Wing Lung Wai () is a walled village located in the Kam Tin area of Yuen Long District, in Hong Kong. Three other walled villages, Kat Hing Wai, Tai Hong Wai, and Kam Hing Wai are located nearby and were built around the same time.Antiquities Advisory Board. Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings. Item #505

Administration

Wing Lung Wai is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.

History The village was founded by Tang Siu-kui () and his clansmen in the Chenghua reign (1465-1487) of the Ming dynasty. The village was earlier called Sha Lan Mei () or Wing Lung Wai (). The name was changed into the present name in 1905.Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Entrance Gate, Wing Lung Wai, Kam Tin

The enclosing wall was built during the Kangxi reign (1661-1722) of the Qing dynasty to safeguard the village from bandits, privates and other enemies. The entrance gate, originally located at the front wall of the village, on its central axis, was later relocated to the south due to feng shui reasons, after establishment of the nearby the walled village Tai Hong Wai. The moat was reclaimed in the 1960s.

Features In the Chung Shing Temple (), the village shrine, eleven deities are worshiped, including Kwun Yam, Hung Shing and Che Kung.Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Chung Shing Temple, Wing Lung Wai, Kam Tin

Kang Sam Tong () was built in Wing Lung Wai in the 1880s. It is an ancestral hall, and it also served as a study hall until 1926.Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Kang Sam Tong, Wing Lung Wai, Kam Tin

Although the former watchtowers no longer exist, the northeast watchtower has some base structure left.

Conservation The entrance gate of Wing Lung Wai is a Grade II historic building. The Chung Shing Temple and the Kang Sam Tong are both Grade III historic buildings.Antiquities Advisory Board. List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results

Transportation Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB)

54     Yuen Long (West) Bus Terminus - Sheung Tsuen (Circular) 64K   Yuen Long (West) Bus Terminus - Tai Po Market Railway Station 77K   Yuen Long (Fung Cheung Road) Bus Terminus - Sheung Shui Bus Terminus 251B   Pat Heung Road Bus Terminus - Sheung Tsuen (Circular)

Green Minibus (GMB)

602   Yuen Long (Fung Cheung Road) - Tai Kong Po

MTR

Kam Sheung Road

References

External links

Delineation of area of existing village Wing Lung Wai (Kam Tin) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022) Pictures by the Antiquities Advisory Board: entrance gate, Chung Shing Temple, Kang Sam Tong Pictures of Wing Lung Wai (personal website)