# Headstone Documentation: Lye Bow (黎東保)

Location: Alexandra Cemetery, Central Otago, New Zealand

# 📸 Headstone Transcription & Translation

https://www.pressreader.com/new-zealand/otago-daily-times/20170422/282020442175367

# 1. Right Accent Pillar (Ancestral Roots & Profession)

• Main Region:東 (Dong) — Short for Dongguan (東莞) County, Guangdong Province.
• Village Inscription:塘尼涌村 (Tangni Chon / Tong Nei Cung Village)
• Occupation Note:掘金人有菜園果園
  • Translation: "Gold miner, owned a market garden and orchard."

# 2. Central Column (Identity)

• Inscription:黎東保公之墓
  • 黎東保 = Lye Dong Boa / Li Dongbao (Lye/黎 is the surname).
  • 公 = Gong (An honorific term of respect for a male elder or ancestor).
  • 之墓 = Zhi Mu ("Tomb of").
  • Translation:Tomb of the respected Mr. Lye Dong Boa

# 3. Left-Center Column (Date of Passing)

• Inscription:終於一九卅年十二月三日
  • 終於 = Passed away on...
  • 一九卅年 = 1930 (using the traditional single-character ligature 卅 for thirty).
  • 十二月三日 = December 3rd.
  • Translation:Passed away on December 3, 1930

# 4. Left Accent Pillar (Ancestral Region & Age)

• Sub-Region:莞 (Guan) — Completes the regional name Dongguan (東莞) when paired with the right pillar.
• Age Inscription:享壽九十二歲
  • Translation:Enjoyed a long life of 92 years

# 📝 English Epitaph (As carved on the base)

LYE Dong BoaKnown as Lye BowGold miner, market gardener, orchardist.Died 3-12-1930, Aged 92