HKSQ Social Event - Hong Kong Cemetery Heritage Walking Tour

HKSQ Social Event named “Hong Kong Cemetery Heritage Walking Tour” on 1^st Mar 2025. Hong Kong Cemetery is located on the western side of Happy Valley (previously known as the Protestant Cemetery or the Colonial Cemetery) which is the oldest western cemetery in Hong Kong since 1845. In the beginning, we took a group photo in the main entry. 

(Left: I, Dr. KS Chin, Mr. CP Chow, Mr. KC Hui, Ms. Lam, Dr. Jane Wong, Ms. Minda Chiang, Ms. Angela Wong, Dr. Albert Tsang and Mr. Humphrey Lee)

Mr. K.C. Hui was our docent. He explained the design of the fountain.

He then introduced the British naval tombs related to the Opium Wars.

The grave of Henrietta Hall Shuck (October 28, 1817 – November 27, 1844), the first American woman missionary to China and the first Western woman to live in Hong Kong, is mentioned. Students of Henrietta High School would visit from time to time.

Orthodox Catholic Church (東正教) cross is different with others. The Triple Cross in Orthodox Christianity symbolizes the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, with the top beam representing Pilate's inscription, the middle beam for His nailed hands, and the slanted bottom beam signifying the footrest and the divergent fates of the two thieves crucified alongside Him.

We saw a very famous person in Hong Kong who is SIR Robert Ho Tung!

Then Dr. Aaron Tong joined us and we took a photo in front of the church.

We saw many grave with Freemasonry (共濟會) logo (The Square and Compasses).

Afterwards, we visited the tomb of Yeung Ku-wan (19 December 1861 – 11 January 1901) who was a Chinese revolutionary of the late Qing dynasty.

The original tomb was built to avoid the Qing, so it had no name, only a tomb number. Few years ago, Hong Kong government built a marble platform for him.

This cemetery was built in 1975 for moving graves during the construction of the Aberdeen Tunnel.

Mr. Chiang Chen (蔣震) who was a famous Hong Kong industrialist, founder and honorary chairman of Chen Hsong Group, was also in this cemetery.

When we left, we passed the Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery (天主教墳場) and saw the funeral couplet: "Tonight my body returns to my homeland, and tomorrow your body will do the same." (今夕吾軀歸故土，他朝君體也相同。)

After the tour, we had lunch together.

Reference:

HKSQ - http://www.hksq.org/

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