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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1992

"I SINCERELY HOPE OTHERS WILL FOLLOW THEIR GOOD EXAMPLE SUPPORT SUCH WORK, HE SAID.

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AMONG THE 47 MONUMENTS DECLARED SO FAR, THREE WERE

TEMPLES. DECLARED.

ΤΟ

CHINESE

THE PRESENT YEUNG HAU TEMPLE WAS THE ONLY TEMPLE OF ITS KIND

ALSO SPEAKING AT THE CEREMONY, THE MANAGER OF YEUNG HAU TEMPLE, MR TANG YUK-KAM, SAID THE TEMPLE WAS ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ANTIQUITIES IN HA TSUEN WHICH VILLAGERS OF TUNG TAU SAM TSUEN EAGER TO PRESERVE.

WERE

MR TANG ADDED THAT HE WAS GRATEFUL TO THE RECREATION CULTURE BRANCH FOR FUNDING THE RESTORATION PROJECT.

AND

HE ALSO THANKED THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE, ANTIQUITIES SECTION OF THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND PROJECT CONTRACTOR FOR THEIR CO-OPERATION.

THE

THE

THE 200-YEAR-OLD YEUNG HAU TEMPLE WAS BUILT BY INDIGENOUS VILLAGERS OF THE TANG CLAN IN TUNG TAU TSUEN, LO UK TSUEN AND HONG MEI TSUEN, LOCALLY REGARDED AS TUNG TAU SAM TSUEN.

ACCORDING ΤΟ THE TANGS, THE TEMPLE WAS BUILT TO COMMEMORATE YANG LIANG-JIE, ALSO CALLED HAU WONG, A SONG GENERAL WHO GAVE UP HIS LIFE TO PROTECT THE LAST SONG EMPERORS.

THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OF THE BUILDING WAS A TWO-HALL STRUCTURE WITH AN OPEN COURTYARD IN BETWEEN. THE OPEN COURTYARD ROOFED OVER.

WAS

LATER

TWO DRUM TERRACES AND THEIR FOUR COLUMNS AT THE ENTRANCE CONSTRUCTED WITH RED SANDSTONE.

WERE

THE WHOLE TEMPLE IS DECORATED WITH FINE WOOD CARVINGS PAINTINGS OF AUSPICIOUS CHINESE MOTIFS.

AND

YEUNG HAU TEMPLE WAS DECLARED A HISTORICAL BUILDING IN NOVEMBER 1988. REPAIR WORK FIRST STARTED IN 1989 AND WAS FOLLOWED BY RESTORATION WORK WITH GOVERNMENT UNDS.

UNDER THE SERVICES

THE RESTORATION PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN MID-1992 SUPERVISION OF THE ANTIQUITIES SECTION OF THE ARCHITECTURAL DFTARTMENT AND THE ANTIQUITIES AND MONUMENTS OFFICE OF THE RECREATION AND CULTURE BRANCH.

OTHER QUESTS OFFICIATING AT THE CEREMONY WERE LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLOR MR TANG SHIU-TONG; A PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR RECREATION AND CULTURE, MR ANGUS MIU; THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, MR KENNETH CHAN, AND VILLAGE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE TUNG TAU SAM TSUEN.

THE TEMPLE IS NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE LOCAL VILLAGERS.

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