“This was how his (Huang Bore’s) Hong Kong landscape came into being. He thought otherwise although the landscape of Hong Kong had all along been regarded as too unsightly to paint: ‘Weren’t Bada Shanren and Jianjiang painting the desolate landscape that was left of their country? Why is it that painters have to make up lofty mountains and imposing architecture? Unsightly landscape can be paradise too when looked at in another perspective.’ So, he captured the ethereal beauty and fleeting moments of Hong Kong in all its seasons in his paintings.”

Extract from The World of Huang Bore: In Memory of
My Father Huang Bore by Wong Tai Shing

“Huang (Binhong) thought the landscape of Hong Kong had the monumentality lacking in that of Guilin, a place well known for its picturesque scenery. That is because Hong Kong has the benefit of the sea which makes the hills appear loftier. This explains why he found the city having so much to offer in terms of painting ideas.”

The praises showered by Huang Binhong on Hong Kong
when he visited the territory with Huang Bore in 1935
Extract from Huang Bore: Elusive yet Enduring by Huang Dade

The map is drawn with reference to the Hong Kong coastline in the 1960s and shows the Hong Kong sceneries painted by Huang Bore.