Kam Tsin Wai
Chinese: 金錢圍
Village
Cheng Hon Pang Ancestral Hall in Kam Tsin Wai
Cheng Hon Pang Ancestral Hall in Kam Tsin Wai
Kam Tsin Wai is located in Hong Kong
Kam Tsin Wai
Kam Tsin Wai
Coordinates: 22°25′59″N 114°04′29″E / 22.433071°N 114.074593°E / 22.433071; 114.074593
CountryPeople's Republic of China
Special administrative regionHong Kong
DistrictYuen Long District
AreaPat Heung
Time zoneUTC+8:00 (HKT)

Kam Tsin Wai (Chinese: 金錢圍) is a village located in the south of Shek Kong Airfield, in Pat Heung, Yuen Long District, Hong Kong.[1]

Administration

Kong Ha Wai (江廈圍), a Hakka residence near Kam Tsin Wai.
Pok Oi Kong Ha Wai Village (博愛江夏圍).

Kam Tsin Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[2]

History

The village was built for the settlement of members of the Cheng (鄭) clan, who moved from six villages in the Shing Mun Valley at the time of the construction of the Shing Mun Reservoir in 1928. At that time, most of the Chengs, including 540 villagers from 84 families, moved to the new village of Shing Mun San Tsuen in Kam Tin, while others dispersed to Wo Hop Shek and Pan Chung. A small number moved to Kam Tsin Wai.[1] Kam Tsin Wai consisted of 25 village houses built by green bricks.[3]

Features

The Cheng Hon Pang Ancestral Hall (翰鵬鄭家祠) was built in 1929. It was later converted into a Catholic church called Our Lady of Sorrows Chapel (聖母七苦小堂), which was served from S.S. Peter and Paul Church (聖伯多祿聖保祿堂) in Yuen Long District (built in 1925 in Tung Tau Tsuen, S.S. Peter and Paul Church was relocated and rebuilt at No. 201 Castle Peak Road, near Shui Pin Tsuen, in 1958).[4] The Chengs later redeemed the ancestral hall from the Catholic Church in the mid-1960s and the church at the hall was closed.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Cheng Hon Pang Ancestral Hall, Kam Tsin Wai, Pat Heung
  2. ↑ "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
  3. ↑ East Meets West : The Development of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong (PDF). Centre for Catholic Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. p. 140.
  4. ↑ Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Ss. Peter and Paul Church, No. 201 Castle Peak Road, Yuen Long
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