In general, to be authentic, you have to use same materials the methods the old masters used to build it, right down to their methods of carpentry.
Replicas use modern materials and modern methods of building it. It just looks the same.
Authentic junk boats probably have a certification that says they are authentic.
Lol. “Hong Kong junk” could mean a lot of things. Just about everything out of China seems to be junk.
” can’t help but wonder why a junk built in 1955 is authentic, but one built in 1970 would be a copy.”
It was originally put into service as a fishing boat. The others were built for tourism.
Maybe the CCP will “keep it afloat”, money-wise if they think it’ll be a good ROI.
But the Hong Kong the world knew for a hundred years no longer exists, HK citizens had the rug pulled out from under them.
The economy is like a fully loaded B-17. It does not respond instantly to control stick input. It’s current attitude is based on what you input erlier, and what you are inputting NOW will not show up for a while.
The world’s economy is a dead economy walking. We killed it beginning in April. It is continuing it’s downward spiral, and we haven’t even started pulling up on the stick yet.
Well, Sweden has, but as the rest of civilization goes, so goes them.
I’ve seen it many times on Victoria Harbor at night, but didn’t know it was considered “authentic”. I guess the Star Ferries are authentic, too - though rather less scenic. :)
[[We cannot control the direction of the wind but we can adjust our sail.”]]
Cool saying!
Don’t tase my junk!......................
Perhaps they can salvage the business by issuing junk bonds