“SALTY WET 鹹濕” by Lydia Wong

“SALTY WET 鹹濕” by Lydia Wong

Editor’s note: Lydia Wong’s evocative essay explores salt as both a material and metaphorical force in Hong Kong’s cultural, political, and sensual identity. From ancient salt fields to contemporary political repression, she traces how salt symbolises preservation, resistance, and longing. Blending personal memory, linguistic insight, and historical reflection, Wong links salt’s transformative nature to the city’s fading freedoms and irreverent …