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Yan Tun Kong Study Hall at Hang Tau Tsuen, Ping Shan, Yuen Long

Yan Tun Kong Study Hall, alias “Yin Yik Tong”, is a three-hall building with two open courtyards in between. The exact year of its construction cannot be ascertained. According to the indigenous villagers, it was originally built by the descendants of the Tang clan of Ping Shan to commemorate their prominent fourteenth to sixteenth generation ancestors, namely Tang Wai-tak (alias Yan-shaw), Tang Ji-fong (alias Tun-fuk) and Tang Fung (alias Ming-kong). The engraved characters of “re-carved in the ninth year of Tongzhi reign” (i.e. 1870) on the wooden plaque hanging over the main hall suggest that the study hall underwent large-scale renovation in 1870.

The study hall was built to educate the clan youngsters so as to prepare them for the Imperial Civil Service Examinations. Since most instructors recruited came from Guangzhou, the side rooms in the study hall were provided as accommodation for them. With the abolition of the Imperial Civil Service Examination, the study hall was converted into a teaching venue for village children. Its function as a study hall gradually faded with the founding of Tat Tak School in Ping Shan in the 1930s.

Apart from teaching purposes, Yan Tun Kong Study Hall is also serving as an ancestral hall. Soul tablets commemorating ancestors of the Tang clan in Hang Tau Tsuen are worshipped at the main altar in the middle hall. Nowadays, the Tang descendants would still gather in the study hall to hold traditional clan festivals and activities, such as the ancestor worship of the Spring and Autumn Equinox, wedding and celebrations, etc.

Restoration works to Yan Tun Kong Study Hall will be carried out by the Antiquities and Monuments Office upon their declaration as historical building. After restoration, the building will be opened for public viewing.

Yan Tun Kong Study Hall

Address

Hang Tau Tsuen, Ping Shan, Yuen Long

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705 Tin Shui Wai Circular (Tin Shui Wai Station)
706 Tin Shui Wai Circular (Tin Shui Wai Station)
751 Yao Oi - Tin Yat (Tin Shui Wai Station)

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K65 Yuen Long East - Lau Fau Shan (via Ping Ha Road)

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33 Yuen Long (Tai Fung Street) - Ha Pak Nai (via Ping Ha Road)
34 Yuen Long (Tai Fung Street) - Lau Fau Shan (via Ping Ha Road)
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