Tung Kok Wai

{{Short description|Walled village in Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling, Hong Kong}} thumb|Entrance gate of Tung Kok Wai. {{infobox chinese |t=東閣圍 |showflag=y |j=dung1 gok3 wai4 |y=dūng gok wàih}} thumb|Wall and entrance gate of Tung Kok Wai. thumb|Inside Tung Kok Wai.

'''Tung Kok Wai''' ({{zh|t=東閣圍}}), also known as '''Ling Kok Wai''' ({{zh|t=嶺角圍|labels=no}}), is a walled village in Lung Yeuk Tau, Fanling, Hong Kong. It is one of the Five Wai (walled villages) and Six Tsuen (villages) in Lung Yeuk Tau.<ref name="AMO LYTHT">Antiquities and Monuments Office. [https://www.amo.gov.hk/en/heritage-trails/lung-yeuk-tau-heritage-trail/ Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail]</ref>

==Administration== Tung Kok Wai is one of the villages represented within the Fanling District Rural Committee. For electoral purposes, Tung Kok Wai is part of the Queen's Hill constituency, which is currently represented by Law Ting-tak.<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>

Tung Kok Wai, as part of Lung Yeuk Tau, 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>

==Conservation== Tung Kok Wai is located along the Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail.<ref name="HeritageTrail">Antiquities and Monuments Office. Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail: [https://www.amo.gov.hk/en/trails_lung1.php?tid=5 Tung Kok Wai]</ref> The walled village is listed as a Grade I historic building of Hong Kong.<ref>Antiquities Advisory Board. [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/en/content_29/AAB-SM-chi.pdf List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results]</ref>

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

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|Tung Kok Wai}} * [https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/N/n-f-17.pdf Delineation of area of existing village Lung Yeuk Tau (Fanling) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)] (includes Tung Kok Wai) * Antiquities and Monuments Office. Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Architectural Information System. [https://hktais.amo.gov.hk/hktais/PblVilSearchAction.do?vilName=LUN6 Tung Kok Wai] * Antiquities and Monuments Office. Historic Building Appraisal. [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/en/191_Appraisal_En.pdf Tung Kok Wai]. [https://www.aab.gov.hk/filemanager/aab/common/historicbuilding/photo/191_Photo.pdf Pictures]

Category:Walled villages of Hong Kong Category:Grade I historic buildings in Hong Kong Category:Lung Yeuk Tau Category:Villages in North District, Hong Kong