Tuesday, 20 May 2008

Tung Chung Qing Dynasty Fort, Lantau Island, Hong Kong SAR




Tung Chung Fort, located on the northwestern part of Lantau island, was first built in the Song dynasty Shun Hei era (1174 - 1189) to combat pirates. The fort however, fell into disused and was used as a pirate's liar right by notable pirates such as Cheung Po Tsai, right up to its recovery and refurbishment by the Qing dynasyt. The current structure dates to the Qing dynasty. It was the naval headquarters of the Right Battalion of Dapeng. A carved granite slab above the entrance dates the Fort to 1832. The Qing abandoned the fort in 1898 when the New Territories was leased to Britain.
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15 comments:

  1. Snowy Beagle20 May 2008 at 19:54

    What were those guns aiming at?

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  2. Abgari Idle20 May 2008 at 19:57

    Interesting place to visit - have to keep this place in mind when I visit HK. ;-)

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  3. kit meng leong20 May 2008 at 20:22

    lol. not easy to get there. 30-45m walk from Tung Chung MRT station and its set in the middle of a somewhat rural village. The buildings inside the fort used to house a middle school until the government decided to conserve it. The school is now closed I think but there were kids playing basketball in the middle of the fort when I was there.

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  4. kit meng leong20 May 2008 at 20:22

    The sea. The land has since been reclaimed and public housing built but it used to guard the northern approach to the Tung Chung area.

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  5. moon luminous20 May 2008 at 20:42

    Interesting..

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  6. kit meng leong20 May 2008 at 20:45

    The last picture is a Sui/Tang era kiln they excavated near the fort.

    The second last picture is an unrestored Gun Battery 1km northeast of the fort to provide crossfire across the strait.

    The cannons are Chinese cast cannons with inscriptions, the earliest dating ca. 1812.

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  7. moon luminous20 May 2008 at 20:47

    I was about to ask what's that picture..? ;-)

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  8. kit meng leong20 May 2008 at 20:54

    oh yah, I bought u something from the temple. :)

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  9. moon luminous20 May 2008 at 21:07

    for me? gee.... ;-)

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  10. kit meng leong20 May 2008 at 21:22

    Well yes.

    Centaur is Catholic so I bought her something from the Sanctuary at Fatimah in Portugal.

    You're Buddhist so I bought u something from Po Lin temple, HK.

    :)))

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  11. moon luminous20 May 2008 at 21:29

    thank u thank u! "zhen hai you sum de yan.."

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  12. kit meng leong20 May 2008 at 23:21

    XD

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  13. moon luminous21 May 2008 at 00:31

    ;-P

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  14. Ameliå ♡♥Carebearstare®♥♡4 October 2009 at 12:05

    such a small pic!
    take more photos with baobei leh!

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  15. kit meng leong4 October 2009 at 21:22

    I had more pics, usually only posting the pics that show more of the "other" stuff like surroundings but my harddrive crashed and these are all thats left. :(

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