HK Ho Chung Che Kung Temple near ATV ppt

Ho Chung () is a village on the

Sai Kung Peninsula The Sai Kung Peninsula () is a peninsula in the easternmost part of the New Territories in Hong Kong. Its name comes from Sai Kung Town in the central southern area of the peninsula. The southern part of the peninsula is administrated by Sai ...

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 List of cities in China, city and Special administrative regions of China, special ...

. The Ho Chung River () runs through the village.

Administration

Ho Chung is a recognized village under 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 ...

Small House Policy The Small House Policy (SHP, ) was introduced in 1972 in Hong Kong. The objective was to improve the then prevailing low standard of housing in the rural areas of the New Territories. The Policy allows an indigenous male villager who is 18 ye ...

History

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stone-working site was discovered at Ho Chung in 1999. The village was likely founded in the mid-16th century. Ho Chung was the centre of an inter-village grouping, the Ho Chung Tung () or Ho Chung Seven Villages (). This grouping owned the

Che Kung Temple Che Kung Miu (), also called Che Kung Temple, are temples dedicated to Che Kung, who was a general during the Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279) in imperial China. He is believed by some worshipers to have been involved in the attempt to ...

at Ho Chung. It comprised the

Punti ''Punti'' ( zh, t=本地, j=bun2 dei6, l=locals) is a Cantonese endonym referring to the native Cantonese people of Guangdong and Guangxi. ''Punti'' designates Weitou dialect-speaking locals in contrast to other Yue Chinese speakers and other ...

villages of Ho Chung, Nam Pin Wai,

Mok Tse Che Mok Tse Che () is a village in the Hebe Haven area of Sai Kung District, Hong Kong. Administration Mok Tse Che is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. History Mok Tse Che was part of the inter-village grouping, the Ho ...

Tai Lam Wu Tai Lam Wu () is a village in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong. Administration Tai Lam Wu, including Ngau Liu (), is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy The Small House Policy (SHP, ) was introduced in 1972 in Hong ...

(including its off-shoot Ngau Liu),

Man Wo Man Wo () is a village in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong. Administration Man Wo is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. History Man Wo, together with its off-shoot Chuk Yuen, was part of the inter-village grouping, th ...

(including its off-shoot

Chuk Yuen Chuk Yuen () may refer to several places in Hong Kong: * Chuk Yuen (North District), in Ta Kwu Ling, North District * Chuk Yuen (Sai Kung District), in Sai Kung District * Chuk Yuen (Wong Tai Sin District) or Chuk Un, in Wong Tai Sin District * Chu ...

Tai Po Tsai Tai Po Tsai () is an area and a village, clustering in a small plain around Clear Water Bay Road in Clear Water Bay Peninsula, Sai Kung District, Hong Kong. Geography Tai Po Tsai is located northeast of Tseung Kwan O New Town on the east mid s ...

(on

Clear Water Bay Peninsula :''The Chinese name'' 清水灣半島 ''should not be confused with Oscar by the Sea, a private housing estate in Tseung Kwan O.'' Clear Water Bay Peninsula (), is a peninsula in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong. The peninsula separates Junk Bay f ...

), and

Sheung Sze Wan Sheung Sze Wan () is a bay of Clear Water Bay Peninsula in Sai Kung District, Hong Kong. Sheung Sze Wan is also the name of a village located on the western shore of the bay. Villages Villages in the area include: * Ha Yeung * Ha Yeung New Vil ...

(on Clearwater Bay Peninsula). Shek Pok Wai (), considered as an off-shoot of Ho Chung, is also included. At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Ho Chung was 418; the number of males was 159. The population of Shek Pok Wai was 13; the number of males was 4.

Sights

The

in Ho Chung, one of the two temples in Hong Kong dedicated to

Che Kung Che Kung () (02 January, 1235-30 December, 1330), also known as Che Da Yuan Shuai (), was originally a military commander of Southern Song Dynasty (1127–1279), who, according to lore, had supreme power to suppress rebellion and was renowned for ...

, is a Grade I Historic Building.List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results
The Chan Ancestral Hall, at No. 25 Ho Chung First Lane was built around the 1850s. It is a Grade III Historic Building.

Industrial buildings

Lee Kum Kee formerly had an

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and

soy sauce Soy sauce (also called simply soy in American English and soya sauce in British English) is a liquid condiment of Chinese origin, traditionally made from a fermented paste of soybeans, roasted grain, brine, and ''Aspergillus oryzae'' or '' As ...

factory in Ho Chung, adjacent to a

Lee Seng Heng Lee may refer to: Name Given name * Lee (given name), a given name in English Surname * Chinese surnames romanized as Li or Lee: ** Li (surname 李) or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname ** Li (surname 利) or Lee (Hanzi ), a Chinese ...

fish sauce Fish sauce is a liquid condiment made from fish or krill that have been coated in salt and fermented for up to two years. It is used as a staple seasoning in East Asian cuisine and Southeast Asian cuisine, particularly Myanmar, Cambodia, Lao ...

factory. The Lee Kum Kee factory closed between 1996 and 1999, and by 2013 both sauce factories were noted to have been shuttered for years. There is also a former multistory dye works, that was once used as an

Asia Television Asia Television Limited (, also known as ATV) is a digital media and broadcasting company in Hong Kong. Established as the first television service in Hong Kong as Rediffusion Television () on 29 May 1957, it shifted to terrestrial television ...

studio.

References

External links

Delineation of area of existing village Ho Chung (Sai Kung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)

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