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were listed for me as follows: Wing Lung Wai, Tai Hong Wai, Kat Hing Wai, Shui Tau Tsuen, Shui Mei Tsuen, Tsi Tong Tsuen, Tai Hong Tsuen, Kam Hing Wai, Ko Po Tsuen, and Kam Tin Shi." Four wai, five tsuen (chyun) and one shi. It does not agree with the numbers of 5 wai and 6 chyun. The expression no longer corresponds to the present situation. Their explanation for the discrepancy was that some of the original villages did not exist anymore. One example they gave is the case of Pak Wai, which had become a tsuen (chyun) after its wall had fallen. Some of the villages have very small populations nowadays, and some of the eleven original villages are now missing. Another factor involved is that, to many of the villagers, Tsi Tong Tsuen and Tai Hong Tsuen were not quite distinct from one another, and sometimes the two names were used interchangeably. The name San Wai was quite often used by them to refer to Tai Hong Tsuen, sometimes both.
Village 1895 1960 Kat Hing Wai 308 410 Shui Tau 416 655 Shui Mei 181 250 Tai Hong Wai 176 215 Wing Lung Wai 154 250 Tai Hong Tsuen 33 155 San Wai (Tsi Tong Tsuen) 28 Kam Hing Wai 69 Ko Po 64 205 Kam Tin Shi Total 1412 2140As can be seen in the table above, the populations of the Kam Tin villages are very uneven. Five of them are often referred to by the local villagers as "the five main villages". They were Shui Tau, Shui Mei, Kat Hing Wai, Tai Hong Wai, and Wing Lung Wai. Among the smaller villages, Tai Hong Tsuen and Tsi Tong Tsuen are considered part of Tai Hong Wai. They take part in the dim-dang ceremony for the newborn at the shrine of the God of Earth and Grain at the Wai and join the jiu of the wai.
On a higher level, the Kam Tin villages are divided into two groups:
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were listed for me as follows: Wing Lung Wai, Tai Hong Wai, Kat Hing Wai, Shui Tau Tsuen, Shui Mei Tsuen, Tsi Tong Tsuen, Tai Hong Tsuen, Kam Hing Wai, Ko Po Tsuen, and Kam Tin Shi." Four wai, five chyun (tsuen) and one shi. It does not agree with the numbers of 5 wai and 6 chyun. The expression no longer corresponds to the present situation. Their explanation for the discrepancy was that some of the original villages did not exist any more. One example they gave is the case of Pak Wai, which had become a chyun after its wall had fallen, Some of the villages have very small populations nowadays, and some of the eleven original villages are now missing. Another of the factors involved is that, to many of the villagers, Tsi Tong Tsuen and Tai Hong Tsuen were not quite distinct from one another and sometimes the two names were used interchangeably. The name San Wai was quite often used by them to refer to Tai Hong Tsuen, sometimes both.
Table 2 Population of the Dang villages of Kam Tin
Village
189526
196027
Kat Hing Wai
308
410
Shui Tau
416
655
Shui Mei
181
250
Tai Hong Wai
17628
215
Wing Lung Wai
154
250
Tai Hong Tsuen
33
155
San Wai (Tsi Tong Tsuen)
Kam Hing Wai
69
Ko Po
64
205
Kam Tin Shi
Total
1412
2140
As can be seen in the table above, the populations of the Kam Tin villages are very uneven. Five of them are often referred to by the local villages as "the five main villages". They were Shui Tau, Shui Mei, Kat Hing Wai, Tai Hong Wai, and Wing Lung Wai. Among the samller villages, Tai Hong Tsuen and Tsi Tong Tsuen are considered part of Tai Hong Wai. They take part in the dim-dang ceremony for the new born at the shrine of the God of Earth and Grain at the Wai and join the jiu of the wai.
On a higher level, the Kam Tin villages are divided into two groups:
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