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Sze Tau Leng or Sz Tau Leng () is a village in
Delineation of area of existing village Sz Tau Leng (Fanling) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
Villages in North District, Hong Kong Fanling {{NorthDistrictHK-geo-stub
Sze Tau Leng or Sz Tau Leng () is a village in Fanling
Fanling ( zh, t=粉嶺; also spelled Fan Ling or Fan Leng) is a town in the New Territories East of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of the North District. Fanling Town is the main settlement of the Fanling area. The name Fanling is ...
, North District, Hong Kong.
History
Sze Tau Leng was historically aHakka
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 ...
village, settled by the Wong () family more than 200 years ago. The flatlands around the village were used for growing rice, and most of them were now used for growing vegetables or have been abandoned.
Features
Afeng shui
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woodland with an area of 3 ha is located at the back of the Wong Ancestral Hall. It faces northeast and contains two Pak Kung (Earth God
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) shrines.
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Delineation of area of existing village Sz Tau Leng (Fanling) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)
Villages in North District, Hong Kong Fanling {{NorthDistrictHK-geo-stub