Tai Hang (Tai Po)

Tai Hang (Chinese: 泰亨) is an area in Tai Po, Hong Kong.

For the area in Wan Chai District called Tai Hang (大坑), see Tai Hang.
Fui Sha Wai, a walled village in Tai Hang.
The Man Shan Park commemorates Man Tin-cheung (Wen Tianxiang; 文天祥), next to the Man Ancestral Hall in Tai Hang.

The area encompasses several villages, including the two walled villages of Chung Sum Wai (中心圍) and Fui Sha Wai (灰沙圍).

History
  • The villagers of the Tai Hang Village were mainly the members of the Man (文) clan.
  • The original member of the Man clan in Tat Hang was the relatives of Wen Tianxiang (文天祥), the Duke and the scholar-general of the Song Dynasty in China.
  • When the Mongolia invaded the Song Dynasty, Wen fled to the South with his family and the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.
  • At first, the family of Wen stayed in Dongguan but then they moved to the New Territories in Hong Kong.
  • Because of the historic background, Wen Tianxiang is commemorated through his sculpture and an inscription of one of his writings located in the village.

Features
  • The Tai Hang Village is formed by the "Two Wai One Village", which consists of two walled villages, Chung Sum Wai (中心圍) and Fui Sha Wai (灰沙圍), and the village of an ancestral hall. The wall has been listed as the Grade III historic buildings in Hong Kong.
  • It contains the largest number of traditional village schools in the Tai Po District. For example, the "藝沅學校", "善慶書室", "叢桂書室" and "正倫書室" were built in the Qing Dynasty and their remains still exist in the village.
  • Three old temples in the village, Guanyin Temple, Tin Hau Temple and the Man Tai Temple, were built in the Qing Dynasty and several relics are still kept in the temples.
  • The old trees outside the temples formed a double trunk and hid the sculpture of the god of marriage between them. It shows the linkage between the gods and hidden messages of the double trunk, the inseparable love.
  • The sculpture of Wen Tianxiang and the inscription of his literature in the Man Shan Park.

Festival

The traditional festival of the village, Da Jiu Festival, is held every five years. It started after building the village in order to express the thanks towards the gods and to beg for the fortune. The next Da Jiu Festival will be held in 2020.

Transportation

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