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.

View of Tsung Pak Long.
Ancestral halls in Tsung Pak Long.
Entrance gate of Hakka Wai.

Recognised status

Tsung Pak Long is a recognised village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[1] It is one of the villages represented within the Sheung Shui District Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Tsung Pak Long is part of the Fung Tsui constituency, which was formerly represented by Chiang Man-ching until July 2021.[2][3]

History

Tsung Pak Long was recorded as a Punti village in the Xin'an Xianzhi (Gazetteer of the Sun-On County) of 1819.[4]

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Tsung Pak Long was 184. The number of males was 105.[5]

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.[6]

References
  1. "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
  2. "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (North District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  3. "North District Council - North DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  4. Historic Building Appraisal: Dun Hau Tong, Tsung Pak Long
  5. Hase, Patrick (1996). "Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 36: 81. ISSN 1991-7295.
  6. Historic Building Appraisal: Hakka Wai – Residential Houses
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