Tat Tak Communal Hall 达德公所Dádé Gōngsuǒ

About Tat Tak Communal Hall

Tat Tak Communal Hall, completed in 1857, is the only purpose-built communal hall left in Hong Kong, built as the assembly and worship place of a joint village alliance and as the management office of Ping Shan Market. It was started by Tang Fan-yau, a member of the local gentry, and side halls were added in 1866; the building is plain and functional, of grey brick on a granite base. According to the Antiquities and Monuments Office, it was probably one of the meeting places where the armed resistance to the British takeover of the New Territories in 1899 was organised.

How to get to Tat Tak Communal Hall

In Ping Shan, about 0.4 km east-north-east of Tin Shui Wai MTR station; closed on Tuesdays except public holidays.

Nearby

• Tian Tan Buddha & Ngong Ping 天坛大佛与昂坪 20 km
  A giant bronze Buddha on Lantau, reached by a 25-minute cable car ride
• 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 20 km
  Ride the 1888 funicular to the skyline view, then walk the Lugard Road loop
• Historic Centre of Macau 澳门历史城区 50 km
  Portuguese tiled squares, baroque churches and Chinese temples, a short walk apart

Also within 20 km: Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda 聚星楼 (under 10 km), Yan Tun Kong Study Hall 仁敦冈书室 (under 10 km), Tang Ancestral Hall, Ping Shan 屏山邓氏宗祠 (under 10 km), Yu Kiu Ancestral Hall 愈乔二公祠 (under 10 km), Tang Ancestral Hall, Ha Tsuen 厦村邓氏宗祠 (under 10 km), Yeung Hau Temple, Ha Tsuen 厦村杨侯宫 (under 10 km).

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Learn more

• Wikipedia (Chinese)