Tsang Tai Uk

I would like to introduce Tsang Tai Uk to all of you. Tsang Tai Uk is a Hakka walled village in Hong Kong. It is one of Grade 1 historic buildings. It located in Shatin closed to the south of the Pok Hong Estate and not far from the Lion Rock Tunnel Road.

Tsang Tai Uk bulit in the 1848 as a stronghold for the Tsang Clan. It is the best-preserved Hakka fortified village in Shatin. It is said to have taken 20 years to bulit with granite, grey bricks and solid timber. Tsang Tai Uk consists of 3 rows of house arranged to from a rectangle. All the house are interlinked by passages and small courtyards. On the fortified walls, there are embrassures and loopholes. And defensive towers were bulit at the 4 corners to ward off enemies. At the Northern wall, there are 3 arched entrances. The main or ceremonial entrance in the middle leads to the ancestral hall in the innermost row of houses, where ceremonies take place. In the old days, villagers winnowed and dried their havest in the massive courtyard in front of the house.

King Law Ka Shuk

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King Law Ka Shuk was one used as a study hall, now it is serving as the function of ancestral hall of the Tang clan in Tai Po Tau for over one hundred years. It still serves as a venue for clam members to hold meetings and traditional functions. It is believed that the building was bulit in the Ming Dynasty to commemorate the Tangs' tenth generation ancestor Tang King-law. King Law Ka Shuk was declared a monument in August 1998.

How to go there???
It is very convenience. King Law Ka Shuk is near to MTR. It takes xbout 15 minutes to walk to King Law Ka Shuk from Tai Wo MTR station.

Pottery Kilns at Wun Yiu in Tai Po

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Wun Yiu, Tai Po was once a center of porcelain industry in the New Territories. As early as the Ming dynasty (1368-1644), clans of Man and Tse had started manufacturing the blue and white porcelain. The Ma clan, a group of Hakka people originated from Changle county in Guangdong province, settled in Tai Po and purchased the kilns from the Man clan in 1674 (the 13th year of Kangxi reign of the Qing dynasty). The industry declined in the early 20th century due to the competition from good quality and inexpensive porcelain produced by other coastal kilns in Guangdong. The kilns at Wun Yiu finally ceased to operate in 1932.

Archaeological investigations at Wun Yiu discovered the remains illustrating the complete process of porcelain production such as china clay quarrying pits, water-mills, animal-driven grinder, clay soaking tanks and dragon kilns. They all are important cultural heritage of Hong Kong.

Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum

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History
Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb was discovered in 1955 when the work men were levelling a hill slope to make way for the present Lei Cheng Uk. There were the munber of 58 pottery and bronze object inside the Han Tomb. According to the item design and the other present technology, there were available evidenced that it was built during the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Now
There are established the Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum for Hong Kong people to review our Chinese History within Eastern Han Dynasty.

Other information: (source form wiki)

Discovery and preservation
The tomb was accidentally discovered in August 1955, when the Hong Kong Government was leveling a hill slope for the construction of resettlement buildings at Lei Cheng Uk Village (present-day Lei Cheng Uk Estate). The tomb was then excavated by members of Hong Kong University and workers of the Public Works Department, Hong Kong under the supervision of Professor F.S. Drake, former head of the Chinese Department at the University of Hong Kong. After excavation, the tomb and an exhibition hall were formally opened to the public in 1957. In November 1988, the Han Tomb was declared as a gazetted monument by the Hong Kong Government, and it is now protected and preserved permanently under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance.

Due to conservation reasons, visitors have not been able to enter the tomb itself since the mid-1980s. They now have to view it through a glass panel at the entrance passage, and the tomb is sealed in a temperature and humidity controlled environment.

The tomb, which had been protected by concrete, waterproofing layers, topsoil and turf, suffered from rainwater leakage problems and its protection underwent a renovation project completed in 2005. The renovation works included the building of a canopy to cover the tomb.

↑↑ Outside view of the tomb and protective canopy

↑↑ Granary model found at the tomb

Transportation
The Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb Museum is served by the Cheung Sha Wan MTR station (exit A3)
This is easily to go by MTR^^

Question:

Which dynasty does lee cheng uk belong to?

A. Eastern Han Dynasty

B. Tang Dynasty

C. Song Dynasty

此古蹟的文物屬於那一個朝代?

