{{Short description|Kind of stilt house built on water}} {{refimprove|date=August 2023}} [[File:Tai O (8).JPG|thumb|Pang uk in Tai O]] [[File:HK Lei Yue Mun Village Lei Yue Mun Praya Road Beach Houses Coast.JPG|thumb|Pang uk in Lei Yue Mun.]] [[File:馬灣 - Rooms with a view (8084381914).jpg|thumb|Pang uk in Ma Wan]]
'''''Pang uk''''' ({{zh|t=棚屋|j=paang4 uk1|l=shack house}}) is a kind of stilt house found in Tai O, Lantau Island, Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sala |first=Ilaria Maria |date=9 September 2022 |title=Canals, Stilt Houses and Shrimp: Your Guide to Tai O |url=https://zolimacitymag.com/canals-stilt-houses-and-shrimp-your-guide-to-tai-o/ |work=Zolima CityMag |location= |access-date=}}</ref> ''Pang uk'' are built on water or on small beaches.
A fire broke out in 2000 destroying some of the houses in Tai O,<ref name="SCMP fire">{{cite news |last=Lee |first=Naomi |date=3 July 2000 |title=Tai O fire leaves 300 homeless |url=https://www.scmp.com/article/320397/tai-o-fire-leaves-300-homeless |work=South China Morning Post |location= |access-date=}}</ref> and some were later rebuilt.
They were once found in many other fishing towns and villages in rural Hong Kong, but only those in Tai O are preserved in a large scale, with some in the Lei Yue Mun Village and Ma San Tsuen in Lei Yue Mun. Pang uk developed from the boat houses of ''Tanka'' ({{lang|zh-Hant-HK|蜑家}}) or fishing people, after they moved to reside on land.<ref>{{Cite web |title=修復棚屋 扶助社區 |url=https://lifescape.com.hk/zh-hant/single_story/restoring-stilt-houses-supporting-the-community/ |access-date=2024-11-10 |website=建構更美好生活 |language=zh-hant}}</ref>
==See also== * Housing in Hong Kong
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==External links== {{Commons category|Stilt houses in Hong Kong|Pang uk}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20041018213324/http://www.traveller.com.hk/news/new06.asp A letter by residents of ''pang uk'' to a newspaper] *[http://ifiles.tvb.com/ifiles/20010305/f_theme/ TVB iFiles - a programme on a Hong Kong TV channel]
;Pictures *[http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20150822054629/http://community.webshots.com/album/79398081hhaDDn Photo gallery of Tai O and the ''pang uk''] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20050507113847/http://www.heritagemuseum.gov.hk/english/NT_heritage/05_enlarge.htm from Heritage Museum website] *[http://www.hk-place.com/picture.php?pic=p120095 from HK-place.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303175144/http://www.hk-place.com/picture.php?pic=p120095 |date=2016-03-03 }} *[http://www.hk-place.com/pic.php?src=p120095 from HK-place.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031130/http://www.hk-place.com/pic.php?src=p120095 |date=2016-03-04 }} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061021144112/http://www.npc.edu.hk/staff/~ngtungying/images/photo_hike/TaiO%2002.jpg Pang uk along a river] *[http://www.ecotourism.org.hk/images/Apple_31Aug_1.jpg A newspaper cutting] *[http://tinypic.com/9asnbs.jpg Picture of a pang uk at Sam Ka Tsuen, near Lei Yue Mun] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303183234/http://tinypic.com/9asnbs.jpg |date=2016-03-03 }}
Category:Architecture in Hong Kong Category:Tai O Category:Stilt houses Category:Coastal construction Category:Culture of Hong Kong Category:Tourist attractions in Hong Kong Category:Buildings and structures in Hong Kong Category:Housing in Hong Kong
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