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Hau Ku Shek Ancestral Hall 居石侯公祠Jūshí Hóugōngcí
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 Hau Ku Shek Ancestral Hall
Hau Ku Shek Ancestral Hall stands in Ho Sheung Heung. It was built in the late Ming dynasty to commemorate the clan's 17th-generation ancestor Hau Ku-shek and renovated around 1762, and follows the traditional three-hall, two-courtyard layout, with red sandstone drum platforms and a door frame on the facade, richly decorated roof ridges and carved beams. The two-storey rear hall was once a village school, and the Hau clan still holds ceremonies in the hall.
How to get to Hau Ku Shek Ancestral Hall
In Ho Sheung Heung, about 2.2 km west-north-west of Sheung Shui MTR station; green minibus route 51K runs from the station to a stop beside the hall. It is closed on Tuesdays except public holidays.
Nearby
- Victoria Harbour 维多利亚港 30 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: Hau Mei Fung Ancestral Hall 味峰侯公祠 (under 10 km), Liu Man Shek Tong Ancestral Hall 廖万石堂 (under 10 km), Tai Fu Tai Mansion 新田大夫第 (under 10 km), Man Lun Fung Ancestral Hall 麟峰文公祠 (under 10 km), Kun Lung Wai (San Wai), Lung Yeuk Tau 觐龙围 (under 10 km), Entrance Tower of Ma Wat Wai 麻笏围门楼 (under 10 km).
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