在依山而建的樓梯街階梯上一百碼，皇后大道囤積了一群民眾，兩棵百年老榕樹從花崗岩牆上拔出而生。長滿青苔的樹枝伸向遠方，空氣中樹根搖曳。飽經滄桑的慈祥樹幹傾斜著。在巷路的纏綿裡，每一棵樹都有故事，每一塊石頭都有傳說。它們共同見證了一個由勇氣和毅力編織而成的社區，在歷史的巨輪旁不遺餘力地付出汗水和鮮血。上環是一棵活樹，它的未來不斷發展，它的過去見證了先人的犧牲。就這樣，一個擁有一百七十年歷史的街區，距離單調的中環僅五分鐘步行路程。
No City for Slow Men, History in Our Midst, Jason Y. Ng
原文：Up the hill-hugging stairs of Ladder Street, a hundred yards above the hoi polloi cluttering Queen's Road, a pair of century-old banyans rise out of a granite wall. Mossy branches stretch far, aerial roots sway. Weathered trunks lean with avuncular benevolence. Amidst the thick tangle of alleys and lanes, every tree has a story to tell, each stone reveals a tale. Together they bear witness to a community woven of courage and grit, by the wheel of history that spares neither sweat nor blood. Sheung Wan is a living tree, its future ever evolving and its past a testament to the sacrifices of those who came before us. So there we have it, 170 years of history in a single neighbourhood, a mere five-minute walk from the humdrum of Central.
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