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San Wai (North District)

Coordinates: 22°30′26″N 114°08′55″E / 22.50717°N 114.14872°E / 22.50717; 114.14872
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Outside view of San Wai.
Village shrine of San Wai.
Model of Kun Lung Wai, displayed at Hong Kong Heritage Museum.
San Wai
Traditional Chinese新圍
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationsān wàih
Jyutpingsan1 wai4
Kun Lung Wai
Traditional Chinese覲龍圍
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationgan lùhng wàih
Jyutpinggan2 lung4 wai4

San Wai (Chinese: 新圍), also called Kun Lung Wai (覲龍圍), is a walled village in Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling, Hong Kong. It is one of the Five Wai (walled villages) and Six Tsuen (villages) in Lung Yeuk Tau.[1]

Conservation

San Wai is located along the Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail.[2] The gate tower of San Wai is a declared monument since 1988,[3] while the enclosing walls and watch towers are declared monuments since 1993.[4]

See also

References

22°30′26″N 114°08′55″E / 22.50717°N 114.14872°E / 22.50717; 114.14872