Pok Wai

Pok Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.{{cite web |url=https://www.landsd.gov.hk/doc/en/small-house/rv0909.pdf |title=List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy |last= |first= |date=September 2009 |website= |publisher=Lands Department |access-date= |quote=}}

The village was erected by Man Sau-fuk ({{zh|t=文壽福|labels=no}}) around a century ago.

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Pok Wai was 225. The number of males was 100.{{Cite journal| last = Hase| first = Patrick |author-link=Patrick Hase| title = Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses| journal =Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch| volume = 36| page = 77| year = 1996| url = https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/ecc123316b3526a31a101b3c4cf08a12.pdf| issn = 1991-7295}}

The village features a central axis and seven rows of village houses. The entrance gate and the enclosing walls have been demolished. A shrine is located at the back row of the village houses, facing the entry vertical lane of the village. Its altar houses 13 deities for worship, including Kwun Yam, Tin Hau, Man Cheong and Yeung Hau.

A post World War II pillboxes and trenches system is located in the vicinity of Pok Wai. They are believed to have been built as part of the British defense of Kai Kung Leng, and protecting Shek Kong Airfield.{{cite journal |last1= |first1= |last2= |first2= |date= 2011|title=Survey Findings on Japanese World War II Military Installations in Hong Kong |url=https://www.hkis.org.hk/hkis/general/journal/SBEvol21b.pdf |journal=Surveying & Built Environment |publisher= Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors |volume= |issue=Special issue to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Hong Kong,8 December to 25 December 1941 |pages=89–90 |doi= |access-date=}}

• Walled villages of Hong Kong

{{reflist}}

• {{cite book |last=Lai |first=David C.Y. |author-link= |editor-last1=Hill |editor-first1=R.D. |editor-last2=Bray |editor-first2=Jennifer M. |date=1978 |title=Geography and the Environment in Southeast Asia: Proceedings of the Geology Jubilee Symposium, The University of Hong Kong, 21-25 June 1976 |chapter=Chapter X: The Tai Shang Wai Housing Project Controversy |url= |location= |publisher=Hong Kong University Press |pages=145–164 |isbn=9789622090095}}

• [https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/M/m-st-12.pdf Delineation of area of existing village Pok Wai (San Tin) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)]
• Antiquities Advisory Board. [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/1361_Photo.pdf Pictures of the Shrine at No. 106 Pok Wai]

{{coord|22.465567|114.052331|display=title}}

Category:Walled villages of Hong Kong

Category:San Tin

Category:Villages in Yuen Long District, Hong Kong

{{YuenLong-geo-stub}}