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Chung Hau, and two fortresses, seven guard-houses, and an ammunition store at the foot of the Shek Sz Shan EXL. However, whether this record gives the date of construction of the Tung Chung Fort (also known as the Tung Chung Walled City) has never been clear.
A recent discovery has helped to clarify the position. Above the main gate of the Tung Chung Fort, two big Chinese characters, Kung Sun, are carved and have long been visible. Recently, it was found, under careful examination, that six lines of tiny Chinese characters can be seen to the right of these two big characters. They are badly weathered, and only the following characters can be seen clearly. These read as follows:-
1st line.... the 12th year of the Tao Kuang reign
2nd line.... (the characters cannot be identified) MARM
3rd line... Tung Chung of the Two Kuangs (Kwangtung and Kwangsi)
4th line.... *O**IN* Charm-cheong (?), Naval Commander
5th line....
6th line.... money and built Shau-pe (?) Ho Chun-lung
Chapter 7 of the Heung Shan Yuen Chi, Kuang Hsü edition ** recorded, "In the 11th year of the Tao Kuang reign (1831), a Shau-pe from the Chin Shan Camp
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was transferred to Tai Yu Shan. He was appointed to be the Shau-pe of the newly established Right Camp (Wing) of the Tai Pang Battalion
"From this, we know that the Right Camp of the Tai Pang Battalion was established in the 11th year of the Tao Kuang reign with its headquarters at Tung Chung on Lantau Island. The construction of the headquarters, the Tung Chung Fort, was completed a year later, in the 12th year of the Tao Kuang reign, as revealed by the characters in the 1st line.
The last line gives the name of the Shau-pe, Ho Chun-lung, Commander of the Right Camp of the Tai Pang Battalion stationed at the Tung Chung Fort. Chapter 11 of Heung Shan Yuen Chi, Kuang Hsü edition stated, "Ho Chun-lung, native of Yellow Flag
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Chung Hau, and two fortresses, seven guard-houses, and an ammunition store at the foot of the Shek Sz Shan EXL. However, whether this record gives the date of construction of the Tung Chung Fort (also known as the Tung Chung Walled City) has never been clear.
A recent discovery has helped to clarify the position. Above the main gate of the Tung Chung Fort, two big Chinese characters, Kung Sun, are carved and have long been visible. Recently, it was found, under careful examination, that six lines of tiny Chinese characters can be seen to the right of these two big characters. They are badly weathered, and only the following characters can be seen clearly. These read as follows:-
1st line.... the 12th year of the Tao Kuang
reign
2nd line.... (the characters cannot be identified)
MARM
3rd line... Tung Chung of the Two Kuangs
(Kwangtung and Kwangsi)
4th line.... *O**IN* Charm-cheong (?), Naval
Commander
5th line....
6th line....
money and built
Shau-pe (?) Ho Chun-lung
Chapter 7 of the Heung Shan Yuen Chi, Kuang Hsü edition ** recorded, "In the 11th year of the Tao Kuang reign (1831), a Shau-pe from the Chin Shan Camp
S
was transferred to Tai Yu Shan. He was appointed to be the Shau-pe of the newly established Right Camp (Wing) of the Tai Pang Battalion
"From this, we know that the Right Camp of the Tai Pang Battalion was established in the 11th year of the Tao Kuang reign with its headquarters at Tung Chung on Lantau Island. The construction of the headquarters, the Tung Chung Fort, was completed a year later, in the 12th year of the Tao Kuang reign, as revealed by the characters in the 1st line.
The last line gives the name of the Shau-pe, Ho Chun-lung, Commander of the Right Camp of the Tai Pang Battalion stationed at the Tung Chung Fort. Chapter 11 of Heung Shan Yuen Chi, Kuang Hsü edition stated, "Ho Chun-lung, native of Yellow Flag
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