Ping Shan Heritage Trail

Ping Shan Heritage Trail (Chinese: 屏山文物徑) is a heritage trail located in the Ping Shan area of Yuen Long District, in Hong Kong. The trail was inaugurated on 12 December 1993 and was the first of its kind in Hong Kong. It passes through the villages of Hang Tau Tsuen, Hang Mei Tsuen and Sheung Cheung Wai and it includes several declared monuments and graded buildings.

The Ping Shan Tang Clan Gallery and Heritage Trail Visitors Centre was opened in 2007. It is housed in the Old Ping Shan Police Station.

The trail includes the following 12 historic buildings:

Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda (聚星樓) is Hong Kong's only ancient pagoda. The name in Chinese means "Pagoda of Gathering Stars". It became a declared monument on December 2001.

The Pagoda was built by Tang Yin-tung, the seventh generation ancestor, more than 600 years ago according to the genealogy of the Tang clan of Ping Shan. Oral history indicates the pagoda was originally a seven-storey hexagonal-shaped green-brick structure, but was damaged due to strong weather. At present it is a three-storey structure and it is about thirteen metres high. On the top floor, a statue of Fui Shing (Champion Star) is worshipped.

The pagoda was built to improve the feng shui of the locality so that flooding disasters were prevented to the village. It was also believed that its auspicious location, which is in alignment with Castle Peak, would ensure success for clan members in the Imperial Civil Service Examination. In fact, the Tang clan of Ping Shan has produced numerous scholars and officials.

Sheung Cheung Wai (上璋圍) is a walled village.

It is one of the six temples in Yuen Long dedicated to Hau Wong. It is a Grade III historic building.

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