Almshouse and city wall beside White Crane Hill (白鶴山), Kowloon, Hong Kong

Almshouse and city wall beside White Crane Hill (白鶴山), Kowloon, Hong Kong

Collection

Davidson, Francis

Identifier

RD-s084

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: RD-s084. The almshouse is the large building in the centre. A crenulated part of the Old Kowloon City wall can be seen just above the rooftops. There are walls too, up the sides of White Crane Hill (which is also known as Pak Hok Shan 白鶴山). See NA23-15. Parts of the almshouse building still survive - see Gwulo https://gwulo.com/node/58926.

Caption on photograph

Kowloon Old City / Chinese Alms House / Old City Wall on hill – 1500 years old.

Location

Hong Kong

Estimated Date

1921-1923

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph