Lam Tsuen

Lam Tsuen archway.

Lam Tsuen Valley Committee building.

Gateway of Ng Tung Chai.

Chan ancestral hall in She Shan.

Tin Hau Temple in Fong Ma Po.

Lam Tsuen (Chinese: 林村) is an area in Tai Po noted for its Lam Tsuen Wishing Trees. The nearby Lam Tsuen River, empties into Tai Po Hoi.

Villages

Lam Tsuen is not a village in the political sense but rather a union of the 23 villages scattered across the Lam Tsuen Valley along with five indigenous (Punti) villages and 18 Hakka villages.^[1]

Today, Lam Tsuen spreads over an area covering 26 villages:^[2]

• Pak Ngau Shek Sheung Tsuen (白牛石上村)
• Pak Ngau Shek Ha Tsuen (白牛石下村)
• Ng Tung Chai (梧桐寨)
• Chai Kek (寨乪)
• Tai Yeung Che (大陽輋)
• Ma Po Mei (麻布尾)
• Shui Wo Tsuen (水窩村)
• Ping Long (坪朗)
• Tai Om Shan (大菴山)
• Siu Om Shan (小菴山)
• Tai Om (大菴)
• Lung A Pai (龍丫排), a Hakka village
• Tin Liu Ha (田寮下), a Hakka village, which was subdivided into 2 villages: Sheung Tin Liu Ha (上田寮下, Upper Tin Liu Ha) and Ha Tin Liu Ha (下田寮下, Lower Tin Liu Ha)^[3]
• San Tong (新塘)
• San Tsuen (新村)
• She Shan Tsuen (社山村)
• Tong Sheung Tsuen (塘上村)
• Chung Uk Tsuen (鍾屋村)
• San Uk Tsai (新屋仔)
• Fong Ma Po (放馬莆, lit. "place for grazing horses"), a Punti village,^[4] where the Tin Hau Temple and the Lam Tsuen Wishing Trees are located
• Hang Ha Po (坑下莆)
• Kau Liu Ha (較寮下)
• Wai Tau Tsuen (圍頭村)
• Nam Wa Po (南華莆)
• Lin Au Lei Uk (蓮澳李屋)
• Lin Au Cheng Uk (蓮澳鄭屋)

See also

• List of villages in Hong Kong

References

1. The Tai Po Book, p.41
2. A Brief Introduction to the History and Attractions of Lam Tsuen
3. Brief information on proposed Grade II items, p.439
4. Brief information on proposed Grade II items, p.561

External links

• "Review of Egretries in Hong Kong", in Hong Kong Biodiversity, Issue No. 14 March 2007, pp. 1-6.

Coordinates: 22°27′21″N 114°07′33″E / 22.4558°N 114.1258°E