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Kun Ting Study Hall, Ping Shan

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Kun Ting Study Hall, Ping Shan
Submitted by HK Bill
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Submitted by philk on Thu, 2021-08-12 15:21.

They look like punti hats being worn by quite a few of the spectators and the style of building certainly matches traditional buildings/halls in the NT. Doesn't look like Ho Sheung Heung or Fanling though (so not Hau or Pang clan) so perhaps one of the many Tang halls dotted around. But what was the occasion? Sikh soldiers or police?

Submitted by LizB on Thu, 2021-08-12 21:30.

This same photo is in Ken Nicolson's "Landscapes Lost and Found" (HKU Press), p. 49, labelled as "Police on parade at Ping Shan (circa 1900)".

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-08-12 21:39.

This photo was originally posted on Flickr by the UK National Archives.

A comment refers:

Sir Henry Blake 卜力 visited Ping Shan. Friday 4 August, 1899.

Submitted by philk on Thu, 2021-08-12 22:25.

well spotted, another mystery cleared up very quickly.

I think it is the Kun Ting Study Hall: Google STreetview

Submitted by Klaus on Thu, 2021-08-12 22:29.

More photos of Governor Blake's visits to the New Territories:

Sir Henry Blake at the Ancestral Hall of Tang Clan in Ping Shan 1899
Sir Henry Blake at the Ancestral Hall of Tang Clan in Ping Shan 1899, by The National Archives UK
Meeting at Ping Shan between Sir Henry Blake and the gentry and elders of the New Territories communities
Meeting at Ping Shan between Sir Henry Blake and the gentry and elders of the New Territories communities , by The National Archives UK
1899-08-02_Meeting_at_Tai_Po_Market
1899-08-02_Meeting_at_Tai_Po_Market, by The National Archives UK
1899-08-02_Meeting_at_Tai_Po_Market (2)
1899-08-02_Meeting_at_Tai_Po_Market (2), by The National Archives UK

 

Submitted by HK Bill on Thu, 2021-08-12 22:33.

If this is from 1899, then could it have any connection to the Six Day War. Could these be after the war had ended and the Governor came down to try and save some face?

 

Submitted by HK Bill on Thu, 2021-08-12 22:35.

 

 

Submitted by philk on Thu, 2021-08-12 22:36.

I think the war took place in April 1899, so if these were snapped in August then I think you are probably correct Bill.
Phil