Talk:Tuen Mun

Town

Was Tuen Mun one market town? And was it a town? The marketplaces Kau Hui and San Hui were simply called as such as far as I know, without Tuen Mun as the prefix. Tuen Mun appeared on historical texts to refer to a larger area in the estuary of the Pearl River. The name was re-introduced by the Hong Kong Government when it developed the new town. Facilities built prior to new town development, e.g. the Castle Peak Hospital, are not named after Tuen Mun. — Instantnood 20:59, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

The area was formerly known as Castle Peak under earlier British rule, but the re-introduction of the name should not be come from nothing in distant past. According to a map with Chinese character added by the University of Hong Kong (1957). It is marked as 屯門新墟 (Tuen Mun San Hui) over the English San Hui (lit. new market) in 1936 by War Office, much earlier than the planning of the new town. It is not uncommon the indigenous people continue to use name in Qing dynasty.

The land shape in Tuen Mun might differ quite a lot in the distant past. It was mentioned in historical document that it became unsuitable for navigation because mud flooded in the waterway. The name of Tuen Mun, lit. gate of garrison, suggested that it was quite probably a channel (Mun) in the past, that is the plain between Castle Peak (also known as Pui To Shan, Tuen Mun Island in the historical document) and Kau Keng Shan.

HenryLi 02:20, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks so much... any source showing when the toponym Tuen Mun was re-introduced by the colonial government? — Instantnood 18:38, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

Replying a very old thread. There is Tai Po Kau Hui, anglicized as Tai Po Old Market. Also Yuen Long Kau Hui also existed, just did not have wiki article yet, thus locally call it just San Hui does not mean they actually have full name "Tuen Mun San Hui" (or may be 青山新墟). Also, Castle Peak is not a translation of 青山. The hill just have a bilingual name, for actual meaning it should be "green hill". Urban legend suggests that the people of the area named their shop and address after the hill (Government also named stuff after the hill too, e.g. Castle Peak Road), until the opening of Castle Peak Hospital, a mental hospital in the 1960s. For whatever reason, the new town project was renamed into Tuen Mun New Town, also the District is known as Tuen Mun District in the 1970s.

Market town is a western concept. "Tuen Mun San Hui", "Kau Hui", may be as market rather than market town by strict definition, as it is a centre of a rural area or market, but without any formal "royal charter status". However, government publication had used market town to describe Tai Po Market (Tai Po Market Town had "charter status" too by Qing Empire), Yuen Long Hui in their new town project, so if source existed , "market town" can be used to describe "Tuen Mun San Hui", "Kau Hui" too. Hong Kong's new towns Tuen Mun. by HK Government in 1976, describe The largest settlement is the market township of Tuen Mun San Hui

For the status of "Tuen Mun" / green hill / Castle Peak before it became Tuen Mun New Town, may be best to describe as "area", neighbourhood(s), region? "Tuen Mun village" existed in the gazetteer in Qing dynasty , but actually the region consist of more than a few villages. Matthew hk (talk) 11:49, 10 December 2019 (UTC)

Pretty girls?

Who knew that Tuen Mun was known for pretty girls? I sure had no idea. ... Citation needed, please... Aep 10:47, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

I live in there. But I don't think that's true.202.64.27.171 02:35, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Brushing Up the Quality of English in this Article

As a multi-degreed native speaker living in Tuen Mun, I'll try to find some time to improve the English stylistics, tone, syntax and grammar currently appearing in this article, ... gradually over the next several months.

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