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Shui Tau Tsuen
Shui Tau Tsuen () is a 17th century village in Kam Tin area, Yuen Long District, New Territories, Hong Kong. Kam Tin is the origins of Tang Clan (), one of the Five Great Clans of Hong Kong. Administration Shui Tau Tsuen is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. It is one of the villages represented within the Kam Tin Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Shui Tau Tsuen is part of the Kam Tin constituency, which is currently represented by Chris Li Chung-chi. Historic buildings Shui Tau Tsuen and neighboring Shui Mei Tsuen are famous for their prow-shaped roofs decorated with dragons and carp. Cheung Chun Yuen was a school providing martial arts training for village children aiming to gain success in the military stream of the Imperial Civil Service Examination.Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building AppraisalCheung Chun Yuen, No. 82 Shui Tau Tsuen, Kam Tin/ref> It was the only place that taught martial arts in the Kam Tin area in the past. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898... British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resumed after the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
