Tan Chuk Hang
{{Short description|Village in Hong Kong}}
File:Tan Chuk Hang Lo Wai 03.jpg
{{infobox chinese |c=丹竹坑 |showflag=y |j=daan1 zuk1 haang1 |y=dāan jūk hāang}}
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File:HK 北區 North District 粉嶺 Fanling 新屋仔村 San Uk Tsai January 2023 Px3 29 rive bridge yellow metal fence.jpg in Tan Chuk Hang Lo Wai.]]
Tan Chuk Hang ({{zh|t=丹竹坑}}) is a village of Hong Kong, located in Fanling, North District. It comprises Tan Chuk Hang Lo Wai ({{zh|t=丹竹坑老圍|l=Tan Chuk Hang Old Village|labels=no}}) and Tan Chuk Hang San Wai ({{zh|t=丹竹坑新圍|l=Tan Chuk Hang New Village|labels=no}}) aka. Sheung Tan Chuk Hang ({{zh|t=上丹竹坑|l=Upper Tan Chuk Hang|labels=no}}).Agreement No. CE 45/2008 (CE) Liantang / Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point and Associated Works -Environmental Impact Assessment Report. [http://www.epd.gov.hk/eia/register/report/eiareport/eia_1902010/EIA/HTML/Ch%2012%20CHIA/Appendix%2012.2f.pdf Appendix 12.2f]: Detailed Records of Identified Built Heritage Features within CHIA Study Area of the Lau Shui Heung Tunnel Section (South Tunnel).
Administration
Tan Chuk Hang 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=}} For electoral purposes, it is part of the Queen's Hill constituency of the North District Council. It is currently represented by Law Ting-tak, who was elected in the local elections.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/en/N_descriptions(Eng).pdf|title=Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (North District)|work=Electoral Affairs Commission|access-date=17 October 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/north/english/members/info/dc_member_list_detail.php?member_id=2819|title=North District Council - North DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=17 October 2021}}
History
Tan Chuk Hang Lo Wai is a walled village that appeared in the 1688 edition of the Gazetteer of Xin'an County. It was therefore probably established before 1688.
Tan Chuk Hang is part of the Four Yeuk ({{zh|t=四約|l=Four Villages Alliance|labels=no}}), which comprises Loi Tung, Lung Yeuk Tau, Lin Ma Hang and Tan Chuk Hang. The centre of the Alliance is the Hung Shing Temple at Hung Leng.Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. [https://www.aab.gov.hk/historicbuilding/en/1044_Appraisal_En.pdf Hung Shing Temple, Hung Leng Tsuen]
At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Sheung Tan Chuk Hang was 102. The number of males was 43.{{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}}
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/N/n-f-01.pdf Delineation of area of existing village Tan Chuk Hang (Fanling) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)]
- Agreement No. CE 45/2008 (CE) Liantang / Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point and Associated Works -Environmental Impact Assessment Report. [http://www.epd.gov.hk/eia/register/report/eiareport/eia_1902010/EIA/HTML/Ch%2012%20CHIA/Appendix%2012.2f.pdf Appendix 12.2f]: Detailed Records of Identified Built Heritage Features within CHIA Study Area of the Lau Shui Heung Tunnel Section (South Tunnel). Includes pictures and a brief description of several historic houses of Tan Chuk Hang Lo Wai.
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Category:Walled villages of Hong Kong
Category:Villages in North District, Hong Kong
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