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HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS WAS THEN ESCORTED TO THE TANG CHING-LOK CHI ANCESTRAL HALL IN SHUI MEI VILLAGE. THE HALL WAS BUILT BETWEEN THE END OF THE MING DYNASTY AND THE BEGINNING OF THE CHING ! APPROXIMATELY 1640-1644 AD) BY THE GREAT-GRANDSONS OF TANG WHO DIED A VERY WEALTHY MAN.
DYNASTY CHING-LOK
ко PO,
IT WAS THE ANCESTRAL HALL OF SHUI MEI. WING LUNG WAI. KAT HING WAI AND CHI TONG TSUEN VILLAGES WHO USED IT TO WORSHIP ANCESTORS AND FOR THE TRADITIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF PORK DESCENDANTS AT FESTIVALS
THEIR
ΤΟ
MALE
IT WAS ALSO USED AS A COURT AND A SCHOOL AND IS NOW USED AS A PUBLIC MEETING PLACE.
THE
HTS ROYAL HIGHNESS CALLED ON MADAM TANG AT NO 35. SHUI HOUSE IS BETWEEN 100 AND 200 YEARS OLD AND IS AN EXAMPLE OF ROOF TRADITIONAL NEW TERRITORIES VILLAGE-TYPE ARCHITECTURE. THE BUILT OF TILES IN A SLIDING DESIGN IN A STYLE KNOWN IN CHINESE AS "PYRAMID ROOF OF TILES.
TAU.
THE
WAS
THE
LIVE
FOR
MOTHER CARED
THE HOUSE OWNERS. MR. TANG CHI-FAN AND HIS FAMILY, MAINLY IN ENGLAND, WHERE THEY ARE IN BUSINESS, AND KEEP THE HOUSE THEIR VISITS TO HONG KONG. IT IS OCCUPIED BY MR TANG CHI-FAN'S MADAM TANG MOK YING. WHO IS OVER 70 YEARS OLD AND WHO IS BEING FOR BY HER YOUNGEST SON, MR. TANG YAN-MAU AND MADAM TANG KONG YUN-GUI WHO LIVE NEARBY.
HER
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW,
THE DURING HIS BRIEF STAY IN
HOUSE, THE PRINCE OF WALES THE SHOWED KEEN INTEREST IN
CHINESE COOKING UTENSILS, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS SIGNED TWO FIRST DAY COVERS FOR THE TANGS.
BEFORE LEAVING, THE PRINCE OF WALES WAS GIVEN
ISSUED DURING (LAI SEE) CONTAINING TWO CHINESE COINS EMPEROR QIANLONG OF CHING DYNASTY.
A LUCKY
THE
ERA
PACKET OF
+
THE
VILLAGE GREETED
THE PRINCE OF WALES CONTINUED HIS WALK THROUGH
THE DURING WHICH HE WAVED TO THE VILLAGERS ALONG
ROUTE AND THEM IN CANTONESE "NEI HO MA?" (HOW ARE YOU? }. HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
BUILT LATER VISITED THE SO LAU YUEN OR HALL,
IN THE CHING DYNASTY
AS AS A PRIVATE STUDY HALL. IT WAS LATER USED AND FOR THE PRACTICE OF KUNG FU. IT WAS ALSO USED AS A COURT VISITING MAGISTRATES SETTLED VILLAGE DISPUTES.
[1614-1911)
A
SCHOOL
WHERE
IT IS NOW USED AS A VILLAGE MEETING PLACE AND AS A VENUE PARTIES AND LOCAL CELEBRATIONS.
FOR
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS WAS BRIEFED ON THE HISTORY OF THE HALL AND SAW EXHIBITS OF OLD FARMING EQUIPMENT.
SHEK
THE PRINCE OF WALES LEFT SHUI TAU BY CAR FOR BORNEO LINES KONG WHERE HE WAS MET BY THE COMMANDER ROYAL AIR FORCE CAPTAIN D.J. HAMILTON RUMP, RAF, WHO PRESENTED THE OFFICER 28 SQUADRON, SQUADRON LEADER G. R. EVANS. RAF.
IN GROUP
COMMANDING
HIS
FOR ROYAL HIGHNESS LEFT IN A RAF WESSEX HELICOPTER
HMS
TAMAR.
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