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Yuen Long District
Yuen Long District (formerly Un Long) is one of the districts of Hong Kong. Located in the northwest of the New Territories, it had a population of 662,000 in 2021.
Yuen Long District contains the largest alluvial plain in Hong Kong, the Yuen Long-Kam Tin plain. With an area of 144 km2 (56 square miles), the district covers many traditional villages including Ping Shan Heung, Ha Tsuen Heung, Kam Tin Heung, Fung Kat Heung, Pat Heung, San Tin Heung and Shap Pat Heung, as well as Yuen Long Town and Tin Shui Wai.
Two new towns have been developed within this district. Yuen Long New Town was developed from the traditional market town of Yuen Long Town from the late 1970s. Tin Shui Wai New Town has developed since the early 1990s and is built on land reclaimed from former fish ponds once common in the district.
According to archaeological findings, there were inhabitants settled in the district around 3,500 years ago. The ruling clan of the Tang Clan (Chinese: 鄧氏家族) lived there in Kam Tin. Like Tai Po, Yuen Long used to be a traditional market town.
In 1898 the area of the modern day Yuen Long District was leased to the colonial British Hong Kong government by the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory. A 6 day-war broke out between the British army and the militia from Tang and other villages. The iron doors of the walled villages of Tang were looted and brought to the UK as spoils of war. They were returned to Tang later, but according to urban legend, the doors were mixed up and were not returned to the rightful villages, possibly explaining the two sides of the door of Kat Hing Wai being different in design.
After the war, the colonial government took a different approach to administer the New Territories, establishing the district office. Yuen Long was under the District Office North headquartered in Tai Po. A permanent branch office was later set up in Yuen Long.
The history of the modern-day Yuen Long administrative district (despite a few government departments not mapping their service area according to the boundary of the District) can be traced back to Yuen Long District Office (previously known as Chinese: 元朗理民府 now known as Chinese: 元朗民政事務處 of Home Affairs Department; English name unchanged) of the "New Territories Administration" department of the British colonial government. Reforms in 1980s led to all of Hong Kong, including the New Territories, being divided into Districts, each with a District Council with elected councillors. The last election of the Yuen Long District Council was held in 2023.
The Tin Hau Festival (天后誕巡遊) is on the 23rd of the third month of the lunar calendar. It celebrates the birth of a local deity, Tin Hau. During the day, residents from various walled villages set off at Fung Cheung Road, go via Kau Yuk Road and the Yuen Long Stadium, and end at Tai Shu Ha Tin Hau Temple, which has a 300-year history.
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Yuen Long District
Yuen Long District (formerly Un Long) is one of the districts of Hong Kong. Located in the northwest of the New Territories, it had a population of 662,000 in 2021.
Yuen Long District contains the largest alluvial plain in Hong Kong, the Yuen Long-Kam Tin plain. With an area of 144 km2 (56 square miles), the district covers many traditional villages including Ping Shan Heung, Ha Tsuen Heung, Kam Tin Heung, Fung Kat Heung, Pat Heung, San Tin Heung and Shap Pat Heung, as well as Yuen Long Town and Tin Shui Wai.
Two new towns have been developed within this district. Yuen Long New Town was developed from the traditional market town of Yuen Long Town from the late 1970s. Tin Shui Wai New Town has developed since the early 1990s and is built on land reclaimed from former fish ponds once common in the district.
According to archaeological findings, there were inhabitants settled in the district around 3,500 years ago. The ruling clan of the Tang Clan (Chinese: 鄧氏家族) lived there in Kam Tin. Like Tai Po, Yuen Long used to be a traditional market town.
In 1898 the area of the modern day Yuen Long District was leased to the colonial British Hong Kong government by the Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory. A 6 day-war broke out between the British army and the militia from Tang and other villages. The iron doors of the walled villages of Tang were looted and brought to the UK as spoils of war. They were returned to Tang later, but according to urban legend, the doors were mixed up and were not returned to the rightful villages, possibly explaining the two sides of the door of Kat Hing Wai being different in design.
After the war, the colonial government took a different approach to administer the New Territories, establishing the district office. Yuen Long was under the District Office North headquartered in Tai Po. A permanent branch office was later set up in Yuen Long.
The history of the modern-day Yuen Long administrative district (despite a few government departments not mapping their service area according to the boundary of the District) can be traced back to Yuen Long District Office (previously known as Chinese: 元朗理民府 now known as Chinese: 元朗民政事務處 of Home Affairs Department; English name unchanged) of the "New Territories Administration" department of the British colonial government. Reforms in 1980s led to all of Hong Kong, including the New Territories, being divided into Districts, each with a District Council with elected councillors. The last election of the Yuen Long District Council was held in 2023.
The Tin Hau Festival (天后誕巡遊) is on the 23rd of the third month of the lunar calendar. It celebrates the birth of a local deity, Tin Hau. During the day, residents from various walled villages set off at Fung Cheung Road, go via Kau Yuk Road and the Yuen Long Stadium, and end at Tai Shu Ha Tin Hau Temple, which has a 300-year history.