“大埔鹽田仔 Yim Tin Tsai in Taipo” / 香港全景之寧 Hong Kong Panoramic Serenity / SML.20130502.7D.40971-SML.20130502.7D.40983-Pano.Rectilinear.12x10

For a long while now, I have wondered what those weird rocks formation across the harbour is. Now that I can zoom way far, I took a pano and realised that they were not rocks at all. They were in fact Chinese traditional tombstones.

 

In remote locations in Hong Kong, there lies these traditional burial grounds which have been present before the modern times and dates back far before the Opium War after which the British took over as part of a 99 year lease from China [1].

 

The 風水 fengshui is excellent here. Its back is against the mountains and it faces the ocean. The area is called Yim Tin Tsai (Chinese: 鹽田仔; literally "Little Salt Field") [2]. It is apparently an island and is connected to the mainland in the north by a road to The Beverely Hills [3], a luxury residential development, and to the island of Ma Shi Chau [4] in the east by a tombolo.

 

Perhaps even more interesting is that a late neolithic prehistoric site sting back to about 4,000 years ago has been identified on the island. Members of the Hakka Chan (陳) clan were thought to have moved from today’s Shenzhen and settled in Yim Tin Tsai during the 19th century.

 

I have seen many fishermen boats coming from that vicinity towards me (also in the center of my capture), and it appears that there is in fact a fisherman village as well as a typhoon shelter for boats just across the hill.

 

(This sounds like a potentially full-blown photojournalism article for me to work on in the future—stay tuned)

 

Stitched together using 13 full resolution captures on the 7D with the 100-400.

 

# Notes

1. History of Hong Kong: Wikipedia: EN: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Hong_Kong

2. Yim Tin Tsai (Chinese: 鹽田仔; literally "Little Salt Field") is an island of Hong Kong located in Tolo Harbour. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yim_Tin_Tsai_(Tai_Po)

3. The Beverly Hills (Chinese: 比華利山別墅) is an upscale, private gated community in Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong, situated along the coastline with a panoramic view of Tolo Harbour, developed by Henderson Land Development. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beverly_Hills

4. Ma Shi Chau (Chinese: 馬屎洲 Cantonese: ma5 si2 zau1, literally meaning "horse excrement island") is an island of Hong Kong, under the administration of Tai Po District. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma_Shi_Chau

 

# SML Data

+ Date: 2013-05-02T15:06:40+0800

+ Dimensions: 12723 x 2939

+ Exposure: 1/640 sec at f/7.1

+ Focal Length: 400 mm

+ ISO: 400

+ Flash: Did not fire

+ Camera: Canon EOS 7D

+ Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM

+ Panorama FOV: 12 degree horizontal, 10 degree vertical

+ Panoramic Projection: Rectilinear

+ GPS: 22°25'10" N 114°13'26" E

+ Location: SML Universe HKG

+ Subject: 香港大埔鹽田仔 Yim Tin Tsai, Taipo, Hong Kong

+ Workflow: Hugin 2012, Lightroom 4

+ Serial: SML.20130502.7D.40971-SML.20130502.7D.40983-Pano.Rectilinear.12x10

+ Series: 全景攝影 Panoramic Photography

 

# Media Licensing

Creative Commons (CCBY) See-ming Lee 李思明 / SML Photography / SML Universe Limited

 

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