# Ping Che

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Village in Hong Kong

Farmland in Ping Che.

[Tin Hau Temple](/source/Tin_Hau_temples_in_Hong_Kong) in Ping Che, Ta Kwu Ling.

Village houses in Ping Che.

**Ping Che** ([Chinese](/source/Traditional_Chinese_characters): 坪輋) is a village in [Ta Kwu Ling](/source/Ta_Kwu_Ling), [North District](/source/North_District%2C_Hong_Kong), Hong Kong.

*Che* (輋; Jyutping: ce4; literally "clear land for agriculture by burning") refers to the method of farming used by the [Che people](/source/Che_people).

## Administration

Ping Che is a recognized village under the [New Territories](/source/New_Territories) [Small House Policy](/source/Small_House_Policy).[1] For electoral purposes, Ping Che is part of the [Sha Ta](/source/Sha_Ta_(constituency)) constituency of the [North District Council](/source/North_District_Council). It is currently represented by Ko Wai-kei, who was elected in the [local elections](/source/2019_Hong_Kong_local_elections).[2][3]

## Features

The [Cheung Shan Monastery](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cheung_Shan_Monastery&action=edit&redlink=1) in Ping Che is a [declared monument](/source/Declared_monuments_of_Hong_Kong). Probably first constructed in 1789, the existing two-hall structure is believed to have been fully rebuilt in 1868.[4]

The [Tin Hau Temple](/source/Tin_Hau_temples_in_Hong_Kong) in Ping Che is a [Grade II Historic Building](/source/List_of_Grade_II_historic_buildings_in_Hong_Kong).[5]

## See also

- [Ping Yuen River](/source/Ping_Yuen_River)

- [Tan Shan River](/source/Tan_Shan_River)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["List of Recognized Villages under the New Territories Small House Policy"](https://www.landsd.gov.hk/doc/en/small-house/rv0909.pdf) (PDF). [Lands Department](/source/Lands_Department). September 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Recommended District Council Constituency Areas (North District)"](https://www.eac.hk/pdf/distco/2019dc/final/en/N_descriptions(Eng).pdf) (PDF). *[Electoral Affairs Commission](/source/Electoral_Affairs_Commission)*. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["North District Council - North DC Members"](https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/north/english/members/info/dc_member_list_detail.php?member_id=2810). *District Council*. Retrieved 20 October 2021.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Antiquities and Monuments Office - Cheung Shan Monastery](http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/ce/Museum/Monument/en/monuments_66.php)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [List of Graded Historic Buildings in Hong Kong (as at November 7, 2008)](http://www.amo.gov.hk/form/historical.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110709224215/http://www.amo.gov.hk/form/historical.pdf) July 9, 2011, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

## Further reading

- [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"](http://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/e57b0a364b31a909fa21ff8aa7d7b8b0.pdf) *[Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch](/source/Journal_of_the_Royal_Asiatic_Society_Hong_Kong_Branch)*. Vol. 29 (1989). ISSN 1991-7295.

## External links

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

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