Chan Siun-kuen left rural China in the slipstream of the revolution for a rapidly urbanising Hong Kong. His herb garden restores a connection to forgotten traditions and the healing power of plants
There are several herb gardens in Hong Kong. There is one in the Botanical Gardens, close to the seat of government. There is another in the Chinese University of Hong Kong, an institution traceable in part to the revolution of 1949, when mainland scholars were scattered to the four winds. But the one that always caught my attention is tucked away, on one of the many paths winding through the Lung Fu Shan Country Park.
The language draws on the principles of traditional Chinese medicine, which is still widely used in pharmacies on the mainland. Many cards include the character qi, which Wang says is considered as “the foundation that builds our body” in Chinese medicine. For Chan, this was not new territory. “After I started the garden,” he says, “I learnt about Chinese herbs again.” As a young child, the hills Chan Siun-kuen used to climb in Guangdong were different from those of Hong Kong.
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