Sam Tung Uk

Hi, everybody. It’s the heritage introducing time !!!

Today, We would like to bring you in the Tsuen Wan to visit Sam Tung Uk Museum Village!!!

Sam Tung Uk Village change to Sum Tung Uk Museum:

In 1987, Sam Tung Village was restored and open to the public as a museum of the Leisure and Cultural Service Department.

The History of Sum Tung Uk

Sam Tung Uk Museum ---- It was a Hakka walked village and built by Chan Clan in 1786.

The Chan Clan moved from Guangdong in 1750s and settled in Tsuen Wan.

They reclaimed land along the seashore for cultivation.

The clan leader, Chan Yam Shing first built the three rows of village house on the site.

After that, his descendants built other houses to the sides and at the back of the village house. The family ancestral altar was placed in the main hall lying on the central axis facing the entrance.  

About the Museum

It occupies an area of 2000 squ:are meters, the layout of the village like a chessboard with an entrance hall, an assembly hall and an ancestral hall at the central axis. There are 4 individual houses in the middle;

Exhibition Hall

A display is made up of the walled village and its period houses. There is the exhibition which entitled as “The Way We Were” has been designed for you to touch these things to experience that how the Hakka people live at the past. The object are shown as below :

How to get there Address:

2 Kwu Uk Lane

, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong

By Rail : Mass Transit Railway to Tsuen Wan Station

Source:

http://www.heritagemuseum.gov.hk/english/branch_sel_stu.htm

BY IRINA