Tuen Mun
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- For districts of Hong Kong, see Tuen Mun District.
- For a new town in Hong Kong, see Tuen Mun New Town.
Tuen Mun (屯門) was a market town near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong. The markets in the town were Tuen Mun Kau Hui (屯門舊墟), Tuen Mun San Hui (屯門新墟) and Sam Shing Hui (三聖墟). Many Tankas fishermen gathered at the Castle Peak Bay.
History
Early settlement can be dated back to Neolithic. On the mouth of Pearl River and inner captial city Guangzhou, Tuen Mun is a place for harbouring ships on internation trade route. In Tang dynasty, a navy town, Tuen Mun Tsang (屯門鎮) was established in Nam Tau, which close to today's Tuen Mun across Deep Bay. Tuen Mun and rest of Hong Kong was under its protection.
A major clan, To (陶), brought the name Tuen Mun to the area. They migrates from Jiangxi and established a village Tuen Mun Tsuen (屯門村) in late Yuen dynasty. While they established more villages, the rename the village Tuen Mun Tai Tsuen (屯門大村) which means the largest village. As more villages established, a market town of Tuen Mun Hui (屯門墟), namely present-day Tuen Mun Kau Hui, was established.
It remained an important town of coastal defense until British rule in 1899.
Portuguese colonists had occupied the town in 1514 and were expelled by Ming dynasty navy in 1521.
The area was renamed to Castle Peak and Tuen Mun Hui to Tsing Shan Hui (青山墟) or Castle Peak Hui when British obtained New Territories from Qing government in 1989. But the name of Tuen Mun are used indigenously.
In 1965, Castle Peak New Town were planned. It was later renamed to Tuen Mun New Town and implemented from 1970 and many buildings are on the reclamation on the Castle Peak Bay. Its name was officially changed back to Tuen Mun in 1972. [1]
