King Estate houses in Hong Kong, Sha Tin, New Territories, Yuen Chau Kok Wong Uk village south-east of the old king estates one pair from the couple founded by Wang Xingning about 200 years ago in the Qing period. Existing homes by Wang on behalf of the tribe EFFICIENT about 19 in 1911 to build. Hong Kong government took over in 1984 wangwu houses, built in the adjacent garden wangwu more in December 22, 1989 will wangwu houses as monuments in Hong Kong.

history

The nineteenth century, Yuen Chau Kok because of geographical relations, and from Guangdong and Kowloon is both passenger and cargo traffic hub, has become the king estate business travelers gathered in the trading post, Wang tribe had set up "houses of justice and benefit sideways at the inn . "

But good times never last, in the early twentieth century after the completion of land transport network connecting the New Territories and Kowloon, Yuen Chau Kok importance of reducing the growing and start declining. Yuen Chau Kok reclamation and coastal areas in the 1970s in response to the development and expansion Sha Tin New Town, Sha Tin Hoi rapid filling, Yuen Chau Kok island appearance also changed thus, become a part of the banks of the Shing Mun River. Meanwhile the government has acquired Yuen Chau Kok and Sha Tin Wai fields and fish ponds, the area many old buildings have been abandoned and demolition in the process of urbanization. At present, the only remaining houses this historic houses, the village has also once sold to outsiders for residential and factory use, now become the only mark Yuen Chau Kok history.

structure

This two-storey century-old house, is typical of the traditional Hakka houses, is a three-bay two into a courtyard-style buildings, mainly in the granite stone and brick brick, wood and oak purlins support walls, together with the tile constitute a pitched roof. The wall base houses the then quite expensive granite stone construction, the main entrance to the Mayans as a granite stone door frames, plus installation Mucha "trip cage" sliding door, the front yard is surrounded by a granite stone parapet. Inside houses laying on the ground in a diamond pattern Guangdong-order brick, inside and outside with beautiful murals and traditional decor, the front walls have fine plaster cornice, skilled murals and carved frieze in the gable end of the gray plastic decorative grass. After the adoption of the front hall is a patio, a bathroom on the right, the left is the kitchen with stove brick chimney smoke even between two advanced times for bedrooms, built a wooden loft. Front and rear walls into the next room mural painting auspicious patterns, tie beams were carved "one hundred Ziqian Sun" and "long life and prosperity" and other auspicious statement.

Scenic Area Address: Yuen Chau Kok, Sha Tin, Hong Kong

Bus routes: Take 182 Road; KMB 284,299,49x, 74a, 81c; New Territories GMB 65a, 67a, 67k, 803 Road, 804 Road