The author Liang Bingjun, who lives in America, says that in 1982 he returned to his native Hong Kong and with several painter friends visited Tsing Sung Kuan, Yuen Long, and other scenic places, only to find that "some of the ponds had disappeared outright, while in others on the edge of the city, the lotus plants were covered with dust."
旅美的香港作家梁秉鈞說他八二年回港，與畫家朋友往青松觀和元朗等地閒逛，發覺「有些荷花池不見了，有些蓮葉在市區的邊緣蒙塵」。