Ting Kok is an area and a village in New Territories, the northeastern part of Hong Kong. It is located on the northern shore of Plover Cove[1] and west of Tai Mei Tuk. Administratively, it is part of Tai Po District.
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Administration edit
Ting Kok is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.[2] For electoral purposes, Ting Kok is part of the Shuen Wan constituency of the Tai Po District Council. It was formerly represented by So Tat-leung, who was elected in the local elections until October 2021.[3][4]
History edit
Ting Kok Village, originally called Ting Kai (汀溪), was historically a multi-surname Punti village founded before 1688.[5]
Historically, Ting Kok, together with the nearby Hakka villages of Shan Liu, Lai Pik Shan, Lo Tsz Tin, Lung Mei and Tai Mei Tuk belonged to the Ting Kok Yeuk (汀角約) alliance.[6]
In the 19th century, Ting Kok was the centre of the wider San On (新安) Roman Catholic missionary district. It was also an established transit point used by missionaries on their way into mainland China. The mission was set up in 1866, and 19 residents were baptised as the first batch of local Catholics.[7]
At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Ting Kok was 669. The number of males was 301.[8]
Built heritage edit
Built heritage in Ting Kok include:
- Mo Tai Temple (武帝宮). Built before 1785. Dedicated to Kwan Tai aka. Mo Tai (武帝).[9] A Grade III historic building since 2010.[10]
- Lee Ancestral Hall (李氏家祠). Built in the late 19th century. Not graded.[10] There are more than 10 ancestral halls in the village. Most of them have been modernized.[1]
Flora and fauna edit
A mangrove covers a coastal area of about seven hectares near Ting Kok Village. It is one of the few sites in Hong Kong where a large population of Lumnitzera racemosa can be found.[11]
Conservation edit
A part of Ting Kok is within the Pat Sin Leng Country Park, and the Ting Kok wetlands have been declared a Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1985.[12][13]
References edit
- ^ a b Brief Information on proposed Grade Nil Items Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine. Item #1257
- ^ "List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy" (PDF). Lands Department. September 2009.
- ^ "Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Tai Po District)" (PDF). Electoral Affairs Commission. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ "North District Council - North DC Members". District Council. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
- ^ Brief Information on proposed Grade III Items Archived 2017-03-11 at the Wayback Machine. Item #1077
- ^ "Wong Wing Ho, "Towards Urbanisation: Shuen Wan and Plover Cove Reservoir", Tai Po Book pp. 238" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-07-18. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
- ^ Catholic Heritage: Church Architecture in HK
- ^ Hase, Patrick (1996). "Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 36: 80. ISSN 1991-7295.
- ^ Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal: Mo Tai Temple, Ting Kok
- ^ a b Antiquities Advisory Board. List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings in Building Assessment
- ^ Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department: Hong Kong Live Eco-map: Ting Kok
- ^ List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Hong Kong (archive)
- ^ Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department: Pat Sin Leng Country Park
Further reading edit
- Ticozzi, Sergio (2008). "The Catholic Church in Nineteenth Century Village Life in Hong Kong" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 48: 111–149. ISSN 1991-7295. (A previous version of this paper was presented at a Seminar 'Hong Kong: its people, culture and traditions, the Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong. 15-16 April 1983)
- Zhou, H. (2003). "Temporal changes in a Hong Kong mangrove and adjacent foreshore sandflat meiofaunal communities". In Morton, Brian (ed.). Perspectives on Marine Environmental Change in Hong Kong and Southern China, 1977-2001: Proceedings of an International Workshop Reunion Conference, Hong Kong, 21-26 October 2001. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 459–474. ISBN 9789622096417.
External links edit
- Delineation of area of existing village Ting Kok (Tai Po) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
- Press release: "Comprehensive coastal conservation plan introduced for Ting Kok ", October 25, 2012
- Chan, Riley (19 July 2017). "Tai Po awash in flooding misery". The Standard.
- Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Mo Tai Temple, Ting Kok. Pictures
- Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Lee Ancestral Hall, Ting Kok. Pictures