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Tuen Mun San Tsuen
Tuen Mun San Tsuen () is a walled village in Lam Tei, Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong. The walled village is also called San Tsuen Wai () or Tai Yuen Wai ().Antiquities and Monuments OfficeTsing Chuen Wai - History/ref> Administration Tuen Mun San Tsuen is one of the 36 villages represented within the Tuen Mun Rural Committee. History Several villages of the Lam Tei area were established by the To () Clan. Originally from Poyang, JiangxiAntiquities and Monuments OfficeTuen Tsz Wai - History/ref> (other sources mention Watlam in Guangxi),Antiquities and Monuments Office: Historic Building AppraisalTo Ancestral Hall Tuen Tze Wai/ref> the To Clan moved to Ngau Tam Mei and then to Tuen Mun Tai Tsuen. Following the increase of the clan population, the village dispersed and developed into five villages in the Lam Tei area: Nai Wai, Tsing Chuen Wai, Tuen Tsz Wai, Lam Tei Tsuen and Tuen Mun San Tsuen, which were all fortified.Antiquities and Monuments Office: Historic Building AppraisalTo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Tai or TAI may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Tai (comics) a fictional Marvel Comics supervillain *Tai Fraiser, a fictional character in the 1995 film ''Clueless'' *Tai Kamiya, a fictional character in ''Digimon'' Businesses and organisations * Avianca El Salvador, an airline, ICAO code TAI * The Australia Institute, a left-wing think tank * Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux (TAI), a defunct French airline * Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) Ethnic groups and languages *Tai peoples *Tai languages *Tai language (New Guinea) People *Tai (given name), including a list of people with the name *Tai (surname), including a list of people with the name *Dai (surname), a Chinese surname also spelled Tai, including a list of people with the name *Tai, the artist name of poet and painter Kambara Yasushi (1899–1997) Places *Tai (city), a former settlement in China during the Xia dynasty *Tai, Ardabil, Iran *Tai, Lorestan, Iran *Tai, Rivers, Nigeria *Taï, Ivory Coast *Lake Tai, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiangxi
Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north into hillier areas in the south and east, it shares a border with Anhui to the north, Zhejiang to the northeast, Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, Hunan to the west, and Hubei to the northwest. The name "Jiangxi" is derived from the circuit administrated under the Tang dynasty in 733, Jiangnanxidao (; Gan: Kongnomsitau). The abbreviation for Jiangxi is "" (; Gan: Gōm), for the Gan River which runs across from the south to the north and flows into the Yangtze River. Jiangxi is also alternately called ''Ganpo Dadi'' () which literally means the "Great Land of Gan and Po". After the fall of the Qing dynasty, Jiangxi became one of the earliest bases for the Communists and many peasants were recruited to join the growing people's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuen Tsz Wai
Tuen Tsz Wai () is a village of Hong Kong, located in the Lam Tei area, in the northern part of Tuen Mun District. Part of the village is a historic Punti walled village. Administration Tuen Tsz Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. It is one of the 36 villages represented within the Tuen Mun Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Tuen Tsz Wai is part of the Tuen Mun Rural constituency. History The village was built by the Siu () Clan. It was later settled by the To () Clan, after the Siu moved to other places.Antiquities and Monuments Office. Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Architectural Information SystemTuen Tsz Wai - History/ref> Originally from Poyang, Jiangxi (other sources mention Watlam in Guangxi),Antiquities and Monuments Office. Historic Building AppraisalTo Ancestral Hall Tuen Tze Wai/ref> the To Clan moved to Ngau Tam Mei and then to Tuen Mun Tai Tsuen, which they built as their family estate during the Ming Dynasty. Followi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsing Chuen Wai
Tsing Chuen Wai () is a walled village located in the Lam Tei area, in the northern part of Tuen Mun District, in Hong Kong. Administration Tsing Chuen Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. It is one of the 36 villages represented within the Tuen Mun Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Tsing Chuen Wai is part of the Tuen Mun Rural constituency, which is currently represented by Kenneth Cheung Kam-hung. History Several villages of the Lam Tei area were established by the To () Clan. Originally from Poyang, JiangxiAntiquities and Monuments Office. Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Architectural Information SystemTuen Tsz Wai - History/ref> (other sources mention Watlam in Guangxi),Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building AppraisalTo Ancestral Hall, Tuen Tze Wai/ref> the To Clan moved to Ngau Tam Mei and then to Tuen Mun Tai Tsuen. Following the increase of the clan population, the village dispersed and developed into five villages i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nai Wai
Nai Wai () aka. Wong Kong Wai ()Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building AppraisalEntrance Gate, Nai Wai/ref> is a walled village in Lam Tei, Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong. Administration Nai Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. It is one of the 36 villages represented within the Tuen Mun Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Nai Wai is part of the Tuen Mun Rural constituency, which is currently represented by Kenneth Cheung Kam-hung. History Nai Wai was established by the To () Clan.Antiquities and Monuments OfficeTsing Chuen Wai - History/ref> Several villages of the Lam Tei area were established by the To () Clan. Originally from Poyang, JiangxiAntiquities and Monuments OfficeTuen Tsz Wai - History/ref> (other sources mention Watlam in Guangxi),Antiquities and Monuments Office: Historic Building AppraisalTo Ancestral Hall Tuen Tze Wai/ref> the To Clan moved to Ngau Tam Mei and then to Tuen Mun Tai Tsuen. Following the increas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuen Mun Tai Tsuen
