Cumsingmoon
Anchorage in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
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Cumsingmoon or Jinxingmen (Chinese: 金星门港) is an anchorage in Zhuhai, Guangdong, on the southern coast of China, within the Pearl River estuary and close to the former European colonies of Macao and Hong Kong.
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| Traditional Chinese | 金星門港 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 金星门港 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Gate of Venus harbour | ||||||||||
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In the early years of British Hong Kong in the 1840s, Cumsingmoon, together with Nan'ao, was home to an informal "counter-colony" jointly managed by opium merchants and local Chinese officials, helping traders to evade the colonial administration.[1] In 1845, this settlement comprised a self-governing community of 5,000 Chinese and European traders.[2]
El Piñal, a port granted to Spain by the Ming dynasty in 1598–1600, has speculatively been identified with Cumsingmoon.[3]