Tung Lung Chau

Coordinates: 22°14′57″N 114°17′23″E / 22.24917°N 114.28972°E / 22.24917; 114.28972
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Tung Lung Chau
東龍洲
Hanyu Pinyin
Nántáng Dǎo
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationNàahm tòhng dóu
JyutpingNaam4 tong4 dou2
The cliffs on the east coast of Tung Lung Chau.
Tung Lung Fort.

Tung Lung Chau, previously known as Nam Tong Island or Nam Fat Tong

Hong Kong people as Tung Lung To or Tung Lung Island (東龍島). The island is largely uninhabited. Administratively, it belongs to Sai Kung District
.

Geography

The island has an area of 2.42 square kilometres (0.93 square miles).

Fat Tong Mun Channel
(佛堂門). The highest point of the island is at Nam Tong Peak (南堂頂), at an altitude of 250m.

History

Southern Song dynasty once stayed at Kwu Tap (古塔) on the island.[3]

Hong Kong's Eastern Straits as surveyed in 1845.

The name of Tung Lung Chau (or Tunglung Island) was seen in maps since around 1845, superseding the once more prevalent romanization of Tam-too. [4]

Sights

Tung Lung Chau is the site of Tung Lung Fort, which was constructed 300 years ago and recently refurbished.

A prehistoric stone carving can also be found on the island. Measuring 180 cm by 240 cm, it is the largest ancient rock carving in Hong Kong. The stone carving was mentioned in the 1819 Gazetteer of Xin'an County.[5]

There is a Hung Shing Temple on the island, at a location called Nam Tong (南堂). The temple was built before 1931. Inside the temple, a huge rock, called 'Holy Rock' (聖石) by the worshipers, is protruding from the rear wall of the right chamber.[6]

A World War II Japanese small gun emplacement was located near Tathong Point (南堂尾, Nam Tong Mei), probably to guard Tathong Channel. It is believed that the existence of this facility may have been the reason why the Allies bombed the island.[7]

Rock climbing

Tung Lung houses some of the best sport climbing venues in Hong Kong.[8]

  • Technical Wall
  • Sea Gully Wall

Conservation

Tung Lung Fort Special Area was designated as a

Special Area under country parks in 1979 and covers 3 hectares. The area contains the fort and a campsite.[9][10]

Both Tung Lung Fort and the stone carving are declared monuments of Hong Kong.

Transportation

Tung Lung Chau Public Pier.

On weekends,

Sam Ka Tsuen, near Lei Yue Mun (Kowloon side) and is operated by Coral Sea Ferry
. The round-trip fare for the 30-minute journey was HK$45 in May 2020.

A service from Sai Wan Ho was operated by Lam Kee Ferry until 26 January 2014 and, after a hiatus of eight months, another operator resumed the service for a round-trip fare of HK$55 for adults and HK$40 for children aged 3 and above.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Fort and Rock Carving on Tung Lung Chau" (PDF). Leisure and Cultural Services Department. March 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-10-23.
  2. Lands Department: Hong Kong geographic data sheet
  3. ISSN 1991-7295
    .
  4. ^ https://www.hkmaps.hk/map.html?1845
  5. ^ Antiquities and Monuments Office. Rock Carving on Tung Lung Island
  6. ^ Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Hung Shing Temple, Tung Lung Chau
  7. ^ "Survey Findings on Japanese World War II Military Installations in Hong Kong" (PDF). Surveying & Built Environment (Special issue to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Hong Kong, 8 December to 25 December 1941). Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors: 84. 2011.
  8. ^ Hong Kong Climbing
  9. ^ Tung Lung Chau Campsite
  10. ^ Country Parks & Special Areas
  11. ^ 吳卓恆 (26 January 2014). "政府無資助 林記街渡告別東龍". inmediahk.net.
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