Tuen Mun or Castle Peak is an area near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period. In the more recent past, it was home to many Tanka fishermen who gathered at Castle Peak Bay. Tuen Mun is now a modern, mainly residential area in the north-west New Territories. As of 2011, 487,546 live in Tuen Mun and over 95% of them are Chinese. History During the Tang dynasty (618907), a navy town, Tuen Mun Tsan () was established in Nantou, which lies across Deep Bay. Tuen Mun and the rest of Hong Kong were under its protection. A major clan, To (), brought the name Tuen Mun to the area. They migrated from Jiangxi on the Chinese mainland and established a village Tuen Mun Tsuen ()Antiquities and Monuments OfficeTuen Tsz Wai - History/ref> late in the Yuan dynasty (1272–1368). As more and more villages were established, the village was ren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngau Tam Mei
Ngau Tam Mei (), also known as Yau Tam Mei (), is a suburb located in San Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong near Yuen Long. It is located at the east of Fairview Park, the north of San Tin village and Kai Kung Leng, the northwest of Lam Tsuen Country Park, and also at the northeast of Nam Sang Wai. Features Wat Buddhadhamaram (วัดพุทธธรรมาราม) (), the oldest Thai temple in Hong Kong, is located in Ngau Tam Mei. Traffic Since there is no MTR stations in Ngau Tam Mei, people living in Ngau Tam Mei mainly travel on minibuses, buses and also on bicycle. There are three main roads in Ngau Tam Mei, which are: Ngau Tam Mei Road, San Tin Highway and Castle Peak Road. Moreover, a proposed railway station, namely Ngau Tam Mei station, may be built in Ngau Tam Mei in the future to serve the local residents. Education Yau Tam Mei is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 74. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guangxi
Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang Province, Hà Giang, Cao Bằng Province, Cao Bằng, Lạng Sơn Province, Lạng Sơn, and Quảng Ninh Provinces) and the Gulf of Tonkin. Formerly a Provinces of China, province, Guangxi became an autonomous region in 1958. Its current capital is Nanning. Guangxi's location, in mountainous terrain in the far south of China, has placed it on the frontier of Chinese civilization throughout much of History of China, Chinese history. The current name "Guang" means "expanse" and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in 226 AD. It was given Administrative divisions of the Yuan dynasty, provincial level status during the Yuan dynasty, but ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yulin, Guangxi
Yulin (, ), alternately romanized as Watlam, is one of the fourteen prefecture-level cities of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China. Its Chinese name was changed in 1956 from the historical name "" (), which is homophonous in Standard Mandarin, but different in the local dialect of Yue Chinese; "" is while "" is . The former romanization follows the pronunciation of the historical name in Yue Chinese. Its built-up area is made of two urban districts, and Beiliu City was home to 2,438,467 inhabitants as of 2020 census. Geography and climate Yulin is located in southeastern Guangxi province along the border with Guangdong. It is a hilly basin with a total area of . Yulin's climate is subtropical and monsoonal. Average annual temperatures is 22.9 °C. Yearly precipitation is 1,577 mm. History Artifacts suggest that the area was settled before the Qin dynasty but a commandery by the name of Yulin was not established until early Han dynasty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poyang County
Poyang County is a county under the administration of Shangrao city in the northeast of Jiangxi Province of the People's Republic of China, bordering Anhui Province to the north. It is located on the eastern side of Lake Poyang. History The area was known as Po under the Chu state during the Warring States period. Under the Qin, the area was organized as Poyang County () and placed under the administration of Jiujiang. Po was entrusted to the Yue leader Wu Rui. During the collapse of Qin, he allied first with Xiang Yu and then with Liu Bei, becoming successively the king of Hengshan and then Changsha. Under the Han, the area was known as Poyang and placed under the administration of Yuzhang. It kept the same name but changed its first character to the present one under the Western Han. During Eastern Han, the Yangtze River flowed farther north and Poyang constituted a wide and fertile lowland. Around , the Yangtze changed its course to the south and flooded the district whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Tai or TAI may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Tai (comics) a fictional Marvel Comics supervillain *Tai Fraiser, a fictional character in the 1995 film ''Clueless'' *Tai Kamiya, a fictional character in ''Digimon'' Businesses and organisations * Avianca El Salvador, an airline, ICAO code TAI * The Australia Institute, a left-wing think tank * Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux (TAI), a defunct French airline * Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) Ethnic groups and languages *Tai peoples *Tai languages *Tai language (New Guinea) People *Tai (given name), including a list of people with the name *Tai (surname), including a list of people with the name *Dai (surname), a Chinese surname also spelled Tai, including a list of people with the name *Tai, the artist name of poet and painter Kambara Yasushi (1899–1997) Places *Tai (city), a former settlement in China during the Xia dynasty *Tai, Ardabil, Iran *Tai, Lorestan, Iran *Tai, Rivers, Nigeria *Taï, Ivory Coast *Lake Tai, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Kin
A Chinese kin, lineage or sometimes rendered as clan, is a patrilineal and patrilocal group of related Chinese people with a common surname sharing a common ancestor and, in many cases, an ancestral home. Description Chinese kinship tend to be strong in southern China, reinforced by ties to an ancestral village, common property, and often a common spoken Chinese dialect unintelligible to people outside the village. Kinship structures tend to be weaker in northern China, with clan members that do not usually reside in the same village nor share property. ''Zupu''—the genealogy book A ''zupu'' () is a Chinese kin register or genealogy book, which contains stories of the kin's origins, male lineage and illustrious members. The register is usually updated regularly by the eldest person in the extended family, who hands on this responsibility to the next generation. The "updating" of one's ''zupu'' () is a very important task in Chinese tradition, and can be traced back thousands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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