Ping Shan Heritage Trail

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Title

Ping Shan Heritage Trail
屏山文物徑

Subject

Heritage trail in Hong Kong
Declared Monuments
Graded historical Building

Description

The first of its kind in Hong Kong, the Ping Shan Heritage Trail was inaugurated on 12 December 1993. Stretching about 1.6 km in length, the Trail meanders through Hang Mei Tsuen, Hang Tau Tsuen and Sheung Cheung Wai. It links up a number of traditional Chinese buildings within easy walking distance of each other to provide visitors with an opportunity to learn more about traditional life in the New Territories in a convenient half-day excursion.

Creator

Antiquities and Monuments Office

Publisher

Antiquities and Monuments Office

Date

1993.12.12

Contributor

The HKSAR Government

Rights

No graffiti on any historical building
Don't disturb residents while walking through the heritage trail

Relation

Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail
Central and Western Heritage Trail
Tai Tam Waterworks Heritage Trail

Format

About 1.6 km in length
includes 12 historic buildings

Type

Physical object

Identifier

PS.Heritage trail 1993

Collection Items

Shut Hing Study Hall
This structure was originally a traditional two-hall building, with grey brick walls and granite door frames. The lintel of the entrance is engraved with four Chinese characters depicting “Shut Hing Study Hall”. The interior has become residential…

Ching Shu Hin
Ching Shiu Hin is near the Kun Tin Study Hall. It is a L-shaped, two-storey building. It was decorated with carved panels, murals, plaster mouldings, patterned grilles and carved brackets to demonstrate the grandeur and elegance expected of…

Kun Ting Study Hall
Located in Hang Mei Tsuen, the Kun Ting Hall was built in the year 1870. During the period of British colonization, the hall once served the purpose of a police station. After the colonization, the hall continued to serve an educational purpose to…

Yeung Hau Temple
Kun Tin Study Hall is located in Hang Mei Tsuen. It was built in order to promote education and offer sacrifices to ancestors.

Sheung Cheung Wai
Sheung Cheung Wai is located at the west of Hang Tau Tsuen. It has over 200 years of history. Being the only walled village along the Ping Shan Heritage Trail, it is a private property and is not open to the public. It was built symmetrically with…

Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda
Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda is the only surviving ancient pagoda in Hong Kong. It is hexagonal-shaped and has a three-storey green-brick structure. The pagoda was built to improve fung shui in order to foster the success of more clan members in the Imperial…

This video introduces the Ping Shan Heritage Trail locates in the Yuen Long District and brings the audience to have a quick view of declared monuments and graded historical buildings along the trail. Hope you can enjoy it and have a wonderful…

The Ping Shan Heritage Trail takes you on a journey through three villages and past temples, ancestral halls and a walled village, in a historical part of Hong Kong that has been populated by the Tang people since the late Yuan dynasty…
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