Tan Chuk Hang

Entrance gate of Tan Chuk Hang Lo Wai.

Tan Chuk Hang
Chinese	丹竹坑
Cantonese Yale	dāan jūk hāang
Transcriptions Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization dāan jūk hāang Jyutping daan1 zuk1 haang1

Tan Chuk Hang Public School

Tan Shan River in Tan Chuk Hang Lo Wai.

Tan Chuk Hang (Chinese: 丹竹坑) is a village of Hong Kong, located in Fanling, North District. It comprises Tan Chuk Hang Lo Wai (丹竹坑老圍; 'Tan Chuk Hang Old Village') and Tan Chuk Hang San Wai (丹竹坑新圍; 'Tan Chuk Hang New Village') aka. Sheung Tan Chuk Hang (上丹竹坑; 'Upper Tan Chuk Hang').[1]

Administration

Tan Chuk Hang is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[2] For electoral purposes, it is part of the Queen's Hill constituency of the North District Council. It is currently represented by Law Ting-tak, who was elected in the local elections.[3][4]

History

Tan Chuk Hang Lo Wai is a walled village that appeared in the 1688 edition of the Gazetteer of Xin'an County. It was therefore probably established before 1688.[1]

Tan Chuk Hang is part of the Four Yeuk (四約; 'Four Villages Alliance'), which comprises Loi Tung, Lung Yeuk Tau, Lin Ma Hang and Tan Chuk Hang. The centre of the Alliance is the Hung Shing Temple at Hung Leng.[5]

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Sheung Tan Chuk Hang was 102. The number of males was 43.[6]

See also

• Walled villages of Hong Kong

References

1. Agreement No. CE 45/2008 (CE) Liantang / Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point and Associated Works -Environmental Impact Assessment Report. Appendix 12.2f: Detailed Records of Identified Built Heritage Features within CHIA Study Area of the Lau Shui Heung Tunnel Section (South Tunnel).
2. "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
3. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (North District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
4. "North District Council - North DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
5. Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Hung Shing Temple, Hung Leng Tsuen
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: 77. ISSN 1991-7295.

External links

• Delineation of area of existing village Tan Chuk Hang (Fanling) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
• Agreement No. CE 45/2008 (CE) Liantang / Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point and Associated Works -Environmental Impact Assessment Report. Appendix 12.2f: Detailed Records of Identified Built Heritage Features within CHIA Study Area of the Lau Shui Heung Tunnel Section (South Tunnel). Includes pictures and a brief description of several historic houses of Tan Chuk Hang Lo Wai.

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