Tan Chuk Hang

{{Short description|Village in Hong Kong}} thumb|Entrance gate of Tan Chuk Hang Lo Wai. {{infobox chinese |c=丹竹坑 |showflag=y |j=daan1 zuk1 haang1 |y=dāan jūk hāang}} thumb|Tan Chuk Hang Public School [[File:HK 北區 North District 粉嶺 Fanling 新屋仔村 San Uk Tsai January 2023 Px3 29 rive bridge yellow metal fence.jpg|thumb|Tan Shan River in Tan Chuk Hang Lo Wai.]] '''Tan Chuk Hang''' ({{zh|t=丹竹坑}}) is a village of Hong Kong, located in Fanling, North District. It comprises Tan Chuk Hang Lo Wai ({{zh|t=丹竹坑老圍|l=Tan Chuk Hang Old Village|labels=no}}) and Tan Chuk Hang San Wai ({{zh|t=丹竹坑新圍|l=Tan Chuk Hang New Village|labels=no}}) aka. Sheung Tan Chuk Hang ({{zh|t=上丹竹坑|l=Upper Tan Chuk Hang|labels=no}}).<ref name="Environmental Impact Assessment">Agreement No. CE 45/2008 (CE) Liantang / Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point and Associated Works -Environmental Impact Assessment Report. [http://www.epd.gov.hk/eia/register/report/eiareport/eia_1902010/EIA/HTML/Ch%2012%20CHIA/Appendix%2012.2f.pdf Appendix 12.2f]: Detailed Records of Identified Built Heritage Features within CHIA Study Area of the Lau Shui Heung Tunnel Section (South Tunnel).</ref>

==Administration== Tan Chuk Hang 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, it is part of the Queen's Hill constituency of the North District Council. It is currently represented by Law Ting-tak, who was elected in the 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=17 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.districtcouncils.gov.hk/north/english/members/info/dc_member_list_detail.php?member_id=2819|title=North District Council - North DC Members|work=District Council|access-date=17 October 2021}}</ref>

==History== Tan Chuk Hang Lo Wai is a walled village that appeared in the 1688 edition of the ''Gazetteer of Xin'an County''. It was therefore probably established before 1688.<ref name="Environmental Impact Assessment"/>

Tan Chuk Hang is part of the Four Yeuk ({{zh|t=四約|l=Four Villages Alliance|labels=no}}), which comprises Loi Tung, Lung Yeuk Tau, Lin Ma Hang and Tan Chuk Hang. The centre of the Alliance is the Hung Shing Temple at Hung Leng.<ref>Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. [https://www.aab.gov.hk/historicbuilding/en/1044_Appraisal_En.pdf Hung Shing Temple, Hung Leng Tsuen] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424124514/https://www.aab.gov.hk/historicbuilding/en/1044_Appraisal_En.pdf |date=2021-04-24 }}</ref>

At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Sheung Tan Chuk Hang was 102. The number of males was 43.<ref>{{Cite journal| last = Hase| first = Patrick |author-link=Patrick Hase| title = Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses| journal =Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch| volume = 36| page = 77| year = 1996| url = https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/ecc123316b3526a31a101b3c4cf08a12.pdf| issn = 1991-7295}}</ref>

==See also== * Walled villages of Hong Kong

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{commons category|Tan Chuk Hang}} * [https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/N/n-f-01.pdf Delineation of area of existing village Tan Chuk Hang (Fanling) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)] * Agreement No. CE 45/2008 (CE) Liantang / Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point and Associated Works -Environmental Impact Assessment Report. [http://www.epd.gov.hk/eia/register/report/eiareport/eia_1902010/EIA/HTML/Ch%2012%20CHIA/Appendix%2012.2f.pdf Appendix 12.2f]: Detailed Records of Identified Built Heritage Features within CHIA Study Area of the Lau Shui Heung Tunnel Section (South Tunnel). Includes pictures and a brief description of several historic houses of Tan Chuk Hang Lo Wai.

Category:Walled villages of Hong Kong Category:Fanling Category:Villages in North District, Hong Kong