Tsam Chuk Wan Explained

Tsam Chuk Wan is a bay of the Sai Kung Peninsula in Hong Kong. By extension, it is also the name of the area around the bay. Tsam Chuk Wan Village is one of the villages located within this area.

History

A Catholic missionary station was established at Tsam Chuk Wan between 1867 and 1869.^[1]

In 1911, Pak Tam Chung consisted of six villages with fewer than 405 inhabitants in total: Wong Yi Chau, Pak Tam, Sheung Yiu, Tsak Yue Wu, Wong Keng Tei and Tsam Chuk Wan. The six villages were all inhabited by Hakka people, with the exception of two hamlets in Pak Tam.^[2] ^[3]

The population of Tsam Chuk Wan Village was 74 in 1911.^[2] In the 1950s, it was about 55, as recorded by Austin Coates and James W. Hayes.^[4]

Islands

Islands of Tsam Chuk Wan include:^[5]

Muk Yue Chau
Ching Chau
Nga Ying Chau
Wong Nai Chau Tsai
Wong Yi Chau

Features

Features around the bay include (from West to East):

Memorial Monument of Sai Kung Martyrs of World War II . Unveiled on January 23, 1989.^[6] ^[7]
Hong Kong Sea Cadet Corps Tang Shiu Kin Nautical Centre
Queen Elizabeth School Camp ^[8]
Tsam Chuk Wan Village, a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.^[9]
Wong Keng Tei Tin Hau Temple aka. Tsam Chuk Wan Tin Hau Temple. Located off Tai Mong Tsai Road, and overlooking Tsam Chuk Wan
Wong Keng Tei, a village
Po Leung Kuk Pak Tam Chung Camp
Sheung Yiu Folk Museum, housed in Sheung Yiu Village, a declared monument of Hong Kong
Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows Chapel . Built in 1900, it is one of the historic churches of Sai Kung.^[10] ^[11]
Wong Yi Chau, a village
Hei Tsz Wan, a former village situated across a little bay from Wong Yi Chau

External links

Delineation of area of existing village Tsam Chuk Wan (Sai Kung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)

22.3879°N 114.3129°W

Notes and References

Ticozzi. Sergio . The Catholic Church in Nineteenth Century Village Life in Hong Kong. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 48. 128. 2008. 1991-7295. (A previous version of this paper was presented at a Seminar 'Hong Kong: its people, culture and traditions, the Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong. 15-16 April 1983)
Book: Faure, David . 1986 . The structure of Chinese rural society: lineage and village in the eastern New Territories, Hong Kong . . 90, 209 . 9780195839708 .
Delang . Claudio O. . 30 March 2018 . Local livelihoods and global process: complex causalities in Hong Kong's Sai Kung Peninsula . Miscellanea Geographica . 22 . 1 . 31–39 . 10.2478/mgrsd-2018-0003 . 2084-6118 . free .
Book: Hamilton. Eric. Schofield. Walter. Peplow. S. H.. Tsui. Paul. Coates. Austin. Austin Coates . Hayes. James. James W. Hayes. John. Strickland. Southern District Officer Reports: Islands and Villages in Rural Hong Kong, 1910-60. 2010. Hong Kong University Press. 9789888028382. 270 . Chapter 6. Sai Kung Peninsula.
胡普炜 [Hu Puwei]. 邢福武 [Xing Fuwu]. 陈林 [Chen Lin]. 王美娜 [Wang Meina] . 王发国 [Wang Faguo]. 陈红锋 [Chen Hongfeng]. zh:香港西贡牛尾海邻近岛屿植被与植物物种多样性. Vegetation and vascular plant diversity of islands surrounding Port Shelter, Hong Kong, China. Biodiversity Science. 2011. 19. 5. 605–609. 10.3724/SP.J.1003.2011.05049. zh-cn.
Lo. Shuk-Ying . Monuments to Hong Kong's World War II Dead, 1945-2005. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 46. 75–100. 2006. 1991-7295.
https://www.fso-createhk.gov.hk/en/locations_search_details.php?File_No=00561 Memorial Monument of Sai Kung Martyrs of World War II
https://www.qes.edu.hk/Menu/stu_affair/sch_camp/sch_camp_e.html Queen Elizabeth School Camp
Web site: List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy . September 2009 . .
News: Heaver . Stuart . 27 February 2016 . The abandoned churches of Sai Kung: how Italian missionaries established Hakka congregations in Hong Kong . .
https://archives.catholic.org.hk/Church%20Building/New%20Territories/CNT-OLSS.htm Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows Chapel