Kam Tin Tree House, located in Kam Tin Shui Mei Tsuen, Yuen Long, Hong Kong side of the playground, which is unique in a stone house surrounded by a complex structure of a huge old banyan tree, maintain multiple records in Hong Kong and moved to witness the early Qing issued bound to make (aka moved Hailing) of a piece of history.

The strains of the genus old banyan banyan "Register of OVTs" No. LCSD YL / 6, trunk diameter of 6,000 mm (trunk diameter of 1.3 m from the ground), is the most Hong Kong; tree height of 16.5 m; crown up to 42 meters, which is famous camphor She Shan Tai Po of Hong Kong as tied for first place in the record; old aspect is at least more than 100 years. As for the actual age of the different opinions, some say 300 years, say 400 years, but refers to the stone house of bricks technology banyan tree surrounded by only 200 years of history, it is projected to swallow the stone house, old banyan tree can not be more than made bricks to a date too far, but generally agree that there are at least banyan tree over 150 years of history.

Qing dynasty, the Ming aid to coastal residents to prevent leftover Zheng Chenggong Zheng's dynasty in Taiwan, then in the first year Kang Xi (1662) enacted a great clearance from Shandong Province to Guangdong Province to the inland coastal residents must migration 50 years, covering most of Hong Kong. Then moved to the sea coastal residents lost their homes, barren countryside, fishing Salt abandoned. Coupled with the implementation of maritime trade, Hong Kong in this area seriously affected. Hailing the move range also includes year Kam Tin area, so only the owner to leave, and since then has been abandoned stone house he was, all of a sudden something is over a hundred years.

Banyan tree next to the stone slowly growing, branch of coiled, aerial roots will occur, step by step to surround the house, and to penetrate the slot in the brick and crushed stone was later annexed it. The "Tree Doctor," said the Department of Geography, University of Hong Kong Professor Zhan Zhiyong refers Banyan develop aerial roots deep into the soil layer, and grow into a new tree trunk, then trunk and grow aerial roots, so keep on going, and finally form a "single wood for forest "situation.

Scenic Area Address: Yuen Long Kam Tin Shui Mei Tsuen Hong Kong side of the playground

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