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Hong Kong in Chinese Literary Sources: Perceptions of Urban History of Daily Life,

1945 -1949 by XIA SI (夏思) Degree of Master of Arts

2012 Department of History University of Macau Hong Kong in Chinese Literary Sources: Perceptions of Urban History of Daily Life,

1945 -1949 by XIA SI (夏思) Supervisor: Dr.

Ho Wai Kit Degree of Master of Arts

2012 Department of History University of Macau Copyright Year

2012 by XIA SI University of Macau i Acknowledgments At the history department of University of Macau, I have had the privilege of working with excellent teachers. I would like to first extent my greatest appreciation to my supervisor, Dr. Ho Wai Kit. This thesis would not have been possible without the support of him. In the whole thesis writing process, he has constantly given me encouragement, suggestions and supervision to help me finish my thesis. Thanks so much. And also I am heartily grateful to Dr. Tianshu Zhu and Dr. Robert Antony for their time in reading my thesis and giving me suggestions and comments. I would also like to give my special thanks to Dr. Paul Vandyke and other professors in history department for their excellent teachings, guidance and assistance. I learned invaluable knowledge from their classes. I would like to convey thanks to the Library of University of Macau and Library of the Chinese University of Hong Kong for providing literary sources which helped my thesis a lot. Lastly, I owe my dear classmates a great deal for their support to me in the last two years. ii Abstract Hong Kong society from

1945 to

1949 was quite special . The fierce political conflict between the Guomin dang(KMT 国民党) and the Chinese Communist Party(CCP 中 国共产党) in mainland China made post-war Hong Kong become a relatively peaceful region. A large number of Chinese population flew into Hong Kong and exerted big influence to this city in many aspects. Meanwhile, the British Empire continued to play an important role in its colony?s urban operation. In this sense, my thesis focuses on four major aspects of Hong Kong urban life in this special historical and social period then summarizes the features of Hong Kong daily life. My thesis will study three issues that is behind urban life. Firstly, it is interesting to study Hong Kong people'

s mentality and social thoughts in early post-war period. Secondly, I want to know to what extent Chinese immigrants from mainland China affected Hong Kong daily life. Lastly, I tried to discover the British Empire'

s influence and governance on Hong Kong society. This thesis is based on

36 pieces of primary sources published in newspapers or journals from

1945 to 1949, such as poems, fictions, essays and reportages written by some writers who migrated to Hong Kong during that period. Many of these literary iii sources were Chinese left-wing writers? works. In a word, by the help of literary materials and other interdisciplnary sources, this thesis aims to show Hong Kong people'

s real urban life and their mentality in post-war period under the British Empire and mainland China '

s influences. Key Words: Hong Kong, Urban life, 1945-1949, Immigration, Western iv Hong Kong in Chinese Literary Sources: Perceptions of Urban History of Daily Life,

1945 -1949 Table of Contents Chapter One Introduction

1 Literature Review

2 Source and Methodology

5 Expected Contribution

7 Chapter Two Entertainments : enjoy everything in postwar ………...9 2.1 Three Main Kinds of Entertainment

9 2.2 Spiritual Amusements

18 2.3 Conclusion