The 1990s were the most glorious days of Hong Kong's bathroom culture, and there were different types of saunas in almost every district.
It provides a pressure relief platform for the general public in Hong Kong.
Bathroom culture is also very prosperous in Japan and Korea, especially the traditional Japanese bathroom culture.
In fact, Hong Kong also has a Shanghai-style bathhouse culture. The Yude Pool in Yau Tsimwang should be the last Shanghai-style bathhouse in China, but unfortunately it has not been well preserved.
Bathroom culture is actually closely related to life.
"Have a cool shower and a good bath", work stress and life stress will be relieved and liberated.
It is a pity that the Hong Kong government's excessively single shopping mall-style planning has almost completely eliminated the bathroom culture.
Of course, there are some policy reasons. For example, in land planning and space use, the government has not specified that it needs to set up some facilities and pursues the so-called market freedom.
Therefore, everyone only does some shopping malls, selling high-priced cosmetics, and some supporting facilities, such as bookstores, cultural spaces, bathroom entertainment spaces, nightclubs, etc., are not within the planning indicators.
In fact, a normal society needs a different space.
In the 1990s, Hong Kong's bathroom culture was very permeable, and it existed in different districts. In its heyday, there were more than ten bathhouses and saunas of different sizes in Tsim Sha Tsui alone.
Of course these baths and saunas also gave rise to some so-called pornography.
The bathhouse culture in Asia has grown a lot in recent years.
Since the establishment of the gambling industry in Singapore, this kind of bath entertainment has made great progress in tourism, combining beauty, spa, massage, medical services, etc.
Recently, there have been some Japanese-style bathing facilities in Singapore that are combined with sports and are located in sports venues.
In fact, the living environment in Hong Kong is small, and the establishment of bathing places in the community can bring a very good effect to the community.
If the clubhouses in many new real estates allow the establishment of operating baths, it will bring a better quality of life to the residents who live there.
Hong Kong people like to travel abroad. They go to Japan to soak in hot springs, and to Thailand to live in resorts. There are many bathing facilities.
Water is the source of life.
It is very important for Hong Kong people to be close to water and relieve stress.
How can Hong Kong revitalize and promote the bathhouse culture?
There can be several modes:
In the high-end mode, several hotels, such as Mandarin, Peninsula, Rosewood, etc., can think about the bathing culture.
In addition, real estate developers should also try to set up baths and bathroom spaces in their shopping mall projects.
Mongkok Yude Pool.
(widening game)
In terms of Chinese consumption, in addition to restaurants, real estate developers should also develop and research in the level of life. Bathhouses are another model that can be considered.
Singapore combines sports and bathrooms, and finds some operators to do it. The LCSD can refer to it and develop it in new sports facilities in the future.
For example a swimming pool can have three sections: The first section is a children's play pool.
The second part is the swimming pool for sports players, and the third part can set some bathroom facilities.
The Hong Kong government should also encourage and support bathroom establishments in different areas, such as new districts.
Opening a bathing place requires a lot of investment and manpower, so the government should cooperate with policies.
And in the long run, for example: how can water be recycled?
How not to consume too much water?
Some advanced filtration facilities may be installed.
How to use a lot of water and how to use water is also a knowledge.
Hong Kong real estate developers have the financial and material resources to do this, that is, to develop some new forms of projects in shopping malls.
Not just selling brand-name cosmetics, but should develop some new experiences, the bath is basically very feasible.
Can pornography be completely avoided when promoting a healthy bath culture?
Pornography is not a bath problem, it will appear even if there is a bath, but when there is a bath, it can create a trading platform.
So to make the whole thing healthy, both men and women can go.
Bathing is not just a male activity, but the best way for a human to relieve stress.
If Hong Kong wants to develop tourism and diversify its development, it needs to find and build more supporting facilities.
At present, the competition in the tourism industry is fierce in the Greater Bay Area. Hong Kong needs to find its own characteristics. In fact, it needs to learn from Hong Kong in the 1990s, study what entertainment business was in Hong Kong at that time, and then modernize and absorb the cultural characteristics of other places and societies. , in order to activate innovation and revive Hong Kong's entertainment industry.
Bathroom culture can both improve health and generate economic activity, so why not do it?
Hu Enwei
is a member of the National Hong Kong and Macao Research Association, a member of the Jiangsu Provincial Political Consultative Conference, and Zuni.
Icosahedron United Artistic Director and Chief Executive Officer