Most of the walled villages in Hong Kong are located in the New Territories. A major road, Kwong Fuk Road in Tai Po, a town in the New Territories. ...

A walled village (Traditional Chinese: 圍村) is a kind of traditional building which is completely surrounded by thick defensive walls, protecting the residents from the attack of wild animals and enemies. Usually, people living in the walled village are extended families or clans sharing the same surname. Walled villages can be found in mainland China and Hong Kong. Traditional Chinese characters refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Separation barrier. ... ...

Famous walled villages

Kat Hing Wai

Former plan of Kat Hing Wai in Kam Tin.

Kat Hing Wai (吉慶圍) is a famous Punti walled village in Yuen Long District of Hong Kong. It often mistakenly believed to be Hakka, whose people have similar traditions. However the Punti people were from Southern China and the first to settle in Hong Kong. Kat Hing Wai's residents speak Cantonese, rather than Hakka. Popularly known as Kam Tin, from the name of the area, it is home to about 400 descendants of the Tang clan, who built the village back in the 1600s. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For the Death Cab for Cutie album, see Plans (album). ... Most of the walled villages in Hong Kong are located in the New Territories. ... Kam Tin (Traditional Chinese: ), or Kam Tin Heung (錦田鄉), is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong. ... The Punti (Chinese: 本地; Cantonese IPA: , Jyutping: bun2 dei6; Mandarin Pinyin: BÄ›n Dì), a rough transliteration of the Cantonese term for original locality, refers to the Cantonese-speaking populations of southern China, namely, Guangdong province. ... Yuen Long (元朗, Jyutping: jyun4 long5, pinyin: YuánlÇŽng) (used to be known as Un Long), one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong, located in the North-West of the New Territories, is a post-war new town set in the centre of Hong Kongs largest alluvial plain. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Kam Tin (Traditional Chinese: ), or Kam Tin Heung (錦田鄉), is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong. ... Many inventions and institutions are created, including Hans Lippershey with the telescope (1608, used by Galileo the next year), the newspaper Avisa Relation oder Zeitung in Augsburg, and Cornelius Drebbel with the thermostat (1609). ...

Kat Hing Wai is a rectangular (100 m x 90 m) walled village. As a family stronghold, Kat Hing Wai has served the Tangs well through the centuries, protecting the residents against bandits, rival clans, and wild tigers. In the Qing Dynasty, a five-metre high blue brick wall and four cannon towers were added to defend against bandits. Today, the village is still completely surrounded by 18-foot-thick walls, outside which are the remains of a moat. However, most houses within the walls have been rebuilt in recent years. There is only one narrow entrance, with a pair of iron gates that were once removed to Britain when the villagers rebelled against British colonial rule and which only one was eventually returned. The current standing gates are a mismatched pair, the left hand side originally belongs to Tai Hong Wai and was given to Kat Hing Wai as a gift upon the gates return. A clan is a group of people united by kinship and descent, which is defined by perceived descent from a common ancestor. ... Flag (1890-1912) Anthem Gong Jinou (1911) Territory of Qing China in 1892 Capital Shengjing (1636-1644) Beijing (1644-1912) Language(s) Chinese Manchu Mongolian Government Monarchy Emperor  - 1636-1643 Huang Taiji  - 1908-1912 Xuantong Emperor Prime Minister  - 1911 Yikuang  - 1911-1912 Yuan Shikai History  - Establishment of the Late...

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Tsang Tai Uk

Tsang Tai Uk (曾大屋), also known as Shan Ha Wai, is another well-known Hakka walled village in Hong Kong, and one of the best preserved. It is located close to the south of the Pok Hong Estate, not far from the Lion Rock Tunnel Road. Built in the 1840s, it was constructed in 1848 as a stronghold for the Tsang Clan. It is a preserved Hakka fortified village in Sha Tin. It is said to have taken 20 years to build the village. The village is built with granite, grey bricks and solid timber. Entrance of the Second Lion Rock Tunnel The Lion Rock Tunnel (Traditional Chinese: ) is a twin-bored toll tunnel in Hong Kong, connecting Sha Tin in the New Territories and New Kowloon near Kowloon Tong. ... // Events and Trends Technology First use of general anesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long The first electrical telegraph sent by Samuel Morse on May 24, 1844 from Baltimore to Washington, D.C.. War, peace and politics First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February... Shing Mun River and Lek Yuen Bridge (瀝源橋). Sha Tin ( also spelt Shatin ) is an area in the New Territories, in the Hong Kong special administrative region of the Peoples Republic of China. ...

Tsang Tai Uk is rectangular in shape and consists of 3 rows of houses which are surrounded by grey-brick compound with high, thick walls and tall corner towers. All the houses are interlinked by passages and small courtyards. On the fortified walls,there are embrasures and loopholes. At the four corners, defensive towers were built to ward off enemies in the old days.

Ceremonies take place in the ancestral hall in the innermost row of houses. There are 3 arched entrances at the northern wall. The main or the ceremonial entrance is in the middle and leads to the ancestral hall.

In front of the house is a massive courtyard, where in the old days, villagers winnowed and dried their harvest.

Originally designed as the home for a rich quarry-master's clan, the walled village gained its current name when it gave refuge to displaced families after the Second World War. It is one of Grade I historic buildings as at 6 January 2007^[1] Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ... Grade I historic buildings are those selected as those outstanding merits of which every effort should be made to preserve if possible.[1] These buildings may be protected under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance; after consulting the Antiquities Advisory Board, with the approval of the Chief Executive and the publication...

