Precious Memories: Queen Elizabeth II and Hong Kong Lion Rock

The Queen of Two Dollars

我成長在英國殖民時期的香港,年紀很小的時候,每天上學有二元零用錢可以買零食。因此,有英女皇頭像的二元硬幣,是我再熟識不過的錢幣了。對於小時候的我,這二元硬幣是再普通不過、恆常不過的了,我沒有想過錢幣的頭像有一天會更換掉,也沒有想像過英女皇會離開世界。

現在長大了,錢幣的頭像也早已更換掉了。然後有一天,我突然得知英女皇離世的消息。這感覺很突然,亦彷如感受到某個時代、某種憶記的遠去。如今想來,我的童年很幸福,那個時期的香港也很燦爛。

為了悼念英女皇的離世,我畫了這一幅作品:Precious Memories: Queen Elizabeth II and Hong Kong Lion Rock。

我們說香港人的精神是獅子山精神,它所代表的是香港小市民努力奮鬥的生活態度,這好像是因為七十年代時一套名為「獅子山下」的電視劇。我想,位於九龍的獅子山,對我們的意義除了是一種拼駁的精神之外,也代表了八十年代香港的黃金時期,那是我們都很喜歡的年代。

有英女皇頭像的二元硬幣,盛載了我童年的美好回憶,相信也盛載了我們香港人不會忘掉的回憶。所以,我以這二元硬幣來填滿代表香港精神的獅子山,或許,是獅子山盛載了我們的回憶,又或許,是我們的回憶盛載了香江。

縱使物換星移,有一些的情感和憶記,並不會成為過去。

I grew up in Hong Kong during the British colonial period, and when I was very young, I had $2 to buy snacks every day at school. Therefore, the coin with the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is a coin that I am familiar with. For me as a child, these two dollars were so ordinary and constant, that I never imagined that the coin’s avatar would one day be replaced, nor did I imagine that Queen Elizabeth II would pass away.

Now that I’ve grown up, the coin’s avatar has long since changed. Then one day, I suddenly learned of the Queen’s passing. It felt very sudden as if I felt the passing of an era and a memory. It was no doubt that I had a very happy childhood, and Hong Kong was also splendid at that time.

To mourn the passing of the Queen, I painted this artwork: Precious Memories: Queen Elizabeth II and Hong Kong Lion Rock。

We say that the spirit of Lion Rock is the spirit of Hong Kong people. It represents the perseverance attitude of Hong Kong people because of a TV series called “Under the Lion Rock” in the 70s. I think that the Lion Rock in Kowloon is not only a spirit of perseverance but also represents the golden age of Hong Kong in the 80s, which we all loved.

The two-dollar coin with the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II contains delightful memories of my childhood, and I believe it also contains precious memories that we Hong Kong people will not forget. Therefore, I used these two-dollar coins to fill the Lion Rock showing that our sweet memories would not be forgotten. And Queen Elizabeth II is also a remembered lady for us.

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