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Uncover stories of battles and defenses that shaped Hong Kong’s past at the Museum of Coastal Defence. According to the legends, there are also tales of ghosts of the fallen soldiers, and also the ghost of a dismembered woman wearing white.
Uncover stories of battles and defenses that shaped Hong Kong’s past at the Museum of Coastal Defense. According to the legends, there are also tales of ghosts of the fallen soldiers, and also the ghost of a dismembered woman wearing white.
Step back in time and explore the enthralling world of coastal defense at the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defense (香港海防博物館). Discover fascinating stories of powerful battles, ancient defenses, and history’s impact on this remarkable region as you explore this former coastal defense fort. And if we are to believe the legends, a haunted one at that.
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Overlooking the Lei Yue Mun channel near Shau Kei wan on Hong Kong island’s beautiful coastline, the museum is home to picturesque artifacts and historical treasures from across Hong Kong’s long and varied past.
The Museum of Coastal Defense was built around an original fort that the British constructed in 1887. During the Second World War, this fort and others like it helped to protect Hong Kong from potential invasion.
The area has been used as a fortress of defense for much longer though, as far back as the Ming Dynasty and they have an exhibition titled “600 years of coastal defense”.
The same goes for the opium wars when Hong Kong became a British Colony as a result of the First and Second Opium wars.
Perhaps the place is best known from the battle on December 8. in 1941 when Japan attacked Hong Kong Island during the Battle of Hong Kong. After the fall of Kowloon, the British fortified their defense to keep the Japanese forces coming over the Devil’s Peak and crossing over the Lei Yue Mun Channel, although they were eventually overrun and ended up under Japanese occupation throughout the war years.
So who is haunting this place? First and foremost people believe it is haunted by soldiers that died in the battles that were fought there over the years.
The ghost of the soldiers is not the only thing that are said to be haunting the place. There have also been reports about a woman in white that are supposedly haunting the halls of the museum.
Late at night when the security guards are patrolling the museum they have heard distant screams in the corridors. There is also talk about a woman with long hair, but only half a body around in Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defense.
Visitors are also said to have spotted this ghostly woman wearing all white.
