Lung Yeuk Tau

Lung Yeuk Tau

Lung Yeuk Tau ( Chinese  龍躍 頭  /  龙跃 头 , Pinyin Lóngyuètóu  - "Mountain of the jumping dragon"), colloquially also Lung Ku Tau ( 龍 骨頭  /  龙 骨头 , Lónggǔtou  - "Dragon Bone Mountain ") and Lung Ling ( 龍 嶺  /  龙岭 , Lónglǐng  - "Dragon Peak "), is a region in the northeast of the Luen Wo Hui market in the Fanling area in northern Hong Kong in the New Territories .

The region is largely shaped by the Tang clan , who traced back to a descent from the Song dynasty and immigrated to the area in the 13th century. Here they founded the mountain village group of the "Five Wai and Six Tsuen" ( 五 圍 六 村  /  五 围 六 村 , Wǔ Wéi Liù Cūn , Jyutping Ng ⁵ Wai ⁴ Luk ⁶ Cyun ¹ , English Five Wai and Six Tsuen  - “five walled villages and six villages ”).

Due to the history of the region and the preservation and practice of old traditions and customs in the settlements, such as the common prayer in spring and autumn, the annual Tin Hau festival or the "Tai Ping Ching Chiu" festival , which is held only every ten years ( 太平 清 醮 , Tàipíng qīng jiào ), the 2.6 km long "Lung-Yeuk-Tau History Trail " ( 龍躍 頭 文物 徑  /  龙跃 头 文物 径 , Lóngyuètóu wénwù jìng , English Lung ) became on December 4, 1999 Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail ).

Attractions

Since most of the buildings are privately owned, they are not open to the public unless otherwise stated.

Surname	Illustration	description
Siu Hang Tsuen ( 小 坑村 )		Founded 200 years ago by the Tang clan. The archway (left in the picture) was built in 1960 for better Feng Shui for male offspring. The earth god is worshiped in the temple Fuk Tak Tsz ( 福德祠 ; right in the picture)
San Wai ( 新 圍 ) or Kun Lung Wai ( 覲 龍 圍 )		According to an inscription on the lintel, it was founded in 1744 (the year kun lung ). Typical walled village ( wai ) with listed brick walls (wall 1988 and towers 1993) and a granite watchtower at each of the four corners
Sin Shut Study Hall ( 善 述 書 室 ) in San Uk Tsuen ( 新 屋村 )		Erected in 1840 in honor of Tang Wan-kai for ancestor worship and education of the clan members
Wing Ning Wai ( 永寧 圍 )		A village that was founded 400 years ago and was once flushed the distinctive entrance was built in 1744 from red sandstone
Wing Ning Tsuen ( 永寧 村 )		founded 300 years ago
Tung Kok Wai ( 東 閣 圍 ) or Ling Kok Wai ( 嶺 角 圍 )		built in the 13th century on raised ground to protect against floods the former wall wall is only partially preserved and the gatehouse is a reconstruction from 1953
Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall ( 松嶺 鄧公祠 )		Built in the early 16th century in honor of Tang Chung-ling, it is now the center of ancestor worship of the Tang clan listed since 1997 richly furnished interior hall with wood carvings, colored plaster figures and wall paintings public
Tin Hau Temple ( 天 后宮 )		The main hall is dedicated to the goddess Tin Hau and her guards Chin Lei Ngan and Shun Fung Yi right chamber is dedicated to the earth god listed since 2002
Lo Wai ( 老 圍 )		first village established by the Tang clan The walls and towers were listed in 1997
Ma Wat Wai ( 麻 笏 圍 )		formerly walled village founded in the 18th century the granite gatehouse has been a listed building since 1994
Shek Lo ( 石 廬 )		Built in 1924 by the founder of Wah Yan College Tsui Yan-sau ( 徐仁壽 ; 1881–1981), the masonry, the balcony and the columns were built in a western style based on colonial houses, but the roof and the rooms in a traditional Chinese one Shape.
Tsung Kyam Church ( 崇 謙 堂 )		In 1903, the former pastor of the Basel Mission , Ling Qilin ( 凌啟蓮 ), preached in Fangling and built a church, with the settlement of his parishioners in the surrounding village of Shun Him Tong ( 崇 謙 堂村 ) the current building dates from 1927, the second floor from 1951
Memorial stones to ward off evil spirits ( 擋 煞 碑石 )		erected in places with a bad reason or in places with an increased number of traffic accidents
Shrines of the earth god ( 社 壇 , Jyutping se 5 taan 4 )		Stone shrines set up at the entrance to the village to worship the earth god Fuk Tak Kung ( 福德 公 )

Five Wai and Six Tsuen

The “five wai” ( 五 围 ; a “wai” is a walled village) include: Lo Wai ( 老 圍  /  老 围 ), Ma Wat Wai ( 麻 笏 圍  /  麻 笏 围 ), Wing Ning Wai ( 永寧 圍  /  永宁 围 ), Tung Kok Wai ( 東 閣 圍  /  东 阁 围 ) or Ling Kok Wai ( 嶺 角 圍  /  岭 角 围 ) and San Wai ( 新 圍  /  新 围 ) or Kun Lung Wai ( 覲 龍 圍  /  觐 龙 围 ).

The "Six Tsuen" ( 六 村 ; "tsuen" means village) include: Ma Wat Tsuen ( 麻 笏 村  /  麻 笏 村 ), Wing Ning Tsuen ( 永寧 村  /  永宁 村 ) or Tai Tang ( 大廳  /  大厅 ) , Tsz Tong Tsuen ( 祠堂 村 ), San Uk Tsuen ( 新 屋村 ), Siu Hang Tsuen ( 小 坑村 ) and Kun Lung Tsuen ( 覲 龍 村  /  觐 龙 村 ).

literature

• Zhongguo wenhua yichan cidian , Wenwu chubanshe 2009, ISBN 9787501024216

Web links

Commons : Lung Yeuk Tau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Lung Yeuk Tau History Trail on the Hong Kong Tourism Board website
• Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail
• Virtual tour of Entrance Tower & Enclosing Walls of Lo Wai

References and footnotes

1. ↑ a part of the Hong Kong North District
2. ↑ ^{a b} Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail. (No longer available online.) Antiquities and Monuments Office, Hong Kong, archived from the original on September 5, 2017 ; Retrieved September 9, 2017 (English / Chinese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Coordinates: 22 ° 27 ′ 0 ″  N , 114 ° 1 ′ 12 ″  E