Tung Kok Wai

Walled village in Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling, Hong Kong
Entrance gate of Tung Kok Wai.
Tung Kok Wai
Traditional Chinese東閣圍
Cantonese Yaledūng gok wàih
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationdūng gok wàih
Jyutpingdung1 gok3 wai4
Wall and entrance gate of Tung Kok Wai.
Inside Tung Kok Wai.

Tung Kok Wai (Chinese: 東閣圍), also known as Ling Kok Wai (嶺角圍), is a walled village in Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling, Hong Kong. It is one of the Five Wai (walled villages) and Six Tsuen (villages) in Lung Yeuk Tau.[1]

Administration

Tung Kok Wai is one of the villages represented within the Fanling District Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Tung Kok Wai is part of the Queen's Hill constituency, which is currently represented by Law Ting-tak.[2][3]

Tung Kok Wai, as part of Lung Yeuk Tau, is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[4]

Conservation

Tung Kok Wai is located along the Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail.[5] The walled village is listed as a Grade I historic building of Hong Kong.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Antiquities and Monuments Office. Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail
  2. ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (North District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  3. ^ "North District Council - North DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  4. ^ "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
  5. ^ Antiquities and Monuments Office. Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail: Tung Kok Wai
  6. ^ Antiquities Advisory Board. List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tung Kok Wai.
  • Delineation of area of existing village Lung Yeuk Tau (Fanling) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022) (includes Tung Kok Wai)
  • Antiquities and Monuments Office. Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Architectural Information System. Tung Kok Wai
  • Antiquities and Monuments Office. Historic Building Appraisal. Tung Kok Wai. Pictures

22°30′01″N 114°09′13″E / 22.50041°N 114.15349°E / 22.50041; 114.15349


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