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Kun Lung Wai (San Wai), Lung Yeuk Tau 觐龙围Jìnlóng Wéi
Declared monument · Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Time needed
- 1 hour
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hong Kong
- Region
- Hong Kong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- Declared monument
About Kun Lung Wai (San Wai), Lung Yeuk Tau
Kun Lung Wai, also called San Wai, is one of the five walled villages founded by the Tang clan of Lung Yeuk Tau. Its grey-brick walls, built in 1744, have a watch tower at each corner and gun embrasures, and the gate tower in the south-west wall is an unusual pair of separate halls with a granite-and-brick front. The gate tower was restored in 1988 and the walls and corner towers in 1994.
How to get to Kun Lung Wai (San Wai), Lung Yeuk Tau
On the Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail, about 2 km north-north-east of Fanling MTR station; the village is lived in, so visitors are asked to respect residents.
Nearby
- Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港 20 km
Glass towers and green hills around a harbour you can cross in ten minutes - Victoria Peak 太平山顶 30 km
Ride the 1888 funicular to the skyline view, then walk the Lugard Road loop - Tian Tan Buddha & Ngong Ping 天坛大佛与昂坪 40 km
A giant bronze Buddha on Lantau, reached by a 25-minute cable car ride
Also within 20 km: Entrance Tower of Ma Wat Wai 麻笏围门楼 (under 10 km), Entrance Tower and Enclosing Walls of Lo Wai, Lung Yeuk Tau 龙跃头老围门楼及围墙 (under 10 km), Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall 松岭邓公祠 (under 10 km), Tin Hau Temple, Lung Yeuk Tau 龙跃头天后宫 (under 10 km), Liu Man Shek Tong Ancestral Hall 廖万石堂 (under 10 km), Cheung Shan Monastery, Ping Che 长山古寺 (under 10 km).
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