# Kap Lung

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'''Kap Lung''' ({{zh|t=甲龍}}) is a village in [Pat Heung](/source/Pat_Heung), [Yuen Long District](/source/Yuen_Long_District), [Hong Kong](/source/Hong_Kong).

==Administration==
Kap Lung is a recognized village under the [New Territories](/source/New_Territories) [Small House Policy](/source/Small_House_Policy).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.landsd.gov.hk/doc/en/small-house/rv0909.pdf |title=List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy |last= |first= |date=September 2009 |website= |publisher=[Lands Department](/source/Lands_Department) |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>

==History==
Kap Lung has a history of over 200 years. The ancestors of its indigenous inhabitants originated from [Shandong](/source/Shandong). One of their descendants' families moved to [Muk Min Ha](/source/Muk_Min_Ha) in [Tsuen Wan](/source/Tsuen_Wan) during the [Ming dynasty](/source/Ming_dynasty). Some later moved to [Chuen Lung](/source/Chuen_Lung) in the [Tai Mo Shan](/source/Tai_Mo_Shan) area while some others moved to Kap Lung as a consequence of pirate invasion. Indigenous Kap Lung inhabitants with the surname [Tsang](/source/Tsang_(surname)) had moved out from the 1950s.<ref name="Ancient Trail">{{cite web |url=https://www.hiking.gov.hk/promote/info/id/dVVzSndDcTNlMlpYcFgveHArcGxlZz09 |title=Kap Lung Ancient Trail |last= |first= |date= |website= |publisher=[Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department](/source/Agriculture%2C_Fisheries_and_Conservation_Department) |access-date= |quote=}}</ref>

The [Kap Lung Ancient Trail](/source/Kap_Lung_Ancient_Trail), named after Kap Lung Village, was historically the main route taken by farmers in the vicinity of [Pat Heung](/source/Pat_Heung), [Shek Kong](/source/Shek_Kong) and [Lui Kung Tin](/source/Lui_Kung_Tin) for selling their produce in the markets in [Tsuen Wan](/source/Tsuen_Wan).<ref name="Ancient Trail"/>

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/M/m-ph-05.pdf Delineation of area of existing village Kap Lung Tsuen (Pat Heung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)]

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Category:Villages in Yuen Long District, Hong Kong
Category:Pat Heung

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