{"id":2023,"date":"2025-11-10T00:03:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T00:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/?p=2023"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T15:52:08","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"RESEARCH OF KOWLOON WALLED CITY"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2023\" class=\"elementor elementor-2023\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2671dfa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2671dfa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-942dbf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"942dbf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What is Kowloon Walled City<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b4a5ec0 e-con-full e-grid e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b4a5ec0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a0b996 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0a0b996\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/11\/c5a1e17332e16cc15c36b8c6190f3e30-300x211.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-5639\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/11\/c5a1e17332e16cc15c36b8c6190f3e30-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/11\/c5a1e17332e16cc15c36b8c6190f3e30-768x541.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/11\/c5a1e17332e16cc15c36b8c6190f3e30.png 853w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd2206c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dd2206c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/11\/9aef1ec0c2d1e035e0e666b1f241f62c-300x224.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-5641\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/11\/9aef1ec0c2d1e035e0e666b1f241f62c-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/11\/9aef1ec0c2d1e035e0e666b1f241f62c-768x572.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/11\/9aef1ec0c2d1e035e0e666b1f241f62c.png 985w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7985d75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7985d75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"237\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/11\/01da01b903b27629ad8e8abbea5e1e82-300x237.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-5642\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/11\/01da01b903b27629ad8e8abbea5e1e82-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/11\/01da01b903b27629ad8e8abbea5e1e82-768x607.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/11\/01da01b903b27629ad8e8abbea5e1e82.png 869w\" sizes=\"100vw\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b99d32f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b99d32f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kowloon Walled City was a strategic stronghold of the ancient Chinese army and a small town built on a hillside.<\/p><p>After World War II, a large number of immigrants flooded in, and Kowloon Walled City began to expand vertically.<\/p><p>In just 7 acres of land, 33,000 people lived. It was one of the most densely populated areas on Earth at that time.<\/p><p>Due to the political environment at that time and the issue of power ownership in the colonies, this place became an enclave.<\/p><p>The governments of the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom are either unwilling or legally unable to enforce the law here.<\/p><p>For this reason, this place has become a state without government, and illegal phenomena such as drug trafficking, gambling and prostitution are extremely rampant.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3680415 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3680415\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why is there so much \"mystery\" here?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75c2d23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75c2d23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Because there are a large number of undocumented illegal immigrants, gangs and various criminal activities here, people often die unexpectedly.<br \/>There are no records here. People can only hear the truth about these events through hearsay. Coupled with the local folk beliefs, an accident passed down by word of mouth may become a haunted mystery.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9bb1d7f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9bb1d7f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Why is this place suitable as a level for horror games<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6730901 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6730901\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kowloon Walled City is actually a huge whole. Sidewalks, ladders, pipes and cables are densely connected to the various high-rise buildings, and sunlight can hardly reach the ground.<br \/>The dense architectural structure, like a three-dimensional maze, along with the dim and damp interior environment, jointly form this structure that is prone to causing people to get lost, which is a natural horror level structure<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cfdda3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5cfdda3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kowloon Walled City in the Film &amp; Photographs<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-749086b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"749086b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Many films In Hong Kong have adopted the element of Kowloon Walled City, such as Twilight of the Warriors: Walled in, Re-cycle, etc.<br \/>I also collected some photographic works and paintings to make reference boards<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b307eab elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b307eab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1612\" height=\"1026\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/hl1d23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/53\/2025\/11\/a38b8f45b018f06bec704f63c9ebd1e0.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-5683\" alt=\"\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sources:<br \/><br \/><\/p><ul><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #00ccff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/complexurbanism.wordpress.com\/2012\/12\/07\/self-organisation-the-case-of-kowloon-walled-city\">https:\/\/complexurbanism.wordpress.com\/2012\/12\/07\/self-organisation-the-case-of-kowloon-walled-city<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #00ccff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/99percentinvisible.org\/episode\/episode-66-kowloon-walled-city\/\">https:\/\/99percentinvisible.org\/episode\/episode-66-kowloon-walled-city\/<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #00ccff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kowloon_Walled_City\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kowloon_Walled_City<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #00ccff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/scholar.xjtlu.edu.cn\/ws\/portalfiles\/portal\/44832151\/Amps-Proceedings-Kowloon.pdf\">https:\/\/scholar.xjtlu.edu.cn\/ws\/portalfiles\/portal\/44832151\/Amps-Proceedings-Kowloon.pdf<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #00ccff;text-decoration: underline\"><a style=\"color: #00ccff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twilight_of_the_Warriors:_Walled_In\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twilight_of_the_Warriors:_Walled_In<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Kowloon Walled City Kowloon Walled City was a strategic stronghold of the ancient Chinese army and a small town built on a hillside. After World War II, a large number of immigrants flooded in, and Kowloon Walled City began to expand vertically. In just 7 acres of land, 33,000 people lived. 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