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Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall 松岭邓公祠Sōnglǐng Dènggōngcí
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 Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall
Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall is one of the largest ancestral halls in Hong Kong and the main hall of the Tang clan of Lung Yeuk Tau, dedicated to the founding ancestor Tang Chung-ling (1302–1387) and dating from around 1525. It has three halls and two spacious courtyards, decorated throughout with wood carvings, plaster mouldings, ceramic sculptures and murals, and the clan still uses it for festivals and meetings. It is one of the stops on the 2.6 km Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail.
How to get to Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall
In Lung Yeuk Tau, about 1.6 km east-north-east of Fanling MTR station; closed on Tuesdays except public holidays and currently partly closed.
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: Tin Hau Temple, Lung Yeuk Tau 龙跃头天后宫 (under 10 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), Entrance Tower of Ma Wat Wai 麻笏围门楼 (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), Cheung Shan Monastery, Ping Che 长山古寺 (under 10 km).
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