Tsui Sing Lau: A Pagoda for Scholarly Fortune
The six-sided pagoda north of Sheung Cheung Wai combines a Tang lineage account with local feng shui beliefs about protection and success in examinations.
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Back to the selectionThe Ping Shan Heritage Trail: A Route Made with Residents
Opened in 1993, the 1.6 km trail links historic buildings in Hang Mei Tsuen, Hang Tau Tsuen and Sheung Cheung Wai; the Tang clan helped bring Hong Kong's first heritage trail to life.
Three Wais and Six Tsuens: A Tang Clan Landscape in Ping Shan
Ping Shan’s three walled villages and six villages form a local history of settlement, worship, gathering and education.
The 1894 Plague Plaque and Blake Garden
A commemorative plaque and Blake Garden mark how the 1894 plague and the government’s response reshaped a section of Sheung Wan.
One Police Station, Many Screen Lives
The Old Yau Ma Tei Police Station’s portico and pre-war facade have given the building a second life in cinema.
Hexagonal Columns on Sai Kung’s Volcanic Coast
Sai Kung’s volcanic-rock region is known for extensive fields of hexagonal columns, distinct from the sedimentary landscapes of the northeast.
Kau Sai’s Hung Shing Festival and Jiao
At Kau Sai, a Jiao on the day before the Hung Shing Festival leads into two days of ritual, Cantonese opera and community gatherings.
The Bamboo Theatre of Hang Hau: A Stage Built for a Festival
At Hang Hau’s Tin Hau Festival, a temporary bamboo theatre made space for opera, while a unicorn dance invited the goddess into the village procession.
Yim Tin Tsai: Salt, Chapel and a Village Remembered
Yim Tin Tsai’s salt-making past, Catholic chapel and restoration projects reveal an island shaped by migration and return.
Che Kung Temple: Nine Villages, One Sha Tin Shrine
The old Che Kung Temple began as a shared place of worship for nine Sha Tin villages and later grew beside a much larger new temple.
The Shing Mun River and the Making of Sha Tin
Sha Tin’s Shing Mun River is a planned channel through a landscape once shaped by Tide Cove. Reclamation and new-town development transformed the river’s form and the valley around it.
After the Factory Floor: Sham Shui Po’s Industrial Reuse
As manufacturing moved north, Sham Shui Po’s industrial buildings shifted toward trade, exhibitions, logistics and new creative uses.