# Wo Hop Shek > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Wo_Hop_Shek > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Wo_Hop_Shek.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wo_Hop_Shek > Source revision: 1355865820 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Area of Fanling, Hong Kong Wo Hop Shek Chinese 和合石 Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Héhéshí Hakka Romanization Fo2 hap6 sak6 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Wòh hahp sehk Jyutping Wo4 hap6 sek6 IPA [wɔ˩.hɐp̚˨.sɛk̚˨] Avon Park, a private housing estate in Wo Hop Shek **Wo Hop Shek** ([Chinese](/source/Traditional_Chinese_characters): 和合石) is an area in the south of [Fanling](/source/Fanling), Hong Kong. It consists of villages and recently developed housing estates. The area is famous for its large public cemetery, [Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery](/source/Wo_Hop_Shek_Public_Cemetery), on the nearby hillside. Every year, during the [Ching Ming Festival](/source/Ching_Ming_Festival) and [Chung Yeung Festival](/source/Chung_Yeung_Festival), many people come to visit their ancestors. ## Railway Preceding station KCR Following station Terminus Wo Hop Shek Branch (1950-1983) Fanling Terminus In 1950–1951, a [Wo Hop Shek Branch](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wo_Hop_Shek_Branch&action=edit&redlink=1) [[zh](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%92%8C%E5%90%88%E7%9F%B3%E6%94%AF%E7%B7%9A)] (in fact only a long siding) of [Kowloon–Canton Railway](/source/Kowloon%E2%80%93Canton_Railway) was built to transport bodies of [civilians](/source/Civilian) killed in [World War II](/source/World_War_II), and later to cater the visitor in [Ching Ming Festival](/source/Ching_Ming_Festival) and [Chung Yeung Festival](/source/Chung_Yeung_Festival). The whole [single track](/source/Single_track_(rail)) branch was built upon an [embankment](/source/Embankment_(transportation)). It branched off south of [Fanling station](/source/Fanling_station), at the start of the curve. The station at Wo Hop Shek was the most modern of all stations in Hong Kong at the time it was built, and instead of being a brick built structure as other stations were, it was of cement and steel. Special vehicles were built to carry the bodies. The branch was abandoned after the railway was electrified in 1983. No traces can be found now of the line, but the site of the station survives as a roundabout. The start of the branch is now marked by a red gate visible on the Fanling side of the [Jockey Club Road bridge](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jockey_Club_Road_bridge&action=edit&redlink=1), which used to be a level crossing. ## Gallant Garden In 1996, [Gallant Garden](/source/Gallant_Garden) (or *Ho Yuen*, in Cantonese), in [Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery](/source/Wo_Hop_Shek_Public_Cemetery), was established for the [civil servants](/source/Civil_servant) who die of injuries during their duty. In 2000, permanent earth burial was extended to both civil servants and non-civil servants who died of exceptional bravery on duty. There is also a big Buddhist-Taoist monastery built near the cemetery. There are many shops in the villages which makes stone graves. ## Housing estates They are mostly [public housing estates](/source/Public_housing_in_Hong_Kong) built after 1983, as reflected on the fact that part of the original [trackbed](/source/Trackbed) of the railway branch is occupied by two of the estates. - [Avon Park](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Avon_Park,_Hong_Kong&action=edit&redlink=1) - [Cheong Shing Court](/source/Cheong_Shing_Court) - [Dawning Views](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dawning_Views&action=edit&redlink=1) - [King Shing Court](/source/King_Shing_Court) - [Wah Ming Estate](/source/Wah_Ming_Estate) - [Wah Sum Estate](/source/Wah_Sum_Estate) - [Yan Shing Court](/source/Yan_Shing_Court) - [Yung Shing Court](/source/Yung_Shing_Court) ## Villages - Ho Ka Yuen - Wo Hing Tsuen - Wo Hop Shek New Village (和合石新村) - Wo Hop Shek Village (和合石村) ### Wo Hop Shek Village Wo Hop Shek is a recognized village under the [New Territories](/source/New_Territories) [Small House Policy](/source/Small_House_Policy).[1] At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Wo Hop Shek Village was 48. The number of males was 21.[2] ## 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)** [Hase, Patrick](/source/Patrick_Hase) (1996). ["Traditional Life in the New Territories: The Evidence of the 1911 and 1921 Censuses"](https://hkjo.lib.hku.hk/archive/files/ecc123316b3526a31a101b3c4cf08a12.pdf) (PDF). *Journal of the [Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch](/source/Royal_Asiatic_Society_Hong_Kong_Branch)*. **36**: 77. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [1991-7295](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/1991-7295). ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Wo Hop Shek](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Wo_Hop_Shek). - [Orthophoto of Wo Hop Shek in Google Map](https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=22.479315,114.140868&spn=0.020629,0.029762&t=k&hl=en) - [Delineation of area of existing village Wo Hop Shek (Fanling) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022)](https://www.had.gov.hk/rre/images/village_map1922/N/n-f-03.pdf) v t e North District, Hong Kong History Death of Luo Changqing Areas Fanling-Sheung Shui New Town Fanling Sheung Shui Public housing estates in Fanling Public housing estates in Sheung Shui Wo Hop Shek Kam Tsin Lo Wu Man Kam To Sha Tau Kok Ta Kwu Ling Ping Che Landmarks Fanling Wai Fung Ying Seen Koon Hong Kong Golf Club Fanling Lodge Lo Wu Bridge Lo Wu Correctional Institution Sandy Ridge Cemetery Tang Chung Ling Ancestral Hall Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery Gallant Garden Border crossings Lo Wu Man Kam To Sha Tau Kok MTR stations Fanling Sheung Shui Lo Wu Islands A Chau Ap Chau Mei Pak Tun Pai Ap Chau Pak Tun Pai Ap Chau (Robinson Island) Ap Lo Chun Ap Tan Pai Ap Tau Pai Chap Mo Chau Cheung Shek Tsui Fu Wong Chau Fun Chau Hung Pai Kat O Chau (Crooked Island) Ko Pai Kok Tai Pai Lan Shuen Pei Lo Chi Pai Ngo Mei Chau (Crescent Island) Pak Ka Chau Pak Sha Chau (Round Island) Pat Ka Chau Sai Ap Chau Sha Pai Shau Kei Pai Sheung Pai Shui Cham Tsui Pai Siu Nim Chau Ta Ho Pai Tai Nim Chau Tsing Chau Wong Nai Chau Wong Nai Chau Wong Wan Chau (Double Island) Wu Chau Wu Pai Wu Yeung Chau Pai Yan Chau Yeung Chau Education Fanling Public School Sheung Shui Government Secondary School Tin Ka Ping Secondary School TWGH Kap Yan Directors' College TWGH Li Ka Shing College This list is incomplete. 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