Mong Ha

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.

1988, Rui Brito Peixoto, “Art, Legend and Ritual: Pointers to the Cultural Identity of Chinese Fishermen in the South of China”, in Review of Culture, Instituto Cultural de Macau, archived from the original on 24 Sep 2023

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.

1998, Maria Calado, Maria Clara Mendes, Michel Toussaint, “Macau: Memorial City on the Estuary of the Pearl River”, in Review of Culture, numbers 36–37, Instituto Cultural de Macau, archived from the original on 16 Nov 2018, pages 111–197