The interior view of Fan Lau Fort

Fan Lau Fort (分流炮台) is a fort in Fan Lau, the southwest corner of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Fan Lau (分流) is peninsula and area in the southwest tip of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. ... Map of Lantau Island, Hong Kong Lantau Island (based on the local old name of Lantau Peak 爛頭 Làntóu, Ragged Head; 大嶼山/大屿山 pinyin: DàyÇ” shān, Cantonese: Tai yue shan, Big Island Mountain), also Lantao, is the largest island in Hong Kong, located at the mouth of the Pearl...

History

Zheng He once travel Fan Lau. According to Macau Gazetteer, the fort was built in 1729 during 7th year of Yongzheng during Qing dynasty and one of two forts on Lantau Island. It was believed that the fort was once occupied by pirates. The fort would have been retaken by government troops after the surrender of pirates to the Qing government in 1810. After the lease of New Territory to British in 1898, the fort was abandoned. The ruins was restored between 1985 and 1990. Zheng He[1] (1371–1433), was a Chinese mariner, explorer, diplomat and fleet admiral, who made the voyages collectively referred to as the travels of Eunuch Sanbao to the Western Ocean (Chinese: 三保太監下西洋) or Zheng He to the Western Ocean, from 1405 to 1433. ... Events July 30 - Baltimore, Maryland is founded. ... The Yongzheng Emperor (born Yinzhen 胤禛 December 13, 1678 - October 8, 1735) was the fourth emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the third Qing emperor to rule over China, from 1722 to 1735. ... The Qing Dynasty (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Ching chao; Manchu: daicing gurun; Mongolian: Манж Чин), occasionally known as the Manchu Dynasty, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1644 to 1912. ... Look up pirate and piracy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Year 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ...

Structure

The fort is rectangular in shape with dimension 46 metres by 21 metres.

External links

• Fan Lau Fort
• Aerial image from Google Map