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==Tourism and landmarks== [[Image:GoldenBauhiniaSquare.jpg|thumb|The [[Golden Bauhinia Square]] at night]] [[Image:Lee Tung Avenue Night view 201512.jpg|thumb|[[Lee Tung Street|Lee Tung Avenue]]]] Wan Chai offers historical conservation sites including [[Old Wan Chai Post Office]], [[Hung Shing Temple, Wan Chai|Hung Shing Temple]] and [[Sam Tai Tsz Temple and Pak Tai Temple|Pak Tai Temple]]. Many of the medium-sized shopping centres are named in numerals, such as Oriental 188, 328, and 298 Computer Centre. These numbers might have come from the earlier days when all prostitution houses were numbered, as they were referred to as "big numbers" ({{lang-zh|t=ε€§ε§ε·΄|labels=no}}, ''dai lum bah'').<ref name="Wordie" /> There are many commercial complexes and office skyscrapers in Wan Chai. The [[Hong Kong dollar|HK$]]4.4 billion 78-storey skyscraper [[Central Plaza (Hong Kong)|Central Plaza]] currently stands as the third tallest building in Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://courses.arch.hku.hk/IntgBuildTech/cases/centplaz/centplaz.htm|title=Wan Chai central plaza architecture|publisher=Hong Kong university|date=1 January 2007|access-date=28 August 2007}}</ref> Small but free art exhibitions used to be held on the second floor all year round, whereas the first floor connects Wan Chai's footbridge network: the Hong Kong Exhibition and Convention Centre at the network's extreme north, [[Wan Chai Pier]], China Building, Harbour Centre, Central Plaza, Immigration Department Tower, Wan Chai Court, [[Wan Chai station|Wan Chai MTR station]] and Johnston Road (the tram line) at the network's extreme south. More recent tourist attractions include the [[Golden Bauhinia Square]], the site of a daily flag-rising ceremony. This ceremony is enhanced on 1 July ([[Handover of Hong Kong]]) and 1 October ([[National Day of the People's Republic of China|National Day of China]]). A 3-storey [[pergola]] exhibition is built opposite to [[Li Chit Garden]]. [[Tai Fat Hau]] footbridge also holds an art display of the fingerprints of 30,000 citizens slated for the ''[[Guinness Book of World Records]]''.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} The sticker pictures on 50 poles of the bridge have been colloquially called the ''"50 landscapes of Wan Chai"'' ({{lang-zh|t=η£δ»δΊεζ―|labels=no}}). [[Bowen Road#Lovers' Rock|Lovers' Rock]] reclines on the hillside of [[Bowen Road]] near Shiu Fai Terrace, mid-levels Wan Chai. The rock received its name since it resembles a small, thin column sticking out of the rock base. This special-looking rock is said to have granted happy marriages to its devoted worshippers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gohk.gov.hk/eng/welcome/wc/wc_info_wc10.html|title=Lover's Rock|publisher=Go hk gov|date=1 January 2007|access-date=28 August 2007}}</ref> Many people are attracted by its reputation. [[Image:Wan Chai Pano 202105.jpg|thumb|center|1200x1200px|View of Wan Chai at night from [[Stubbs Road]], also showing [[Central Plaza (Hong Kong)|Central Plaza]] on the right]]
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