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==Sights==
==Sights==
The [[Che Kung Temple]] in Ho Chung, one of the two temples in Hong Kong dedicated to [[Che Kung]],<ref>[http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/AAB_brief_info_en.pdf Antiquities and Monuments Offices - Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings, p.34]</ref> is a [[List of Grade II historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade II Historic Building]].<ref>[http://www.amo.gov.hk/form/historical.pdf List of Graded Historic Buildings in Hong Kong (as at 18 September 2009)]</ref>
The [[Che Kung Temple]] in Ho Chung, one of the two temples in Hong Kong dedicated to [[Che Kung]],<ref>[http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/AAB_brief_info_en.pdf Antiquities and Monuments Offices - Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings, p.34] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013022841/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/AAB_brief_info_en.pdf |date=2012-10-13 }}</ref> is a [[List of Grade II historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade II Historic Building]].<ref>[http://www.amo.gov.hk/form/historical.pdf List of Graded Historic Buildings in Hong Kong (as at 18 September 2009)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709224215/http://www.amo.gov.hk/form/historical.pdf |date=9 July 2011 }}</ref>


The Chan Ancestral Hall, at No. 25 Ho Chung First Lane was built around the 1850s.<ref>[http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/AAB_brief_info_en.pdf Antiquities and Monuments Offices - Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings, p.588]</ref>
The Chan Ancestral Hall, at No. 25 Ho Chung First Lane was built around the 1850s.<ref>[http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/AAB_brief_info_en.pdf Antiquities and Monuments Offices - Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings, p.588] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013022841/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/form/AAB_brief_info_en.pdf |date=2012-10-13 }}</ref>


==Industrial buildings==
==Industrial buildings==

Revision as of 20:40, 3 April 2017

Che Kung Temple in Ho Chung.
Chan Ancestral Hall in Ho Chung.
Former ATV studio building, near the Che Kung Temple, in Ho Chung.

Ho Chung (Chinese: 蠔涌; pinyin: Háochōng) is a village on the Sai Kung Peninsula in Hong Kong. The Ho Chung River (蠔涌河) runs through the village.

History

A Neolithic stone-working site was discovered at Ho Chung in 1999.[1]

The village was likely founded in the mid-16th century.[2]

Sights

The Che Kung Temple in Ho Chung, one of the two temples in Hong Kong dedicated to Che Kung,[3] is a Grade II Historic Building.[4]

The Chan Ancestral Hall, at No. 25 Ho Chung First Lane was built around the 1850s.[5]

Industrial buildings

Lee Kum Kee has an oyster sauce factory in Ho Chung. There is also a former multistory dye works, that was once used as an Asia Television studio.

References

22°21′20″N 114°14′56″E / 22.3556°N 114.2489°E / 22.3556; 114.2489