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Lai Chi Wo

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government officials and noble lords coming into the village all the time so that it makes the village prosperous and flourishing. On the other hand, there was engraved a sentence 'The west can receive the auspicious light of luck.' on the West Gate. It means the village people hope to get luck and peace.
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Stone mills are used to peel the crust of the wheat. Each one is made up of two big cylindrical stone structure stacked together. The surface of the rocks is very rough. After you pour the wheat into the mills, you stir the rock structure, and the wheat will be peeled off into rice that villagers can
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was first found in Lai Chi Wo in 1979. Lai Chi Wo is the only place, and also the largest bed that we can find this kind of seaweed. This seaweed bed mat the shore for more than 2 hectares on the wild open mudflat. Seaweeds are precious in Hong Kong which mainly grow along the coast of northwest and
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The East Gate and the West Gate are the entrances of the village. The East Gate is the main entrance on which there was engraved a sentence 'The purple cloud comes from the East.' In Chinese, purple means good fortune. The objective of the sentence is to hope to have highly placed or high-ranking
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Fung shui woods have the ability to stabilise the slopes as well as to avoid leakage of surface nutrients and organic substances after heavy downpour. Moreover, the physical landscape and natural habitat of Hong Kong can be preserved. Indeed, they act as a breeding ground for other fauna such as
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cells in the centre of the trunk contracted and withered as a result of infection. Small holes began to appear inside the tree. However, the nutrients and moisture transporting cells around the exterior part of the trunk continued to grow and thicken. The trunk later get thicker, and the centre
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By virtue of the fact that there was no tap-water, villagers have to fulfill their needs by getting waters from rivers and wells. However, there were not enough rivers near Lai Chi Wo, villagers started to dig wells and use underground water to meet the daily demands. But nowadays wells are
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composed of? Good fung shui of the village ought to be embraced by mountains and hills at the back and on both sides. This can be served as a "green barrier" for the village. Native trees and shrubs are crucial concern for the selection of the fung shui sites, and villagers would also plant
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Fung shui woods can protect and alleviate the impact of strong breeze and sun burn. During the time of heavy rainstorm, mudflow or landslide may happen. The natural barrier can help reduce the level of destructiveness by its retention capacity to stop the water and mudflow. Also, the dense
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broad-leaved trees are good resisters devoted to prevent hillfire from spreading. In economical terms, villagers grow the economic crops at the edge of the forest. It includes edible stuff and vegetation for medical purpose. They can be used as fuel wood or construction materials.
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was developed, the 7 villages associated and made up the Hing Chung Engagement. They also opened up the Seven-Village Square. After the establishment of the engagement, the life has been smooth therefore villages all believed that it was because of the blessing of
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The history of Lai Chi Wo dates back 400 years, before the Hakka people settled here. It was once a prosperous Hakka walled-village in the northeastern part of New Territories. There were around 500–600 residents in the most prosperous period.
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Lai Chi Wo is now the 16th special region inside Hong Kong. This special region was legalised in 2004 and enacted in 2005. Moreover, it has become one of the more popular hiking sites in Hong Kong. Hikers often start their route from either
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The structures shaped like wooden slabs are named as buttress roots. Several of them can be seen inside Lai Chi Wo Nature Trail. The taller the tree, or the poorer the growing environment, the larger and stronger these buttress trees grow.
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northeast of New Territories. Seaweeds hold great importance to the eco-system because it provides shelter, food and feeding place for animals living along the coast, and besides, seaweeds can prevent soil and sand from being washed away.
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The fung shui wood still exists thanks to the effort of the villagers in the past to use every means to preserve it, such as limiting the number of days for fuel wood collection and imposing penalties for the damage of trees.
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master suggested building 3 feng shui walls for the village to get rid of the evil spirits and keep the property inside the village safe. After setting up the three walls, the village regained its prosperity as before.
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The 5–7 hectare fung shui wood comprises thick trees and shrubs. Most of them are 10–20 metres tall. We can see the great bio-diversity in Lai Chi Wo fung shui woods. For instance, we can find wild animals such as the
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vegetations of different values to be added in the forest. Following the development of the forest, a C-shaped like forest would encompass the village, forming a typical layout of fung shui setting of the village and
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The broad way inside the Nature Trail was constructed in 2003 as a viewing platform. It is 120 metres long and introduces three main features in the eastern mudflat corner of Lai Chi Wo. The trail is 1.2 km.
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Williams, Jessica M.; Chu, Vivian; Lam, Wai-Fung; Law, Winnie W.Y. (2021). "Chapter 4: Building Resilient Rural Communities: A Summary of the Case Study and Prospects Beyond Lai Chi Wo and Hong Kong".
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serves to grasp the swampy soil in the tide zone to hold the body of the tree. And the "natural swing" around the forest of Looking-glass mangrove in fact is formed by the growing White-flower Derris.
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measures 25 metres tall and 3 metres in diameter. It gets its name because it had five branches like five fingers, although only four of them remain today. It was said that during
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worshiping ancestors according to their positions in the family hierarchy. The eldest is located on the highest place and the younger ones are located on the lower places. Every
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families. Many families have either moved overseas or to other parts of Hong Kong. The ancestors of the Hakka residents of this village are claimed to have originated from
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permit can travel to Lai Chi Wo through boats. They can first go to Sha Tau Kok using KMB bus route 78K or Green mini-bus 55K.
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trees; it got its name before the Hakka settlement. In the 1960s and 1970s, the villagers found it more profitable to plant
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to Hong Kong during the early Qing dynasty. No one lives there except the occasional members of the Tsang family nowadays.
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Delineation of area of existing village Lai Chi Wo (Sha Tau Kok) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
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The altitude of Lai Chi Wo is about 10 metres. It is around 1 hectare of special region inside the area of Lai Chi Wo.
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is grand, peculiar and has a thick tree-crown. It is almost tall enough to reach the chest of people. The interlaced
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In recent years, most of the younger residents have moved out for a better living in nearby towns such as
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Alternatively, Lai Chi Wo can be reached by hiking via one of the two popular hiking routes.
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and are more than two hundred years old. They were jointly built by the seven villages in
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in 1979 under the title "Lai Chi Wo Beach". It was the site of the first record of
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Lai Chi Wo walled-village and the houses inside adapt the structure of a typical
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village. There are 211 houses in the village, including 3 ancestral halls (the
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for drawing good fortune and expelling the evils. The village people worship
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Around a hundred years ago, Lai Chi Wo was a poor village. At that time, a
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family. Therefore, there are temples of these two families in Lai Chi Wo.
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Ancestral Hall is the representative building of a clan with a lot of
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The inhabitants of Lai Chi Wo consist primarily of the Tsang and Wong
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near Fanling. Hikers generally take Lai Chi Wo as a mid-way station.
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Hip Tin Temple & Hok Shan Monastery Lai Chi Wo, Sha Tau Kok
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As the name suggests, this area was once known for its
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There are seven villages in the Hing Chun Alliance (
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Traditional Chinese
Hakka
Romanization
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
Jyutping
Hakka
Sha Tau Kok
New Territories
walled village
Plover Cove Country Park
Yan Chau Tong Marine Park
New Territories
Small House Policy
feng shui
Fanling
Tai Po
Tai Ping Ching Chiu
Wu Kau Tang
Luk Keng

lychee
mandarins
Chinese New Year
Plover Cove Country Park
Yan Chau Tong Marine Park
New Territories
Sha Tau Kok

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