Sam Tung Uk Village

Sam Tung Uk Village is a Hakka walled village. In the Year 1987, Sam Tung Uk Village was restored and opened to public as a museum. It showcases the traditional life style of Hakka people in Hong Kong.

‘Sam Tung’ represents ‘three rows of dwelling’. The symmetrical layout of the village resembles a chessboard with an entrance hall, an assembly hall and an ancestral hall at the central axis. With four individual houses in the middle, the village is completely walled in by rows of houses at the two sides and the back. These unique buildings express the traditional cultural of Chinese architecture, which is to be balance and in harmony.

Inside the houses, different exhibitions are held. A hands-on exhibition entitled ‘The Way We Were’ has been specially designed for visitors to experience village life. Various agricultural implements and everyday objects of the Hakka people are being display in that exhibition. Also, a temporary exhibition is being organized. It is about Chinese Folk Prints. To celebrate the Year of Tiger, the four side houses of the Sam Tung Uk Museum has put on a new display of around 40 Chinese folk prints under four themes: Scenes from Daily Life, Folk Tales from Operas and Legends, Auspicious Pictures and Folk Deities. These colourful prints offer a fascinating insight into China's folk traditions.

Tsuen Wan started to developed in the late 1940's. In the 1970’s, Villagers in Sam Tung Uk Village were relocated due to the construction of Tsuen Wan MTR station. Since then, Tsuen Wan developed even much faster. As time flies, Tuen Wan, nowadays, is totally different. Everything of the old Tuen Wan lost. Sam Tung Uk lives on, as a witness of the change.

Virtual Heritage Explorer provided by Antiquities and Monuments Office : http://vhe.lcsd.gov.hk/vhe/FEBS?pageAction=INTRO&langNo=1&bsid=13

Opening Hours:

• Mondays, Wednesdays to Sundays(including public holidays) 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
• Closed on Tuesdays, Christmas day, Boxing day, New Year's day and the first three days of the Chinese New Year
  

Admission : Free-of-charge


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My experience in the Ping Shan Heritage Trail (Part 4)

Now is a time to end up my experience in the Ping Shan Heritage Trail. Finally, I would like to share my options of the pros and cons in the Trail. After that, you can decide this trail is worth to go or not!

Many preservations for the historical buildings
Preservation of historic buildings and monument in Ping Shan can be continuing. Actually, several variable buildings have been renovated, such as Tang Ancestral Hall in 2004, Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda in 2010, etc. These buildings are protected and repaired by the government. Therefore, the visitors can visit the trail to have orginal taste of historical heritage.




Chance for discovering the values and customs
Ping Shan in Yuen Long district is one of Hong Kong’s most historically significant regions because of Tang Clan, one of the major clans in the New Territories. Therefore, most of the 80s teenagers who live in urban area may not familiar with the traditional culture in the New Territories. They can know more about the conventional culture in Tang Clan as well as the crucial of the preservation. It helps to enhance their awareness of preservation or revirtalizion for buildings that is necessary to do so.




Conservation of Culture heritage
There are a number of archaeological and historic sites in the trail. Due to a part of tourists look for culture tourism, it is an opportunity to develop the cultural tourism in Hong Kong. Thus, the Government have been conducted much conservation through revitalization, repairing, restoring, and etc. As a result, the archeological such as Hung Shing Temple or other archaeological site can be preserved. The awareness of the value to outsiders can spur renews interest and pride among residents.





For the cons, there are also my opinions and feelings after i visited the trail. These are mainly for the environmental aspect.

Pollution
Certainly, the planning and development will bring some negative impacts. In maintenance or construction work, different pollution will be caused. For example, noise will affect local people living when working is processing because the historical trail is closely with inhabitants. The project also will produce dirt; the quality of air will decrease and become worse. Besides that, water pollution may contaminate the pool, even drinking water. However, these pollutions do not only made by the visitors but also the residents. The hygiene is bad where is close to the residential areas. In addition, there are not much rubbish bin for the whole trail.

Lack of English support for the shops or even residents
There are still a number of local village residents living in Ping Shan and many of them operate restaurants or snack shops. However, they do not speak well in English even cannot speak English. Some conflicts may occur due to missunderstand. For example, the oversea visitors will try to burst into the local resident house without permit because the residents tend to not close the door. However, the notice regarding the tourists are prohibited entry only in Chinese language.

To sum up, I still think Ping Shan is value to visit the histrical and cultural heritages. There are rich historical resources that can teach or show the visitors the history in Ping Shan since this was a place for the Tang clans to live for many years. The trail is a must for all people visit. The government may do some improvements for the trail. The government may not only focus on revitalization and presevation but also the manpower and the hygiene in the trail. I hope the trail will be improved and become hot place for e-Tourism.:)

Sha Tin Che Kung Temple

If you visit Hong Kong, don't miss this destination. Hong Kong people will visiting the Che Kung Temple every year to pray for happiness.


The Che Kung Temple is located in the Tai Wai area of Sha Tin. It looks more like a Japanese shrine than a traditional Chinese temple. Today, the temple is housed in a modern building (completed in 1993), which replaced the original temple, built more than 300 years ago.

The temple is dedicated to "Che Kung" (General Che), a great soldier who achieved fame by quashing a rebellion in South China during the Sung dynasty. He is said to have accompanied the Emperor when he fled to Hong Kong before the fall of the dynasty. After his death, people began worshipping him for his courage.



Another legend says Che Kung accompanied the last Emperor of the Sung dynasty to Hong Kong, and they settled in Sai Kung. Che Kung was respected by the villagers and after his death, he was raised to the status of a deity. The villagers dedicated a temple to him at Ho Chung in Sai Kung. Today, worshippers flock to the temple to wish Che Kung happy birthday on the second day of the Lunar New Year (January or February).




The temple features a main altar flanked by huge drum and bell. There is also a giant statue of Che Kung at the altar in the main worship hall. Next to this is a fan-bladed wheel of fortune, which, worshippers believe, will bring good luck when turned three times. An addition to the modern temple is a very popular area for fortune-tellers, which can be found to the left of the entrance.

Open to the public from 7am - 6pm daily.