Tai Tseng Wai (Chinese: 大井圍) is a walled village in Wang Chau, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong.
Location
editTai Tseng Wai is located in the northern part of Wang Chau, north of Kai Shan and Yuen Long Industrial Estate, next to the villages of Shing Uk Tsuen and Ng Uk Tsuen. The area north of the villages, Fung Lok Wai (豐樂圍), features fish ponds.
Tai Tseng is the collective name of the area which includes the three villages in the north of Wang Chau, namely Shing Uk Tsuen, Ng Uk Tsuen and Tai Tseng Wai.[1]
Administration
editTai Tseng Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[2] It is one of the 37 villages represented within the Ping Shan Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Tai Tseng Wai is part of the Ping Shan North constituency.[3]
History
editTai Tseng Wai was settled approximately 500 years ago. Historically, the five surnames of the village were Cheng, Leung, Shing, Lam and Tang, with the Leung and Cheng having arrived first. All of the families came from Tai Peng, Tung Kwun in Guangdong. The villagers people were supporting themselves through fishing and farming in the area.[4]
Features
editThe three villages of Tai Tseng Wai, Ng Uk Tsuen and Shing Uk Tsuen all share the gods hall in Tai Tseng Wai and the Tin Hau temple near Ng Uk Tsuen.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Lui, Kin-pui; 呂鍵培 (2014). Mapping the past for the future : mapping the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of three villages at Tai Tseng, Yuen Long, as resources for sustainable development (MSc). The University of Hong Kong. doi:10.5353/th_b5347044 (inactive 1 November 2024).
{{cite thesis}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link) - ^ "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
- ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Yuen Long District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Chapter 10. Cultural Heritage Impact Assessment" (PDF). Proposed Development at Fung Lok Wai, Yuen Long at Lot 1457 R.P. in D.D.123 (EIA Report). CH2M Hill Hong Kong Limited. July 2008. pp. 10.1–10.12.
Further reading
edit- Siu, Anthony Kwok-kin (1982). "Tai Tseng 大井". Journal of the Hong Kong Archaeological Society. 9–12. Hong Kong Archaeological Society: 127–129. OCLC 02465191.
External links
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- Delineation of area of existing village Tai Tseng Wai (Ping Shan) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
- Map showing the location of Ungraded Built Heritage Resources (HB): Arup (March 2013). "Baseline Review. Figures" (PDF). Planning and Engineering Study for the Public Housing Development and Yuen Long Industrial Estate Extension at Wang Chau (Final Technical Report No.1 (TR-1)). Hong Kong Housing Authority. p. 50.
- Pictures of Tai Tseng Wai