page_title: Ham Tin
section_title: Tai Long Village
hierarchical_section_title: Ham Tin / Ham Tin (鹹田) / Villages / Tai Long Village
caption_attribution_description: English: The collapsed old village houses in Tai Long Village
context_page_description: Ham Tin is the name of several places in Hong Kong
context_section_description: Tai Long Village is the oldest village in the area of Tai Long in Sai Kung East, facing Tai Long Wan. In the past, the people in Tai Long mainly relied on fishing and farming (e.g. rice and sugarcane) to earn a living. Lives were simple and tough; many of them walked 4 or 5 hours to Ngai Chi Wan in order to sell their crops and fish. Some of them transported timber to Shau Kei Wan and Aberdeen by boat and sold them in exchange for daily necessities. Today, Tai Long still has not had a ferry pier. Tai Long Tsuen has a history of over 250 years. The villagers are of several surnames, namely, Chan, Cheung, Cham, Tai, Lai and Ngai. The ancestor of the Cham clan, Cham Kai-ming, came from Xintang in Guangdong province and settled in Tai Long Tsuen during the Qing Dynasty. Xin’an County Gazetter records that Tai Long Village came under the management of Guanfu magistrate. Nowadays, many villagers in Tai Long Tsuen have emigrated to Britain and there are only less than 10 villagers in total.
caption: The collapsed old village house in Tai Long Village
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