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?
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?
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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?
Ping Shan
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)".
Governor Blake at Ping Shan
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.
Ping Shan
well spotted, another mystery cleared up very quickly.
I think it is the Kun Ting Study Hall: Google STreetview
More photos of Governor Blake
More photos of Governor Blake's visits to the New Territories:
Governor Blake at Ping Shan 1899
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?
6 day war
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