Tseung Kong Wai

Tseung Kong Wai
Chinese: 祥降圍
Village
Tseung Kong Wai.
Tseung Kong Wai.
Tseung Kong Wai is located in Hong Kong
Tseung Kong Wai
Tseung Kong Wai
Coordinates: 22°27′01″N 113°59′16″E / 22.450331°N 113.987727°E / 22.450331; 113.987727
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Special administrative regionHong Kong
DistrictYuen Long District
AreaHa Tsuen
Time zoneUTC+8:00 (HKT)

Tseung Kong Wai (Chinese: 祥降圍) aka. Lo Wai (老圍), formerly Sai Tau Lei (西頭里),[1][2] is a walled village in Ha Tsuen, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong.

Administration

Entrance gate of Tseung Kong Wai.
Mo Tai Temple (武帝寶殿) in Tseung Kong Wai.

Tseung Kong Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[3]

History

During the Hungwu reign of the Ming Dynasty, two members of Tang clans in Kam Tin left for Ha Tsuen as they saw the potentials of this place as markets and places of producing fish and salt. These two members of Tang clans, Tang Hung Wai and Tang Hung Chih, built two villages there.[4] The two villages are Tseung Kong Wai (formerly Sai Tau Lei) and Tung Tau Tsuen (東頭村, formerly Tung Tau Lei).[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Antiquities and Monuments Office. Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Architectural Information System. Tseung Kong Wai
  2. ^ "Ha Tsuen Tang Clan's Historic Building compound". Hulu Culture.
  3. ^ "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
  4. ^ Fung Chi Ming. 1996. Yuen Long Historical Relics and Monument. Yuen Long District Board.
  5. ^ Antiquities and Monuments Office. Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Architectural Information System. Tung Tau Tsuen
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