
 |
📍 Stop 1: Hau Ku Shek Ancestral Hall (Declared Monument) 🚌Take minibus 51K at MTR Sheung Shui Station to Ho Sheung Heung Terminus 🏛️Built in the Ming dynasty to commemorate Hau Ku-shek, the 17th generation ancestor of the Hau clan, it adopts a traditional three-hall- two courtyard layout, with a side chamber on each side of the front courtyard, an altar in the middle hall housing ancestral tablets, and a two-storey rear hall that was once used as a village school. Today, villagers still hold meetings and daily gatherings, and gather for ancestral worship and traditional ceremonies there.
📍 Stop 2: Hau Mei Fung Ancestral Hall (Declared Monument) 🚌Walk for about 35 minutes along Ho Sheung Heung Road and Kam Tsin Road, or take minibus 51K to Kam Tsin Village 🏛️Built around the late 18th century by juren scholar Hau Cheuk-wan to commemorate his great-grandfather, Hau Jui-fei (alias Hau Mei-fung), a student of the Imperial Academy. Featuring a typical Qing vernacular two-hall-three bay with one courtyard layout, the plaster mouldings on the main ridge and friezes retain their timeless charm despite the passage of time.
|