Nai Wai

Nai Wai (Chinese: 泥圍) aka. Wong Kong Wai (黃崗圍) is a walled village in Lam Tei, Tuen Mun District, Hong Kong.

Entrance gate of Nai Wai
View of Nai Wai in the 1960s

Administration

Nai Wai is one of the 36 villages represented within the Tuen Mun Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Nai Wai is part of the Tuen Mun Rural constituency.

History

Nai Wai was established by the To (陶) Clan.[1]

Several villages of the Lam Tei area were established by the To (陶) Clan. Originally from Poyang, Jiangxi[2] (other sources mention Watlam in Guangxi),[3] the To Clan moved to Ngau Tam Mei and then to Tuen Mun Tai Tsuen. Following the increase of the clan population, the village dispersed and developed into five villages in the Lam Tei area: Nai Wai, Tsing Chuen Wai, Tuen Tsz Wai, Lam Tei Tsuen and Tuen Mun San Tsuen, which were all fortified.[3]

Features

Nai Wai was a walled village with four watch towers at the four corners of the square village. The entrance gate was moved to the present southern outer row of houses with its entrance facing south about 200 years ago due to feng shui reasons.[4]

See also

References
  1. Antiquities and Monuments Office: Tsing Chuen Wai - History
  2. Antiquities and Monuments Office: Tuen Tsz Wai - History
  3. Antiquities and Monuments Office: Historic Building Appraisal. To Ancestral Hall Tuen Tze Wai
  4. Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal: Entrance Gate, Nai Wai


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