun Yeung Street?
By tram: Get on a tram destined to North Point. Alight at either Chun Yeung Street or the terminus.
By MTR: Exit North Point Station at Exit B1 and walk westward. When you see the following footbridge, cross the road and go under it. You’ll find North Point Tram Terminus and Chun Yeung Street on your left.
Here are some photography tricks for anyone coming to Chun Yeung Street:
- A mid- to long-focus lens (50mm or above) will come in handy.
- This is the place to try your hands on street photography, a genre of photography which records unchoreographed incidents in public spaces. Stalls on both sides of the railway could be an interesting subject. A telephoto lens enables you to take a shot from a distance and minimize any inconvenience you may cause. Just be mindful of the surrounding people’s reaction and stop when they appear to be displeased. After all not everybody likes to be photographed.
- Chun Yeung Street is not what it is without trams. To accent the vehicle in your picture, try a large aperture paired with a telephoto lens. It will give you an image with profound depth and a sense of compression.
- Manual mode or aperture-priority mode recommended. Manually tuning into a faster shutter allows you to capture a sharp image from the moving tram.
My iPhone XR has a set focal length of 28mm. It has its constraints, undoubtedly, but it doesn’t mean you can’t take great pictures with your phone. Look for leading lines in the environment. Utilize the wide angle lens to capture an extended shot. If your smartphone is equipped with more than one focal length, then congratulations, you’ll have a lot more fun here experimenting.
(The Photography Enthusiast series is created by our team’s veteran photographers. Translated by Amber Chan.)
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