The Avenue of Stars is the eastern node of several tourist attractions along the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront. It was open to the general public April 28, 2004 with an opening ceremony held the previous day.

Thanks to the efforts of Hong Kong’s movie industry over the past century, many in Asia and farther afield are familiar with the city’s sights before they’ve even set foot here. The Avenue of Stars pays tribute to the names that helped make Hong Kong the “Hollywood of the East.”

You can trace more than a century of Hong Kong cinema on the Avenue of the Stars, starting with the “father of Hong Kong cinema” — Lai Man-wai, who in 1913 directed Hong Kong’s first feature film “Zhuangzi Tests his Wife,” to the international superstars of more recent times, including Jacky Chan and Chow Yun Fat.