Tsam Chuk Wan
{{Short description|Bay of the Sai Kung Peninsula in Hong Kong}}
File:View of Tsam Chuk Wan from the peak of Tai Tun (317m).jpg
File:HK WongKengTeiTinHauTemple.JPG, off Tai Mong Tsai Road.]]
File:Sheung Yiu 2.jpg next to Sheung Yiu Folk Museum, overlooking an arm of Tsam Chuk Wan.]]
File:HK PLK PakTamchungCamp Entrance.JPG Pak Tam Chung Camp along Tai Mong Tsai Road.]]
Tsam Chuk Wan ({{zh|t=斬竹灣}}) is a bay of the Sai Kung Peninsula in Hong Kong. By extension, it is also the name of the area around the bay. Tsam Chuk Wan Village ({{zh|t=斬竹灣村|labels=no}}) is one of the villages located within this area.
History
A Catholic missionary station was established at Tsam Chuk Wan between 1867 and 1869.{{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= 128| 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)
In 1911, Pak Tam Chung consisted of six villages with fewer than 405 inhabitants in total: Wong Yi Chau ({{zh|t=黃宜洲|labels=no}}), Pak Tam ({{zh|t=北潭|labels=no}}), Sheung Yiu ({{zh|t=上窰|labels=no}}), Tsak Yue Wu ({{zh|t=鯽魚湖|labels=no}}), Wong Keng Tei ({{zh|t=黃麖地|labels=no}}) and Tsam Chuk Wan. The six villages were all inhabited by Hakka people, with the exception of two hamlets in Pak Tam.{{cite book |last=Faure |first=David |date=1986 |title=The structure of Chinese rural society: lineage and village in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong |publisher=Oxford University Press |pages=90, 209 |isbn=9780195839708 }}{{cite journal |last1=Delang |first1=Claudio O. |date=30 March 2018 |title=Local livelihoods and global process: complex causalities in Hong Kong's Sai Kung Peninsula |url=https://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/mgrsd/22/1/article-p31.xml |journal=Miscellanea Geographica |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=31–39 |doi=10.2478/mgrsd-2018-0003 |issn= 2084-6118 |doi-access=free }}
The population of Tsam Chuk Wan Village ({{zh|t=斬竹灣村|labels=no}}) was 74 in 1911. In the 1950s, it was about 55, as recorded by Austin Coates and James W. Hayes.{{cite book |last1= Hamilton|first1= Eric|last2= Schofield|first2= Walter|last3= Peplow|first3= S. H.|last4= Tsui|first4= Paul|last5= Coates|first5= Austin|authorlink5=Austin Coates |last6= Hayes|first6= James|authorlink6=James W. Hayes|editor1-first=John|editor1-last=Strickland|title= Southern District Officer Reports: Islands and Villages in Rural Hong Kong, 1910-60|year= 2010|publisher= Hong Kong University Press|isbn=9789888028382|page=270 |chapter=Chapter 6. Sai Kung Peninsula}}
Islands
- Muk Yue Chau ({{zh|t=木魚洲|labels=no}})
- Ching Chau ({{zh|t=青洲|labels=no}})
- Nga Ying Chau ({{zh|t=牙鷹洲|labels=no}})
- Wong Nai Chau Tsai ({{zh|t=黄泥洲仔|labels=no}})
- Wong Yi Chau ({{zh|t=黄宜洲|labels=no}})
Features
Features around the bay include (from West to East):
- Memorial Monument of Sai Kung Martyrs of World War II ({{zh|t=西貢烈士墓園|labels=no}}). Unveiled on January 23, 1989.{{Cite journal| last=Lo| first= Shuk-Ying | title= Monuments to Hong Kong's World War II Dead, 1945-2005| journal= Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch| volume= 46| pages= 75–100| year= 2006| url=https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/d1f3b81d0b2b793566ebb1e6cc705e16.pdf| issn= 1991-7295}}[https://www.fso-createhk.gov.hk/en/locations_search_details.php?File_No=00561 Memorial Monument of Sai Kung Martyrs of World War II] at Film Services Office database
- Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps Tang Shiu Kin Nautical Centre ({{zh|t=香港海事青年團鄧肇堅海事康樂中心|labels=no}})
- Queen Elizabeth School Camp ({{zh|t=伊利沙伯中學校營|labels=no}})[https://www.qes.edu.hk/Menu/stu_affair/sch_camp/sch_camp_e.html Queen Elizabeth School Camp]
- Tsam Chuk Wan Village ({{zh|t=斬竹灣村|labels=no}}), 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=}}
- Wong Keng Tei Tin Hau Temple ({{zh|t=黃麖地天后古廟|labels=no}}) aka. Tsam Chuk Wan Tin Hau Temple. Located off Tai Mong Tsai Road ({{zh|t=斬竹灣天后廟|labels=no}}), and overlooking Tsam Chuk Wan
- Wong Keng Tei ({{zh|t=黃麖地|labels=no}}), a village
- Po Leung Kuk Pak Tam Chung Camp ({{zh|t=保良局北潭涌渡假營|labels=no}})
- Sheung Yiu Folk Museum, housed in Sheung Yiu ({{zh|t=上窰|labels=no}}) Village, a declared monument of Hong Kong
- Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows Chapel ({{zh|t=聖母七苦小堂|labels=no}}). Built in 1900, it is one of the historic churches of Sai Kung.{{cite news |last=Heaver |first=Stuart |date=27 February 2016 |title=The abandoned churches of Sai Kung: how Italian missionaries established Hakka congregations in Hong Kong |url=https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/article/1916619/abandoned-churches-sai-kung-how-italian-missionaries |work=South China Morning Post }}[https://archives.catholic.org.hk/Church%20Building/New%20Territories/CNT-OLSS.htm Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows Chapel] at catholic.org.hk
- Wong Yi Chau ({{zh|t=黃宜洲|labels=no}}), a village
- Hei Tsz Wan ({{zh|t=起子灣|labels=no}}), a former village situated across a little bay from Wong Yi Chau
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/Q/q-sk-26.pdf Delineation of area of existing village Tsam Chuk Wan (Sai Kung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)]
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