Tai Tseng Wai
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Entrance gate of Tai Tseng Wai in 2020.
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Village shrine of Tai Tseng Wai in 2020.
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Tai Tseng Wai rural committee in December 2014.
Tai Tseng Wai (Chinese: 大井圍) is a walled village in Wang Chau, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong.
Location[]
Tai Tseng Wai is located 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.
Administration[]
Tai Tseng Wai 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.[1]
Features[]
The 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.[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Yuen Long District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "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[]
- Siu, Anthony Kwok-kin (1982). "Tai Tseng 大井". Journal of the Hong Kong Archaeological Society. Hong Kong Archaeological Society. 9–12: 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
Coordinates: 22°27′47″N 114°01′14″E / 22.462993°N 114.020643°E
Categories:
- Walled villages of Hong Kong
- Wang Chau (Yuen Long)
- Hong Kong geography stubs