Man Uk Pin () is a

Hakka The Hakka (), sometimes also referred to as Hakka-speaking Chinese, or Hakka Chinese, or Hakkas, are a southern Han Chinese subgroup whose principal settlements and ancestral homes are dispersed widely across the provinces of southern China ...

walled village in Sha Tau Kok, North District, Hong Kong.

Administration

Man Uk Pin is a recognized village under the

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. It is one of the villages represented within the Sha Tau Kok District Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Man Uk Pin is part of the Sha Ta constituency, which is currently represented by Ko Wai-kei.

Geography

Man Uk Pin is located in the north-eastern

of Hong Kong, on the north-western side of Sha Tau Kok Road, close to Wo Hang.

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. Historic Building Appraisal
Tong Ancestral Hall, No. 18 Man Uk Pin
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History

According to the 1688 '' Gazetteer of Xin'an County'', only two villages were established in the modern day Sha Tau Kok area: Ma Tseuk Leng and Man Uk Pin. Both were small agricultural settlements. Wo Hang, although existing, was not recognized. Man Uk Pin was recorded as a Hakka village in the 1819 ''Gazetteer of Xin'an County''. It was first settled in the late 17th century by the

Man A man is an adult male human. Before adulthood, a male child or adolescent is referred to as a boy. Like most other male mammals, a man's genome usually inherits an X chromosome from the mother and a Y chromosome from the f ...

() who came from Wuhua () in

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

province. The Man later moved out of the village and stayed in Heung Yuen, Ping Che and Tong Fong nearby. The village was later settled by the Chung () and the Fu () in the 18th century and later by the Tong (), the Law (), the Chan () and others. The Tong came to the village around the 19th century from Pingshan () in Guangdong.

Features

Out of the eight ancestral halls that were built in the village, four are still standing today. One of them, the Tong Ancestral Hall, has been listed as a Grade III historic building.

List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results
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References

External links

Delineation of area of existing village Man Uk Pin (Sha Tau Kok) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
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Pictures of Tong Ancestral Hall, No. 18 Man Uk Pin

Pictures of Man Uk Ping
Walled villages of Hong Kong Villages in North District, Hong Kong Sha Tau Kok {{NorthDistrictHK-geo-stub