The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department locates the former Tai Wai village site in front of Shing Mun Reservoir and describes a fung shui woodland nearby. The grove contains old trees from more than seventy species and is designated a Special Area to protect local flora. Beside the former village, it connects settlement and woodland within a country park landscape.
From the journal
Shing Mun’s Fung Shui Woodland
Near the old Tai Wai village site beside Shing Mun Reservoir, a protected fung shui woodland preserves a cluster of old trees. The forest’s relationship to settlement and later conservation makes it a distinct story from the reservoir itself.
In this district · Tsuen Wan ↗A woodland beside an old village site
A small forest with a protected status
Fung shui woodlands are shaped by their relationship to villages and local landscape beliefs. AFCD’s description emphasizes the grove’s mature trees and its designation as a protected Special Area. The history of woodland management in Shing Mun includes both human cultivation and later conservation. Village-grown fung shui woods have become settings where native species regenerate. At Shing Mun, this cultural landscape continues to change through both human care and ecological renewal.
Beyond the reservoir view
Shing Mun is often associated with its reservoir, but the country park contains other layers of history. AFCD describes plantations, old stone walls, terraces and village-associated woodland. The fung shui grove near the old Tai Wai site offers a more intimate scale than the reservoir: a stand of trees whose meaning is connected to settlement and whose biodiversity is protected today. Its story belongs to Shing Mun, while remaining distinct from the engineered water landscape and from other villages’ groves.