A. 東漢

B. 唐朝

C. 宋朝

The Old Stanley Police Station

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Video First
There is video about The Old Stanley Police Station from TVB.COM (MYTV)

History
This is The Old Stanley Police Station was established in 1859. There are 151 years old in historical. This is the oldest surviving police station establishing in the New Territory. During the Army of early years, this police station was usually used from time to time in conjunction with all police. This is because that, Stanley Police Station was the most southerly outpost on Hong Kong Island. During the Japanese Occupation, the Japanese used this station to set their local headquarters. After the war, this police station normally to operate until 1974.

Now
After 1974, The Old Stanley Police Station is become a sub-office and a restaurant. But now become a supermarket.

Near
Near The Old Stanley Police Station, there are people who place many oil painting to sell.













There is video about The Old Stanley Police Station from TVB.COM (MYTV)

Question:
The Old Stanley Police Station now becomes a ______?
A) Supermarket
B) Prison
C) School

Hong Kong Wetland Park

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We went to Hong Kong Wetland Park on last Monday.

It is located in Tin Shui Wai, next to the greatest ecological resources- Mai Po Natural Reserve, one of the natural heritage in Hong Kong.

Although Hong Kong Wetland Park is not a heritage, it themed as a green attraction and educational outing for us to learn more about our natural heritage of wetlands.

When we arrived there, we were amused by the spectacular view of the Park. It was such a large area surrounded by green trees and blue rivers. Together with the windy and sunny weather, we all felt relaxed to start our journey.




















Generally, the Park consists of three areas - visitor facilities, Wetland Interactive World and Wetland Reserve.

We began with visiting the Wetland Reserve.

There were wide range of trees and animals that we had never seen before. Let's take a brief look of what we'd seen.






















































































































Next, we went to the Wetland Interactive World, where photo-taking is prohibited. The World interacts guests by illustrating models and playing videos and games, so that we can learn much more about the characteristics of wetlands.

Overall, I really enjoy my moments in HK Wetland Park. Hardly can we experience the natural habit in our living areas, the fresh air and green environment are worthwhile to spend a morning or an afternoon there.

If you are tired of your busy life or full of pressure, I highly recommend you to go to Hong Kong Wetland Park.

Thanks Mandy for providing the photos.

Go..........

Hello everyone, today is a sunny day. SPD3159 Heritage in Camera group is going to Hong Kong Wetland Park few hours later.

Now, let me introduce my camera to all of you. My camera is Canon 550D.
550D is the newest modle of the Canon's entry level DSLR. This camera is not very heavy. It only weight 530G (include battery). It can easy to bring out.
Besides the shooting photo, this camera also can record full HD(1920x1080) video. it is very convenience to the user.

If you want to know more detail, please go to ....
Canon

Let's get ready!!!!

SPD 3159 Heritage in Camera group is going to Hong Kong Wetland Park next Monday!!!!!
Let's get ready~~~~!!!!!

If you want to take some beautiful photos in Hong Kong Wetland Park, we must prepare well before. A professional camera is needed! Let's see what kinds of camera we would bring!!!!!

Here's my camera>>>>>

Sony a33






It must be girls' favourite because the size of the camera is really small and light. It just weight 433g (battery is not include). It's not that difficult to bring it out!

Many people think that DSLR is difficult to use and take some beautiful picture since you need to adjust many things like ISO, White balance, shutter, etc. However, you don't need to worry about that if you use a33. It installed iauto function, it helps you to take photos as easy as digital camera, but better quality!

The AF function is very fast so that you can catch what you see every moment. The new technology: translucent mirror highly improve the speed of shutter and speed of the auto focus of the camera. It can take maximum 7 fps in continuous advance priority AE!

Also, it can record full HD (AVCHD 1920 x 1080) video. It's really multi-functional!

If you want to read more details about it, just go to:::::


Sony style Hong Kong : A33


DCfever : A33

SPD3159-heritage. What's going on this week =)??

Hi! We're going to visit the Hong Kong Wetland Park located in Tin Shui Wai this week, which's a natural heritage in HK. Hope that we would bring some photos for you guy later ^^.

The Heritages in our Photo-taking Tourism

Hi! Nice to see you all guys in our blog!

We're a group of students studying tourism in the PolyU, HK. And one important point is that we're all photo-taking lovers!

Our group is eager to share some pieces of our photos taken from heritages in Hong Kong. HK is always just considered as a metropolitan fully filled with skycrapers. By this blog, we want to explore HK from another angle - heritage and share it with you by our cameras!

Actually, there are diversified heritage in Hong Kong, from the natural heritages to physical cultural heritage, and even some events/festivals which are part of our intangible cultural heritages.

We welcome all of you guys to share some photo-taking opinions with us and you can post your pieces in our blogs if you think it's graet and interesting!

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