Hang Tau Tsuen, Yuen Long District

Yan Tun Kong Study Hall (仁敦岡書室) in Hang Tau Tsuen.

Yeung Hau Temple in Hang Tau Tsuen.

Ng Kwai Tong (五桂堂), an ancestral hall in Hang Tau Tsuen.

Hang Tau Tsuen (Chinese: 坑頭村) is a village in the Ping Shan area of Yuen Long District, in Hong Kong. It is part of the Ping Shan Heritage Trail.

Administration

Hang Tau Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[1]

History

Hang Tau Tsuen is one of the three wais (walled villages) and six tsuens (villages) established by the Tang Clan of Ping Shan, namely: Sheung Cheung Wai, Kiu Tau Wai, Fui Sha Wai, Hang Tau Tsuen, Hang Mei Tsuen, Tong Fong Tsuen, San Tsuen, Hung Uk Tsuen and San Hei Tsuen.[2]

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Hang Tau was 394. The number of males was 171.[3]

References

1. "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
2. Antiquities and Monuments Office. Ping Shan Heritage Trail
3. 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: 78. ISSN 1991-7295.

External links

• Delineation of area of existing village Hang Tau Tsuen (Ping Shan) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
• Antiquities and Monuments Office. Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Architectural Information System. Hang Tau Tsuen
• Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Yeung Hau Temple, Sheung Cheung Wai, Ping Shan Pictures
• Antiquities and Monuments Office. Yan Tun Kong Study Hall
• Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Nos. 89 and 124 Hang Tau Tsuen, Ping Shan Pictures
• Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. No. 99 Hang Tau Tsuen, Ping Shan Pictures
• Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. No. 55 Hang Tau Tsuen, Ping Shan Pictures
• Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Ng Kwai Tong, No. 1 Hang Tau Tsuen, Ping Shan Pictures

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