Ping Che

{{Short description|Village in Hong Kong}} [[File:Ping Che Farmland View 201308.jpg|right|thumb|Farmland in Ping Che.]] [[File:HK PingYuenTinHauTemple 2011.JPG|thumb|[[Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong|Tin Hau Temple]] in Ping Che, Ta Kwu Ling.]] [[File:Village in Ping Che 2013.JPG|thumb|Village houses in Ping Che.]] '''Ping Che''' ({{zh|t=坪輋}}) is a village in [[Ta Kwu Ling]], [[North District, Hong Kong|North District]], Hong Kong.

''Che'' ({{lang|zh-hant|輋}}; Jyutping: ce4; literally "clear land for agriculture by burning") refers to the method of farming used by the [[Che people]].

==Administration== Ping Che is a recognized village under the [[New Territories]] [[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]] |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> For electoral purposes, Ping Che is part of the [[Sha Ta (constituency)|Sha Ta]] constituency of the [[North District Council]]. It is currently represented by Ko Wai-kei, who was elected in the [[2019 Hong Kong local elections|local elections]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/en/N_descriptions(Eng).pdf|title=Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (North District)|work=[[Electoral Affairs Commission]]|access-date=20 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/north/english/members/info/dc_member_list_detail.php?member_id=2810|title=North District Council - North DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=20 October 2021}}</ref>

==Features== The [[Cheung Shan Monastery]] in Ping Che is a [[Declared monuments of Hong Kong|declared monument]]. Probably first constructed in 1789, the existing two-hall structure is believed to have been fully rebuilt in 1868.<ref>[http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/en/monuments_66.php Antiquities and Monuments Office - Cheung Shan Monastery]</ref>

The [[Tin Hau temples in Hong Kong|Tin Hau Temple]] in Ping Che is a [[List of Grade II historic buildings in Hong Kong|Grade II Historic Building]].<ref>[http://www.amo.gov.hk/form/historical.pdf List of Graded Historic Buildings in Hong Kong (as at November 7, 2008)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709224215/http://www.amo.gov.hk/form/historical.pdf |date=July 9, 2011 }}</ref>

==See also== * [[Ping Yuen River]] * [[Tan Shan River]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== * [http://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/e57b0a364b31a909fa21ff8aa7d7b8b0.pdf P.H. Hase, "Cheung Shan Kwu Tsz (長山古寺), An Old Buddhist Nunnery in the New Territories and its Place in Local Society"] ''[[Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch]]''. Vol. 29 (1989). ISSN 1991-7295.

==External links== {{Commons category|Ping Che}} * [https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/N/n-tkl-01.pdf Delineation of area of existing village Ping Che (Ta Kwu Ling) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)]

[[Category:Villages in North District, Hong Kong]]