This article is about the strait. For the town, see Humen Town.
Humen
View of the Humen Bridge over the strait
Traditional Chinese
虎門
Simplified Chinese
虎门
Postal
Hu-mun
Literal meaning
The Tiger Gate
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Hǔmén
Wade–Giles
Hu-men
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
Fu2 mun4
The Humen, also Bocca Tigris or Bogue, is a narrow strait in the Pearl River Delta that separates Shiziyang in the north and Lingdingyang in the south near Humen Town in China's Guangdong Province. It is the site of the Pearl River's discharge into the South China Sea. It contains the Port of Humen at Humen Town. The strait is formed by the islands of Chuenpi (穿鼻, p Chuanbi) and Anunghoy (阿娘鞋, p Aniangxie; also called 威远, p Weiyuan) on the eastern side, and Taikoktow (大角头, p Dajiaotou) on the western side.[1] Since 1997, the strait has been traversed by the Humen Pearl River Bridge. Bocca Tigris was the entry to China's only trading city, Canton.
^Bingham, J. Elliot (1843). Narrative of the Expedition to China from the Commencement of the War to Its Termination in 1842 (2nd ed.). Volume 2. London: Henry Colburn. p. 3.
The Humen, also Bocca Tigris or Bogue, is a narrow strait in the Pearl River Delta that separates Shiziyang in the north and Lingdingyang in the south...
Humen Town (simplified Chinese: 虎门镇; traditional Chinese: 虎門鎮; pinyin: Hǔmén zhèn; Jyutping: Fu2mun4 zan3), formerly Fumun, is a town in Dongguan city...
The Humen Pearl River Bridge (simplified Chinese: 虎门大桥; traditional Chinese: 虎門大橋; pinyin: Hǔmén Dàqiáo; Jyutping: Fu2mun4 Dai6kiu4) is a bridge over the...
The destruction of opium at Humen began on 3 June 1839 and involved the destruction of 1,000 long tons (1,016 t) of illegal opium seized from British...
the First Opium War, large quantities of seized opium were destroyed in Humen, a town that now belongs to Dongguan. Several of the major battles of the...
("West River") from Zhaoqing to Gaoyao Pearl River at night, Guangzhou Humen Pearl River Bridge viewed from Zhenyuan Fort Zhuhai and Jiuzhou Islands...
Expressway. While it was under construction it was due to be named the Humen Second Bridge (Chinese : 虎门二桥) The Nansha Bridge opened to traffic on April...
Humen railway station (Chinese: 虎门站) is a station in Baisha Village (Chinese: 白沙村), Humen, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China. It is one of the...
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(simplified Chinese: 鸦片战争博物馆; traditional Chinese: 鴉片戰爭博物館)（Alternative name：Humen Lin Zexu Memorial Hall; simplified Chinese: 虎门林则徐纪念馆; traditional Chinese:...
June 26 is to commemorate Lin Zexu's dismantling of the opium trade in Humen, Guangdong, ending on June 25, 1839，just before the First Opium War in China...
Bao first lured then ambushed Lin Guoliang (林國良), brigade-general (統兵) of Humen, and destroyed his fleet of 35 ships near Mazhou Island, located east of...
20,000 chests (1,300 metric tons) over to Lin, who had them destroyed at Humen. Elliott then wrote to London advising the use of military force to resolve...
of opium. On 3 June, Lin ordered the opium to be destroyed in public on Humen Beach to show the Government's determination to ban smoking. All other supplies...
Humen North railway station (Chinese: 虎门北站) is a railway station in Dongguan, Guangdong, China. It is an intermediate stop on the Guangzhou–Shenzhen intercity...
of Line 2 from Dongguan railway station in Shilong Town to Humen railway station in Humen Town opened on 27 May 2016. The line was called R2 in planning...
Admiral Order of the British Empire Second Sino-Japanese War Battle of Humen Battle of Hong Kong Shen Honglie Admiral Order of Blue Sky and White Sun...
Weiyuan Fort (Chinese: 威远炮台) is a coastal-defense fort, now in ruins, in Humen, Dongguan city, Guangdong province, China. The fort was constructed in 1835...
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at Nansha District, the southeast of Guangzhou, and on the west bank of Humen Watercourse in the estuary of the Pearl River. It has a developed area of...
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fight the British forces. On 26 February, British forces massively attacked Humen. Guan led 400 soldiers to counterattack and attempt to repel British offence...
the Pearl River Delta, with its connection to the sea protected at the Humen Strait. The present city spans 7,434.4 km2 (2,870.4 sq mi) on both sides...
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