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Hau Mei Fung Ancestral Hall 味峰侯公祠Wèifēng Hóugōngcí
Declared monument · Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Time needed
- 30 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hong Kong
- Region
- Hong Kong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- Declared monument
About Hau Mei Fung Ancestral Hall
Hau Mei Fung Ancestral Hall in Kam Tsin was built in the late 18th century by Hau Cheuk-wan, who gained a juren degree in 1788, to commemorate his great-grandfather Hau Mei-fung (1634–1688), a student of the Imperial Academy. It is a two-hall, three-bay Qing vernacular building whose rear hall has a porch with a humpbacked roof, a feature rarely seen among traditional buildings in Hong Kong. Plaster mouldings decorate the ridges and wall friezes, and the timberwork and ancestral shrine carry carvings of animals, flowers and folk stories.
How to get to Hau Mei Fung Ancestral Hall
In Kam Tsin, Sheung Shui, about 1.7 km west of Sheung Shui MTR station; closed on Tuesdays except public holidays.
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 30 km
A giant bronze Buddha on Lantau, reached by a 25-minute cable car ride
Also within 20 km: Hau Ku Shek Ancestral Hall 居石侯公祠 (under 10 km), Liu Man Shek Tong Ancestral Hall 廖万石堂 (under 10 km), Tai Fu Tai Mansion 新田大夫第 (under 10 km), Kun Lung Wai (San Wai), Lung Yeuk Tau 觐龙围 (under 10 km), Man Lun Fung Ancestral Hall 麟峰文公祠 (under 10 km), Entrance Tower of Ma Wat Wai 麻笏围门楼 (under 10 km).
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