Tai O’s Stilt Houses: Building Between the Tides
Timber and zinc-sheet houses line Tai O’s shifting shore, where high and low tides shape a distinctive coastal settlement.
Islands.
Timber and zinc-sheet houses line Tai O’s shifting shore, where high and low tides shape a distinctive coastal settlement.
In Tai O’s ritual procession, dragon boats tow sacred sampans carrying deity statues through the village waterways.
Hong Kong’s intangible-heritage inventory records salting and sun-drying seasonal fish, a preservation practice within the territory’s fishing culture.
Islands
Tai O’s Dragon Boat Water Parade
In Tai O’s ritual procession, dragon boats tow sacred sampans carrying deity statues through the village waterways.
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Salted Fish Making in Hong Kong’s Islands
Hong Kong’s intangible-heritage inventory records salting and sun-drying seasonal fish, a preservation practice within the territory’s fishing culture.
ReadShrimp Paste Making in Hong Kong’s Islands
Hong Kong’s intangible-heritage inventory describes shrimp paste made from silver shrimp, salt, fragmentation and sunning—a small catch transformed into a lasting ingredient.
ReadCheung Po Tsai Cave: Granite, Shoreline and Pirate Legend
A small granite cave on Cheung Chau’s southwest coast is linked to the pirate Cheung Po Tsai through a local legend.
ReadTung Chung Fort: From Qing Garrison to Community Landmark
A granite date slab marks Tung Chung Fort’s 1832 construction; the compound later served as a police station, school and civic office.
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Sok Kwu Wan and Lamma’s Fish Culture Rafts
Sok Kwu Wan is a designated fish culture zone where licensed mariculture rafts connect aquaculture with limited visitor activities.
ReadPeng Chau’s Leather Factories and Island Work
Leather manufacturing employed Peng Chau residents. The former factories trace island work through wartime interruption, postwar decline and adaptive reuse.
ReadSilvermine Cave: Mining beside Mui Wo’s Waterfalls
Silver mining took place at Silvermine Cave in the mid to late nineteenth century before stopping because of low silver content. The cave and waterfalls now frame a different view of Mui Wo’s landscape.
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Tai O’s Stilt-House Settlement: Homes Along the Waterways
Tai O’s stilt houses belong to a working fishing village shaped by wetlands, tidal shorelines and daily life beside the water.
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Cheung Chau Jiao: A Festival Carried by the Island’s Residents
The annual Jiao Festival joins a legend of plague, public ritual and the continuing work of Cheung Chau residents.
ReadPo Toi’s Rock Carvings: Patterns Divided by a Fracture
The rock carvings on southern Po Toi were found in the 1960s, their patterned groups separated by a narrow fracture in the stone.
ReadTung Chung Fort after the Qing: A Public Compound Reused
Tung Chung Fort’s story extends beyond its 1832 construction: after 1898, its buildings served as a police station, school and local offices.
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Tai O
Timber and zinc-sheet houses line Tai O’s shifting shore, where high and low tides shape a distinctive coastal settlement.
Tai O Waterways
In Tai O’s ritual procession, dragon boats tow sacred sampans carrying deity statues through the village waterways.
Cheung Po Tsai Cave
A small granite cave on Cheung Chau’s southwest coast is linked to the pirate Cheung Po Tsai through a local legend.
Tung Chung Fort
A granite date slab marks Tung Chung Fort’s 1832 construction; the compound later served as a police station, school and civic office.
Sok Kwu Wan
Sok Kwu Wan is a designated fish culture zone where licensed mariculture rafts connect aquaculture with limited visitor activities.
Peng Chau
Leather manufacturing employed Peng Chau residents. The former factories trace island work through wartime interruption, postwar decline and adaptive reuse.
Silvermine Cave
Silver mining took place at Silvermine Cave in the mid to late nineteenth century before stopping because of low silver content. The cave and waterfalls now frame a different view of Mui Wo’s landscape.
Tai O Stilt Houses
Tai O’s stilt houses belong to a working fishing village shaped by wetlands, tidal shorelines and daily life beside the water.
Cheung Chau
The annual Jiao Festival joins a legend of plague, public ritual and the continuing work of Cheung Chau residents.
Po Toi Island
The rock carvings on southern Po Toi were found in the 1960s, their patterned groups separated by a narrow fracture in the stone.
Photo credits and rights
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A stilt house and boat at the low-water edge in Tai O.Mikel Santamaria · CC BY-SA 2.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized proportionally and converted to WebP; no cropping or changes to image content.
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Salted fish laid out to dry on a woven tray.Dennis Wong · CC BY 2.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized proportionally and converted to WebP; no cropping or changes to image content.
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A boat worker rows among the vessels at Sok Kwu Wan, Lamma Island.Alan Levine · CC0 1.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized proportionally and converted to WebP; no cropping or changes to image content.
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Stilt houses and small boats along a waterway in Tai O.ciamabue · CC BY 2.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized proportionally and converted to WebP; no cropping or changes to image content.
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A dragon-dance figure moves through the ferry pier after Cheung Chau’s Jiao Festival in 1997.Kevin Utting · CC BY 2.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized proportionally and converted to WebP; no cropping or changes to image content.
