Tai Po Tau Shui Wai

Tai Po Tau Shui Wai (Chinese: 大埔頭水圍) aka. Tai Po Tau Lo Wai (大埔頭老圍)[1] is a Punti walled village[2] in Tai Wo, Tai Po District, Hong Kong.

Gate tower of Tai Po Tau Shui Wai

History

Tai Po Tau Shui Wai was established during the Song Dynasty by a branch of the Tang Clan of Kam Tin. The enclosing walls were constructed during the Ming Dynasty. A part of the Clan later branched out and settled in Tai Po Tau Tsuen.[1]

See also

References
  1. Antiquities and Monuments Office. Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Architectural Information System. Tai Po Tau Shui Wai
  2. Ip, Hing-fong (1995). An historical geography of the walled villages of Hong Kong (Postgraduate Thesis, Master of Philosophy). University of Hong Kong. p. 92.


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