- Funeral ramps in Hong Kong before 1912
This photograph shows a wooden and bamboo ramp, erected outside a building. Funeral ramps were always used for the passage of the Chinese coffins because coffins were usually too large to be moved down on the stairs to the street level.
- Funeral ramps on Hong Kong Island before 1912
This photograph shows a wooden and bamboo ramp, erected outside a building. Funeral ramps were always used for the passage of the Chinese coffins because coffins were usually too large to be moved down on the stairs to the street level.
- Family walking down from bamboo ramp
Not only was a coffin moved down from upstairs to streets by using the bamboo-made ramp, people also used the ramp to walk down to the street.
- Funeral ramp next to tram track
Next to the funeral ramp were tracks for trams to pass by.