Ting Kok
{{Short description|Area and village in the New Territories, Hong Kong}}
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|title = Ting Kok
|c = 汀角
|j = ding1 gok3
|p = Tīngjiǎo
|pic = Ting Kok 2018.jpg
|piccap = Ting Kok is located at the foot of the Pat Sin Leng mountain range.
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File:Mo Tai Temple, Ting Kok 02.jpg
File:Kandelia obovata at Ting Kok mangrove.JPG at Ting Kok mangrove.]]
Ting Kok is an area and a village in New Territories, the northeastern part of Hong Kong. It is located on the northern shore of Plover Cove[http://www.aab.gov.hk/form/brief_information_no_grade.pdf Brief Information on proposed Grade Nil Items] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015135424/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/Brief_Information_on_proposed_Grade_Nil_Items.pdf |date=2012-10-15 }}. Item #1257 and west of Tai Mei Tuk. Administratively, it is part of Tai Po District.
Administration
Ting Kok 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, Ting Kok is part of the Shuen Wan constituency of the Tai Po District Council. It was formerly represented by So Tat-leung, who was elected in the local elections until October 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/en/P_descriptions(Eng).pdf|title=Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (Tai Po District)|work=Electoral Affairs Commission|access-date=29 November 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/tp/english/members/info/dc_member_list.php|title=North District Council - North DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=29 November 2021}}
History
Ting Kok Village, originally called Ting Kai ({{zh|t=汀溪|labels=no}}), was historically a multi-surname Punti village founded before 1688.[http://www.aab.gov.hk/form/brief_information_grade3.pdf Brief Information on proposed Grade III Items] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311060415/http://www.aab.gov.hk/form/brief_information_grade3.pdf |date=2017-03-11 }}. Item #1077
Historically, Ting Kok, together with the nearby Hakka villages of Shan Liu, Lai Pik Shan, Lo Tsz Tin, Lung Mei and Tai Mei Tuk belonged to the Ting Kok Yeuk ({{zh|t=汀角約|labels=no}}) alliance.{{Cite web |url=http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/tp_d/pdf/TaiPo%20Book%20(Eng%20Ver)/TaiPo%20Book%20(Eng%20Ver)%2008%20Chap%2010.pdf |title=Wong Wing Ho, "Towards Urbanisation: Shuen Wan and Plover Cove Reservoir", Tai Po Book pp. 238 |access-date=2011-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090718165655/http://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/tp_d/pdf/TaiPo%20Book%20%28Eng%20Ver%29/TaiPo%20Book%20%28Eng%20Ver%29%2008%20Chap%2010.pdf |archive-date=2009-07-18 |url-status=dead }}
In the 19th century, Ting Kok was the centre of the wider San On ({{zh|t=新安|labels=no}}) Roman Catholic missionary district. It was also an established transit point used by missionaries on their way into mainland China. The mission was set up in 1866, and 19 residents were baptised as the first batch of local Catholics.[https://www.catholicheritage.org.hk/en/introduction/building_introduction/index.html Catholic Heritage: Church Architecture in HK]
At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Ting Kok was 669. The number of males was 301.{{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 = 80| year = 1996| url = https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/ecc123316b3526a31a101b3c4cf08a12.pdf| issn = 1991-7295}}
Built heritage
Built heritage in Ting Kok include:
- Mo Tai Temple ({{zh|t=武帝宮|labels=no}}). Built before 1785. Dedicated to Kwan Tai aka. Mo Tai ({{zh|t=武帝|labels=no}}).Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal: [https://www.aab.gov.hk/historicbuilding/en/1077_Appraisal_En.pdf Mo Tai Temple, Ting Kok] A Grade III historic building since 2010.Antiquities Advisory Board. [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/en/content_29/AAB-SM-chi.pdf List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings in Building Assessment]
- Lee Ancestral Hall ({{zh|t=李氏家祠|labels=no}}). Built in the late 19th century. Not graded. There are more than 10 ancestral halls in the village. Most of them have been modernized.
Flora and fauna
A mangrove covers a coastal area of about seven hectares near Ting Kok Village. It is one of the few sites in Hong Kong where a large population of Lumnitzera racemosa can be found.Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department: [http://www.hkecomap.net/distribution_detail.asp?AnimalID=7&SiteID=58&lang=eng Hong Kong Live Eco-map: Ting Kok]
Conservation
A part of Ting Kok is within the Pat Sin Leng Country Park, and the Ting Kok wetlands have been declared a Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1985.[https://web.archive.org/web/20091027031339/http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/environmentinhk/eia_planning/sea/annex_b.html List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Hong Kong] (archive)Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department: [http://www.afcd.gov.hk/english/country/cou_vis/cou_vis_cou/cou_vis_cou_psl/cou_vis_cou_psl.html Pat Sin Leng Country Park]
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite journal| last1= Ticozzi| first1= Sergio | title=The Catholic Church in Nineteenth Century Village Life in Hong Kong| journal= Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch| volume= 48| pages= 111–149| year= 2008| url= http://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/3daad6fd864e1d50c00ca1f6295d51a2.pdf| issn= 1991-7295}} (A previous version of this paper was presented at a Seminar 'Hong Kong: its people, culture and traditions, the Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong. 15-16 April 1983)
- {{cite book |last=Zhou|first=H.|editor-first=Brian |editor-last=Morton|title=Perspectives on Marine Environmental Change in Hong Kong and Southern China, 1977-2001: Proceedings of an International Workshop Reunion Conference, Hong Kong, 21-26 October 2001|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|date=2003|pages=459–474|chapter=Temporal changes in a Hong Kong mangrove and adjacent foreshore sandflat meiofaunal communities|isbn=9789622096417}}
External links
{{Commons category|Ting Kok}}
- [https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/P/p-tp-76.pdf Delineation of area of existing village Ting Kok (Tai Po) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)]
- Press release: [http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201210/25/P201210250427.htm "Comprehensive coastal conservation plan introduced for Ting Kok "], October 25, 2012
- {{cite news |last=Chan |first=Riley |date=19 July 2017 |title=Tai Po awash in flooding misery |url=https://www.thestandard.com.hk/section-news/section/11/185260/Tai-Po-awash-in-flooding-misery |work=The Standard |location= |access-date=}}
- Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/1077_Appraisal_En.pdf Mo Tai Temple, Ting Kok]. [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/1077_Photo.pdf Pictures]
- Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/1257_Appraisal_En.pdf Lee Ancestral Hall, Ting Kok]. [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/1257_Photo.pdf Pictures]
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Category:Populated places in Hong Kong