Wong Chuk Hang San Wai

View of Shouson Hill, with Wong Chuk Hang San Wai visible in the foreground.
Wong Chuk Hang San Wai
Traditional Chinese黃竹坑新圍
Simplified Chinese黄竹坑新围
Literal meaning"Yellow Bamboo Pit New Village"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinHuángzhúkēng Xīn Wéi
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingWong4zuk1haang1 san1 wai4
Old House, No. 10 Wong Chuk Hang San Wai

Wong Chuk Hang San Wai (Chinese: 黃竹坑新圍; lit. 'Wong Chuk Hang new village') is a village in the Wong Chuk Hang area of Southern District, Hong Kong. It is located at the bottom of Shouson Hill.

Administration

For electoral purposes, Wong Chuk Hang San Wai is part of the Bays Area constituency, which is currently represented by Jonathan Leung Chun.[1][2]

History

Wong Chuk Hang San Wai was established in the 1860s and 1870s,[3] as the population of nearby Wong Chuk Hang Kau Wai (黃竹坑舊圍; 'Wong Chuk Hang old village') grew. Wong Chuk Hang Kau Wai had been established in the 18th century by members of the Chow clan of Guangdong province. Sir Shouson Chow is said to have been born in Wong Chuk Hang San Wai in 1861.[4]

Wong Chuk Hang Kau Wai appears as 'Heung-kong-wai' (香港圍, 'Hong Kong Wai' in modern transliteration) on the "Map of the San-On District", published in 1866 by Simeone Volonteri. A substantial part of the village was demolished at the time of the construction of Aberdeen Tunnel.[5]

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Wong Chuk Hang was 57. The number of males was 44.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Southern District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Southern District Council - Southern DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  3. ^ Antiquities and Monuments Office. Old House, No. 10, Wong Chuk Hang San Wai – Now Opens
  4. ^ Antiquities and Monuments Office. Wong Chuk Hang San Wai
  5. ^ Hill, Ronald D. (1985). "Fragments and speculations: the walled villages of Hong Kong". Journal of the Hong Kong Archaeological Society. 11. Hong Kong Archaeological Society: 25-38. OCLC 02465191.
  6. ^ Hase, Patrick (1996). "Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 36: 81. ISSN 1991-7295.
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