Health is not just the absence of disease.In an era when living to 100 is becoming more common,our concept of ageing must evolve. While Hong Kong people enjoy the world's longest life expectancy, an important question arises: Are we truly achieving healthy ageing? In this book, Professor Jean Woo addresses a diverse array of challenges associated with the elderly population in Hong Kong society, including issues like elderly poverty, unfriendly community designs, unfair stigmatization faced by seniors, and late-life loneliness. Drawing on extensive research and clinical experience, she advocates for self-care, education, and empowerment, encouraging us to move beyond dependence on doctors and medications. Ageing is inevitable, yet we can control how we age. --------------------------------------------------------------By 2046, 36% of Hong Kongers will be ‘older adults’. Take Charge of Your Own Ageing is a timely publication to remind our society about the significan
《香港廟宇碑刻志》全面收錄香港地區(香港島、九龍、新界和離島)現存的華人廟宇及可考之碑刻,上溯南宋(1274年),下迄現今(2021年),既展現出千百年來香港廟宇碑刻文獻的豐富性,也反映了本地神明、宗教信仰的發展。全書以廟宇為單元,「以廟帶碑」,共收錄廟宇130座、碑刻455通。除原碑文獻外,本書還大量收錄實地拍攝所得的廟貌、碑圖、神像、文物等珍貴圖像,極具歷史價值,體現了傳承至今的廟宇文化在現世生活的生命力。廟宇是不同族群歷史的載體,更與當今社會生活息息相關。透過整合碑刻、圖像、文獻記載等資料,本書不但全面展現香港華人廟宇、宗教的面貌與發展脈絡,更作為香港社會的側寫,揭示地域、族群、社區在這片土地上的變遷。---------------這套三冊的巨著對促進我們認識香港地方宗教傳統,作出重大貢獻。通過深入的實地考察,並配以上千張生動的照片,黎教授詳實記錄了455通廟宇碑刻,並從多角度展示了本地祭祀傳統的種種面貌。對華南社會史感興趣的讀者而言,本書更是不容錯過。——華琛(James L. Watson),哈佛大學人類學系榮休講座教授本書在前人基礎上,實地調查補正,當為目前最為完備之香港地方廟宇碑刻志,為各廟宇留存良好的史料,日後縱使廟宇重建亦不虞史料丟失。——李豐楙,中央研究院院士、國立政治大學宗教研究所名譽講座教授學者對於文物保存最有效的貢獻莫過於記錄與研究,本書正正為這一工作提供了重要而堅實的基礎,也將會推進學界對於香港碑刻文獻的重視。——科大衛(David Faure),香港中文大學歷史系榮休教授本書可稱得上香港廟宇信息的精煉典藏。每座廟宇都有自己的故事,不僅見證香港社區的發展,也積極參與了城市變化的過程。本書將本地廟宇歷史置於香港發展的宏觀背景下審視,既似一份地圖,也是一部編年史。黎教授和他的團隊試圖保留的,正是這樣一種了解香港的方式。——陳金樑,香港中文大學常務副校長、利榮森中國文化教授本書使碑刻與廟宇研究有機結合,不但拓展香港地方廟宇的研究視野,更具有認識論與方法論意義,為未來香港古蹟和宗教研究發揮了重要的示範作用。——鄭振滿,廈門大學歷史系教授、民間歷史文獻研究中心主任
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