373
Many Dangs attributed the deceased worshipped in their Altar for Heroes (Ying-Hung Chi) and those buried in the big grave known as yi-chung to the battle with the British in 1898. We found that the number of "heroes" for whom paper clothing were ordered for the jiu of 1955 is only 2 more than the 1895 figure, i.e. only two can be attributed to the 1898 incident.
See also Law and Lau (1985) about this dispute.
19
According to this informant the Dangs married villagers of Lam Tsuen, Tai Hang, Sheung Shui and places like Sha Tau across the border. Other Tangs who discussed the point included Tuen Mun and Gak Tin, a place of the Wong surname, also known as Fuk Tin, across the border.
20 Another stone inscription dated 1786 recorded a similar case. Although it has been cited by many scholars as another rent dispute case that involved the Dangs of Kam Tin as the landlords, I cannot find any of Dangs whose names appear in the inscription in other documents.
21
In Kam Tin Historical Documents, vol. 2.
11 The original expression is that the villagers were the diding of the Dangs. Diding refers to tax on land and persons.
73 See also Kamm (1977:213-214) on other similar disputes.
24 See Cheng (n.d.).
25
Besides the formal names that appear in local documents and present-day road signs and maps, many of these villages had other names that were used in everyday conversation.
10
Formal names
Kam Hing Wai
Kat Hing Wai
Pak Wai
Tai Hong Wai
Wing Lung Wai
According to the jiu festival record of the year.
"Nickname"
Gaak Seui Yun
Fui Sa Wai
Laan Bak Wai
Taan Wai
Sa Laan Mei
27 Tanaka (1985:935-7), quoting A Gazetteer of Place Names in Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories, Hong Kong, pp. 172-173.
The original expression was "Tai Hong Wai and Tsuen" and probably included only the part of Tai Hong Tsuen whose residents were considered Tai Hong Wai people.
20
Kam Tin Historical Documents vol. 2.
30 See the account dated 1966 in the Si Kim Tong genealogy.
31 According to a descendant of Fau-Ng. The genealogical relationships among the ancestors he gave may be wrong.
32 Ying Lung Wai is part of Shap Pat Heung, the group of villages which was involved in several disputes with the Kam Tin Tangs. It seems that the Ying Lung Wai Dangs join the Kam Tin Dangs only in the jiu festival and the worship at the Mau Ging Tong ancestral hall. I have not heard anything about its position in the disputes between Kam Tin and Shap Pat Heung.
33 Sung (1974:168) says Tai Hong Tsuen. This is my interpretation.
34 Ditto.
35 Siu-Geui, with his father and others, made a new stone inscription for the grave of the wong-gu in 1483. Kei-Fong's will is dated 1562. (See the genealogy in Kam Tin Historical Documents vol. 1 for both.) Kai-Wa was born in 1494 (See inside text of his spirit tablet,