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Sheung Shui Wai

Sheung Shui Wai (上水圍), also known as Sheung Shui Heung (上水鄉), is one of the very few rural settlements having retained its original moat which was built in 1646. Characterized by its magnificent moat and landscape setting, the walled village is the core of the Liu clan, of which ancestors came originally from Fujian during the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368). The village is located in Sheung Shui. 1646 (MDCXLVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ...   (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Fu-chien; Postal map spelling: Fukien, Foukien; local transliteration Hokkien from Min Nan Hok-kiàn) is one of the provinces on the southeast coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The four successor Khanates of the Mongol Empire Capital Dadu Language(s) Mongolian Chinese Government Monarchy Emperor  - 1260-1294 Kublai Khan  - 1333-1370 Ukhaatu Khan History  - establishing the Yuan Dynasty 1271  - Fall of Dadu September 14, 1368 Population  - 1330 est. ... Public estates in Sheung Shui The busy San Hong Street in Shek Wu Hui Ng Tung River, looking towards Sheung Shui Tin Ping Road Siu Hang Tsuen, a village in Sheung Shui The Shek Wu Hui Municipal Services Building Landmark North A famous ice room (冰室), a kind of café, in...

Houses reflecting in a pond at Fanling Wai.

ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 471 KB) Houses reflecting on a pond at Fanling Wai, Fanling, Hong Kong. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 471 KB) Houses reflecting on a pond at Fanling Wai, Fanling, Hong Kong. ...

Fanling Wai

Fanling Wai (粉嶺圍) is a walled village in Fanling built by the Pang (彭) clan. It is recognisable with the distinctive pond and layout including features such as cannons and watchtowers. All these elements were crafted to form an integral part of the village setting. Fanling Wai is the centre of the Pang clan who arrived in Hong Kong from Guangxi province late in the Song Dynasty. Fanling Wai Deserted market in Luen Wo Hui, originally run by Puntis Fanling Law Courts Building New buildings in Luen Wo Hui A block of Wah Ming Estate, a typical Y-shaped public estate, in Fanling, at sunset Fanling, also known as Fan Ling and Fan Leng, is an area... Guangxi (Zhuang: Gvangjsih; old orthography: ; Simplified Chinese: 广西; Traditional Chinese: 廣西; Pinyin: GuÇŽngxÄ«; Wade-Giles: Kuang-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Kwangsi), full name Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (Zhuang: Gvangjsih Bouxcuengh Swcigih; old orthography: ; Simplified Chinese: 广西壮族自治区; Traditional Chinese: 廣西壯族自治區; Pinyin: GuÇŽngxÄ« Zhuàngzú ZìzhìqÅ«) is a Zhuang autonomous region of... Northern Song in 1111 AD Capital Kaifeng (960–1127) Linan (1127–1276) Language(s) Chinese Religion Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism Government Monarchy Emperor  - 960-976 Emperor Taizu  - 1126–1127 Emperor Qinzong  - 1127–1162 Emperor Gaozong  - 1278–1279 Emperor Bing History  - Zhao Kuangyin taking over the throne of the Later Zhou...

Nga Tsin Wai Tsuen

Nga Tsin Wai Tsuen (衙前圍村) is a walled village in Wong Tai Sin, New Kowloon. It is the one of the few walled villages left in the urban built-up areas of Hong Kong. On July 18, 2007, the government announced its plans to reconstruct Nga Tsin Wai Tsuen.^[2] Lung Cheung Road, Wong Tai Sin, outside the Wong Tai Sin MTR Station. ... New Kowloon (Chinese: 新九龍; Cantonese IPA: , Jyutping: san1 gau2 lung4, Mandarin Pinyin: XÄ«n JiÇ”lóng) is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong, bounded in the south by Boundary Street, and in the north by the ranges of the Lion Rock, Beacon Hill, Tates Cairn and Kowloon Peak. ... is the 199th day of the year (200th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is now the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Other walled villages

A village name ending in "Wai" usually indicates a walled village, but in some cases the walls have been partly or totally demolished. Remaining fully or partially walled villages in Hong Kong, in addition to those detailed above, include:

• Chik Chuen Wai (積存圍), commonly known as "Tai Wai" (大圍), and located in Tai Wai, Shatin.
• Tin Sam Wai (田心圍), in Tai Wai, Shatin
• Sam Tung Uk (三棟屋), a former Hakka walled village in Tsuen Wan, which has been converted into the Sam Tung Uk Museum.
• Sheung Cheung Wai (上璋圍), in Ping Shan, Yuen Long, part of the Ping Shan Heritage Trail
• Sheung Yiu Village, now Sheung Yiu Folk Museum (上窰民俗文物館), a former Hakka walled village at Pak Tam Chung in Sai Kung Country Park.

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See also

• List of buildings and structures in Hong Kong
• List of areas of Hong Kong
• List of villages in Hong Kong
• Chinese clan
• Hakka architecture
• Waitau

This is a list of buildings and structures in Hong Kong. ... Other Hong Kong topics Culture - Economy Education - History - Politics Hong Kong Portal The following is a list of areas of Hong Kong. ... The following is a list of villages in Hong Kong. ... A Chinese clan is a group of related Chinese people with a common surname and sharing a common ancestor and ancestral village (see clan). ... A Hakka house in southern Fujian. ... This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ...

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Walled villages of Hong Kong

• Kat Hing Wai (personal page)
• Tsang Tai Uk (Hong Kong Tourism Board website)
• Sheung Shui Wai (KCRC website)
• Fanling Wai (personal page)
• Chik Chuen Wai (KCRC website)
• Sam Tung Uk Museum (Official website)
• Sheung Cheung Wai (Antiquities and Monuments Office website)
• Tin Sam Wai (KCRC website)
• Tang Family (Tangs from Kat Hing Wai personal page)
• Pang Family