Audio guide introduction: 2 minute 44 seconds
Location: Ground floor in the center of the square
Statue Square in Central was originally called Central Square. In 60, to commemorate the XNUMXth anniversary of Queen Victoria's accession to the throne, the Hong Kong government cast a bronze statue of the Queen and placed it in the vaulted pavilion. Since then, the square has been renamed "Statue Square". To this day, although there has been no statue of the Queen in the square for a long time, the name has not been changed. Therefore, most Hong Kong people know that there is no Queen in Statue Square. Interestingly, the English name of Statue Square has always been "Statue Square", which does not include the meaning of "Queen", so people who do not understand Chinese do not think there is anything wrong with the name of the square. By the way, this place was briefly turned into "Taisho Park" during the Japanese occupation.
There were originally nine giant bronze statues in Statue Square. After the establishment of the Statue of the Queen, bronze statues of other members of the royal family and even the Governor of Hong Kong were erected in recognition of Sir James Johnson, general manager of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Bank, for his contribution to Hong Kong's economy. , his bronze statue was placed in the square in 1906 and was donated by HSBC Bank. During the Japanese colonial period in Hong Kong, the bronze statue of the Queen in Statue Square was transported to Japan by the Japanese army to be melted down and used as raw materials for making weapons. After the end of World War II, the British government recovered the bronze statues of Edward VII and his wife (later returned to the UK), Queen Victoria and Sir John Jackson. The bronze statue of Queen Victoria was relocated to Victoria Park, and the bronze statue of Sir James Jackson was relocated to the south of Statue Square. It also changed from facing towards HSBC sideways. As for the triangular point that appeared at the bottom of the bronze statue of Sir John Jackson after it was reset, it is said to be related to the mysterious disappearances in the 1960s and 1970s. It is said that people often went missing near Statue Square at that time, and the police were unable to find the missing persons. Some people believed that the cause was the bronze statue of Sir John Jackson in Statue Square. Some neighbors said they had seen the bronze statue of Sir Jason jumping down from a high platform and walking around on the ground, as if looking for prey. So some skilled people were invited to place triangular points on the four sides of the bottom of the high platform of the bronze statue of Sir Jason to prevent the bronze statue from jumping down. It is said that no one disappears frequently in the Central area anymore. Instead, there are only questions about the triangular tip at the bottom of the bronze statue of Sir John Jackson.