The Five Great Clans of the New Territories are five families that settled early and became sizeable in the

New Territories The New Territories is one of the three main regions of Hong Kong, alongside Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. It makes up 86.2% of Hong Kong's territory, and contains around half of the population of Hong Kong. Historically, it ...

Hong Kong 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 Delt ...

. They are the

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(

Deng Deng may refer to: * Deng (company), is a Danish engineering, electrical, solar power and sales company in Accra, Ghana * Deng (state), an ancient Chinese state * Deng (Chinese surname), originated from the state ** Deng Xiaoping, paramount leader ...

; ), the Man (

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; ), Hau (

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; ), Pang (

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; ) and Liu ( Liao; ). The Hau Clan arrived in modern-day Hong Kong towards the end of the 12th century, during the

Southern Song Dynasty The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest ...

. They first settled at

Ho Sheung Heung Ho Sheung Heung () is an area in Sheung Shui, North District, Hong Kong. Administration Ho Sheung Heung is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. For electoral purposes, Ho Sheung Heung is part of the Sheung Shui R ...

. They later settled three branch-villages:

Yin Kong Yin Kong () is a village in Sheung Shui, North District, Hong Kong, North District, Hong Kong. Administration Yin Kong is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. It is one of the villages represented within the Sheung Sh ...

Kam Tsin Kam Tsin (), also known as Kam Tsin Tsuen () is a village and an area in the North District, in the New Territories in Hong Kong. Administration Kam Tsin is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. It is one of the v ...

and

Ping Kong Ping Kong () is a walled village in Sheung Shui, North District, Hong Kong. Administration Ping Kong is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. It is one of the villages represented within the Sheung Shui District Rura ...

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