Mong Ha

Proper noun

Mong Ha

1. A former village in Macau.
   • In order of arrival, the founding families of Macau were the Kais, the Lous, the Pous, the Tins, the Hos and the Sams, the Hois, the Tcheongs, the Lams and the Tchans. There is yet another distinction which can be made amongst those who were first to arrive: the Kais settled at the foot of Barra...1988, Rui Brito Peixoto, “Art, Legend and Ritual: Pointers to the Cultural Identity of Chinese Fishermen in the South of China”, in Review of Culture, Instituto Cultural de Macau, archived from the...
   • The fixed population was small and consisted of a small village of fishermen from the province of Fujian belonging to two families, the Tsun [Guang.] and the Ho [Guang.], who cultivated rice and vegetables in the valley of Mong Ha.1998, Maria Calado, Maria Clara Mendes, Michel Toussaint, “Macau: Memorial City on the Estuary of the Pearl River”, in Review of Culture, numbers 36–37, Instituto Cultural de Macau, archived from the...