Mong Ha

English Etymology From en yue 望廈. Proper noun 1 1 en former village sar/Macau. en 1988 Rui Brito Peixoto Art, Legend and Ritual: Pointers to the Cultural Identity of Chinese Fishermen in the South of China Review of Culture Instituto Cultural de Macau https://web.archive.org/web/20230924100856/https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/20005/817 https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/20005/817 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 Hill to make their living from the sea while the rest of the clans settled in Mong Ha. en 1998 Maria Calado Maria Clara Mendes Michel Toussaint Macau: Memorial City on the Estuary of the Pearl River Review of Culture 36–37 Instituto Cultural de Macau 111–197 https://web.archive.org/web/20181116221732/https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/20036/1330 https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/20036/1330 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. en 2001 Ana Maria Amaro The Old Village of Mong Ha I Once Knew Review of Culture Instituto Cultural de Macau https://web.archive.org/web/20181107151004/https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/20038/1344 https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/20038/1344 The oral tradition of the Chinese of Macao reports that it was a market gardener from Mong Ha, a member of the Sam family which had founded the village, who cut off the Governor's head and hand and took them to China.