Man Uk Pin

Man Uk Pin (Chinese: 萬屋邊) is a Hakka walled village in Sha Tau Kok, North District, Hong Kong.[1][2]

Tong Ancestral Hall in Man Uk Pin

Geography

Man Uk Pin is located in the north-eastern New Territories of Hong Kong, on the north-western side of Sha Tau Kok Road, close to Wo Hang.[3]

History

According to the 1688 Gazetteer of Xin'an County, only two villages were established in the modern day Sha Tau Kok area: Ma Tseuk Leng and Man Uk Pin. Both were small agricultural settlements. Wo Hang, although existing, was not recognized.[2]

Man Uk Pin was recorded as a Hakka village in the 1819 Gazetteer of Xin'an County. It was first settled in the late 17th century by the Man (萬) who came from Wuhua (五華) in Guangdong province. The Man later moved out of the village and stayed in Heung Yuen, Ping Che and Tong Fong nearby. The village was later settled by the Chung (鍾) and the Fu (傅) in the 18th century and later by the Tong (唐), the Law (羅), the Chan (陳) and others. The Tong came to the village around the 19th century from Pingshan (坪山) in Guangdong.[3]

Features

Out of the eight ancestral halls that were built in the village, four are still standing today. One of them, the Tong Ancestral Hall, has been listed as a Grade III historic building.[4]

See also

References
  1. Ip, Hing-fong (1995). An historical geography of the walled villages of Hong Kong (Postgraduate Thesis, Master of Philosophy). University of Hong Kong. p. 91.
  2. Chun, Allen John Uck Lun, 1952- (2000). Unstructuring Chinese society : the fictions of colonial practice and the changing realities of "land" in the New Territories of Hong Kong. Amsterdam, the Netherlands: Harwood Academic. p. 189. ISBN 0-203-64205-8. OCLC 62725797.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal: Tong Ancestral Hall, No. 18 Man Uk Pin
  4. Antiquities Advisory Board. List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results


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