There was an entry in the 1819 xinan gazetteer , compiled by wang chong xi , stating that the impression depicts the image of a dragon 王崇熙于一八一九年编制的《新安县志》有石壁画,在佛堂门,有形刻于石侧的记载。
Located at the north eastern tip of tung lung island , tung lung fort was built in the reign of kangxi 1662 - 1722 to guard against pirates according to the xinan gazetteer 东洲炮台位于东洲东北面,俯瞰佛堂门海峡。据《新安县志》记载,东洲炮台是为了防御海盗而于康熙年间(一六六二至一七二二年)兴建。
Behind the modern architecture , a lot of cultural heritage is retained in sai kung . for example , the hung shing temple at kau sai chau , the tin hau temple at fat tong mun and the che kung temple at ho chung are historical high spots 在新型建筑物的背后,西贡区保留了不少文化遗产,如?西洲的洪圣古庙、佛堂门的天后庙及蚝涌的车公庙等,均是历史悠久的古迹。
佛堂: family hall for worshipping ...门: entrance; exit; door; gate佛堂门有限公司: fat tong man ltd佛堂: family hall for worshipping the buddha穿堂门: a passageway教堂门: churchgate北佛堂: joss house bay佛堂组: aptian南佛堂: tung lung chau万佛堂: wanfotang卧佛堂: wofotang敲敲天堂门: knockin’ on heaven’s door在天堂门口: at heaven’s gate般若念佛堂: puat jit buddhist temple区九佛堂组: j3jf忠德佛堂: chong tuck tong temple佛堂之顶和蚊帐: buddha hall roof and mosquito net万佛堂莲池精舍: lin chee cheng sia temple佛坛: butsudan佛塔林: pagoda forest佛特: lightfoot佛塔: pagoda佛特机枪: nordenfeldt gun佛所行赞经: buddhacarita-kāvya sutra a poetic narrative of the life of ākyamuni by avaghoa