Ask someone of a certain age from Hong Kong which song best represents their city’s resilience, and chances are they will pick “Below the Lion Rock” – a 1979 ballad that continues to resonate today.
The song was commissioned for long-running television drama Below the Lion Rock, screened by Hong Kong public broadcaster RTHK. The series was named after the Lion Rock, a mountain 495 metres (1,624 feet) high with a top shaped like a crouching lion – one of Hong Kong’s most visible natural landmarks.
In the 1970s, when the reality-inspired drama series first aired, many of Hong Kong’s working-class families were struggling in squatter villages in the shadow of the Lion Rock, with a lucky few allocated a unit in public housing such as the Choi Hung Estate.
The first episodes were in black and white and only 15 minutes long. Each story captured the struggles and triumphs of everyday Hongkongers in a rapidly modernising society, mirroring the reality of many families.
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