Adventure on Flower Street

At the time, there were many flower stalls doing business around the streets of this area. Flowers were everywhere so that Lynhurst Terrace was simply named as “Pai Fa Street” (Street Where Flowers are Placed) in Chinese. All these happened thanks to the high-class foreign prostitutes. You see, at that time, many foreigners who worked in Central liked to frequent brothels. Like you people today, this group of elites had strong consuming power and led a stylish lifestyle. A graceful gesture developed as an informal and elegant rule in this circle – when visiting a prostitute, the client should bring a bouquet of beautiful flowers. This gave rise to the many flower stalls which took advantage of the situation, and the passers-by could get a glimpse of the prosperity of the high-class erotic area in Central through the grandeur of the flower markets!