one of the entrances of the Walled City at its southern-east.
The granite city wall was constructed from the donations of officials and the gentry. There were altogether four gates — the East, South, West and North — among which the East Gate linked the city with the Lung Tsun Pier through Kowloon Street. Being the most-used entrance, it was the very first spot travellers got to as they actually stepped onto the earth of the Walled City, which, despite a military base, was loosely governed and so easily accessed to. Foreign visitors might plant a kiss on the cannon or took photograph inside the City free and easy, as the guards would not even bother to take a look of their permits…
It was, therefore, not difficult to prophesy the fall of the Qing empire, seeing that the military held such a “down-to-earth” attitude even to those who assaulted their country.