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Entrance Tower of Ma Wat Wai 麻笏围门楼Máhù Wéi Ménlóu
Declared monument · Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Time needed
- 30 minutes
- Days to budget
- Half a day
- City
- Hong Kong
- Region
- Hong Kong
- Type
- Heritage
- Listed as
- Declared monument
About Entrance Tower of Ma Wat Wai
Ma Wat Wai was built by the Tang clan in the Qianlong reign as one of the Five Wais and Six Tsuens of Lung Yeuk Tau. Past development removed most of its walls and all four corner towers, leaving the entrance tower, whose red sandstone lintel carries two characters meaning a place of verdancy, and part of the enclosing walls. The tower was fully restored in 1995 and is on the Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail.
How to get to Entrance Tower of Ma Wat Wai
On the Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail, about 1.4 km east-north-east of Fanling MTR station.
Nearby
- Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港 20 km
Glass towers and green hills around a harbour you can cross in ten minutes - Victoria Peak 太平山顶 30 km
Ride the 1888 funicular to the skyline view, then walk the Lugard Road loop - Tian Tan Buddha & Ngong Ping 天坛大佛与昂坪 40 km
A giant bronze Buddha on Lantau, reached by a 25-minute cable car ride
Also within 20 km: Entrance Tower and Enclosing Walls of Lo Wai, Lung Yeuk Tau 龙跃头老围门楼及围墙 (under 10 km), Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall 松岭邓公祠 (under 10 km), Tin Hau Temple, Lung Yeuk Tau 龙跃头天后宫 (under 10 km), Kun Lung Wai (San Wai), Lung Yeuk Tau 觐龙围 (under 10 km), Liu Man Shek Tong Ancestral Hall 廖万石堂 (under 10 km), Hau Mei Fung Ancestral Hall 味峰侯公祠 (under 10 km).
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