Avenue of Stars places Hong Kong cinema beside Victoria Harbour
Published on 09/23/2026 at 04:23 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael MĂĽller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Avenue of Stars follows the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront beside Victoria Harbour, with Hong Kong Island across the water. Its defining feature is the meeting of a working harbour panorama and Hong Kong cinema: handprints, names, plaques and sculpture occupy a public promenade. Opened in 2004, the site gives the city’s film history a physical address.
A film archive set into the waterfront
The promenade honours actors, directors and other figures connected with Hong Kong cinema. Names and handprints appear on metal plaques integrated into railings, pavement areas and sculptural elements. The arrangement turns a walk beside the harbour into a sequence of cinematic references.
The Avenue follows the model of Hollywood’s Walk of Fame, but its setting is distinctly Hong Kong. Victoria Harbour supplies the broad view, while the Kowloon shoreline supplies the route and the film industry supplies its subject. The result combines an open-air cultural display with a public waterside walkway.
From 2004 opening to a redesigned public space
The Avenue of Stars opened to the public on 28 April 2004. Its creation connected the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront with the history of a film industry that gained international recognition through martial-arts films, crime dramas and distinctive directors.
Landscape architect James Corner and other international and local designers shaped the redesigned promenade, which reopened in 2019. Planting, seating, artworks and the seawall route form parts of the public space, while the plaques preserve its commemorative role. The project therefore contains both a record of Hong Kong cinema and a landscape setting beside the harbour.
Bruce Lee, Anita Mui and the language of cinema
Bruce Lee’s bronze statue is the promenade’s most recognisable sculpture. It presents the martial artist and actor in a fighting pose, linking the harbourfront with the international reach of Hong Kong action cinema.
Anita Mui is also represented by a bronze statue, while plaques and handprints recall many other performers and filmmakers. Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh are among the names familiar to audiences beyond Hong Kong. Together, the sculptures and inscriptions show how the Avenue records cinema through faces, gestures, signatures and written names.
Visiting Avenue of Stars: what travellers from Western Europe should know
- The promenade runs along Tsim Sha Tsui on the Kowloon side of Victoria Harbour. Tsim Sha Tsui Station and East Tsim Sha Tsui Station provide rail access to the waterfront.
- The route is a level waterfront promenade, with railings, pavement sections, planting and seating beside the seawall. The harbour-facing sections connect with the wider Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront.
- The official language is Chinese and English, and the currency is the Hong Kong dollar.
- Hong Kong’s skyline and Victoria Harbour remain visible from the promenade, while the plaques and statues occupy the walking route itself.
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Where is Avenue of Stars?
Avenue of Stars is on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront in Kowloon, beside Victoria Harbour and opposite Hong Kong Island.
What can visitors see there?
The promenade contains film-industry plaques, handprints, inscriptions, artworks and bronze statues, including representations of Bruce Lee and Anita Mui.
What makes the promenade distinctive?
It places a record of Hong Kong cinema beside a harbour-facing public route, joining names, signatures and statues with the city skyline.
