Wu Shek Kok
Wu Shek Kok (Chinese: 烏石角) is a village in Sha Tau Kok, North District, Hong Kong.

Wu Shek Kok seen from Luk Keng Road

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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