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Cheung Po Tsai (Chinese: 張保仔; born Cheung Po; 1783–1822) was a navy colonel of the Qing dynasty and a former pirate. "Cheung Po Tsai" literally means "Cheung Po the Kid". He was known to the Portuguese Navy as Quan Apon Chay during the Battle of the Tiger's Mouth.
The Battle of the Tiger's Mouth (Chinese: 虎門之戰; Portuguese: Batalha da Boca do Tigre) was a series of engagements between a Portuguese flotilla stationed in Macau, and the Red Flag Fleet of the Chinese pirate Ching Shih, led by her second-in-command, Cheung Po Tsai - known to the Portuguese as Cam Pau Sai or Quan Apon Chay.
Cheung Po Tsai Cave (Chinese: 張保仔洞) is a natural cave where the famous Guangdong pirate Cheung Po Tsai (Chinese: 張保仔), according to legend, kept his treasures. It is located on Hong Kong 's outlying island of Cheung Chau and is a popular attraction there.
As a troublemaker, Cheung Po Tsai used creative ways to take down his enemies. After defeating an enemy ship, he succeeded his father as the lord of the seven seas, earning the name "Bandit King." His character is based on the real-life Chinese pirate, Cheung Po Tsai. Grace Chan as Wong Tai-mui (黃娣妹), a Cheung Chau police sergeant from ...
Later, Ching Shih married with adoptive son Cheung Po Tsai, Cheung succeeded the leaders and leader of the alliance. It made Guo Podai resentful. Now Red Flag Fleet had 30,000 men and several hundred vessels, it became a big threat to Qing China and Portuguese Macau. In September 1809, Cheung was attacked by Portuguese Navy in the Tiger's Mouth.
Cheung Po Tsai Cave is a natural cave located on Cheung Chau Island. During the Qing dynasty, [15] Cheung Po Tsai was one of the many pirates who roved the Guangdong coast. [16] According to urban legend, he had thousands of followers and a fleet of more than 600 ships.
The Qing Government recovered the fort after the surrender of Cheung Po Tsai. In 1832 (or 1817 alternatively) the fort was rebuilt and garrisoned by the Right Battalion of Tai Peng to defend the coast from pirates until the lease of New Territories to Britain in 1898.
Pirate Cheung Po Tsai sails to a shoreline southern China disguised as a rich trader. There, the villagers live in poverty due to struggle against exploitation and corruption by the government. There, the villagers live in poverty due to struggle against exploitation and corruption by the government.