Wu Shek Kok
Wu Shek Kok (Chinese: 烏石角) is a village in Sha Tau Kok, North District, Hong Kong.
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Wu Shek Kok seen from Luk Keng Road
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Tin Hau Temple in Wu Shek Kok, Sha Tau Kok, Hong Kong. The right part of the building houses a Hip Tin Temple.
History
The villages of Ma Tseuk Leng (upper and lower), Yim Tso Ha, Wu Shek Kok and Au Ha formed a yeuk (約),[1] a form of oath-sworn, inter-village, mutual-aid alliance.[2]
Features
There is a Tin Hau temple in Wu Shek Kok.[3]
References
- Faure, David (1986). The structure of Chinese rural society: lineage and village in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong. Oxford University Press. p. 217. ISBN 9780195839708.
- Hase, Patrick H. (2013). Custom, Land and Livelihood in Rural South China: The Traditional Land Law of Hong Kong's New Territories, 1750-1950. Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Studies Series. Hong Kong University Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-988-8139-08-8.
- Chinese Temples Committee: Tin Hau Kung, Wu Shek Kong
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