Tsung Pak Long

Tsung Pak Long (Chinese: 松柏塱) is a village and the name of an area in Sheung Shui, North District, Hong Kong.

Ancestral halls in Tsung Pak Long
Entrance gate of Hakk Wai

History

Tsung Pak Long was recorded as a Punti village in the Xin'an Xianzhi (Gazetteer of the Xin'an County) of 1819.[1]

Hakka Wai

Hakka Wai (客家圍; 'Walled Village of the Hakkas') is a Hakka walled village located in the Tsung Pak Long area. Construction of the village started in the 1900s-1910s and was completed by 1920.[2]

References

  1. Historic Building Appraisal: Dun Hau Tong, Tsung Pak Long
  2. Historic Building Appraisal: Hakka Wai – Residential Houses


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