Ho Chung () is a village on the Sai Kung Peninsula in Hong Kong. The Ho Chung River () runs through the village.
Administration Ho Chung is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy.
History A Neolithic stone-working site was discovered at Ho Chung in 1999.Hong Kong 2006 Yearbook: Archaeological Background
The village was likely founded in the mid-16th century.
Ho Chung was the centre of an inter-village grouping, the Ho Chung Tung () or Ho Chung Seven Villages (). This grouping owned the Che Kung Temple at Ho Chung. It comprised the Punti villages of Ho Chung, Nam Pin Wai, Mok Tse Che, Tai Lam Wu (including its off-shoot Ngau Liu), Man Wo (including its off-shoot Chuk Yuen), Tai Po Tsai (on Clear Water Bay Peninsula), and Sheung Sze Wan (on Clearwater Bay Peninsula). Shek Pok Wai (), considered as an off-shoot of Ho Chung, is also included.
At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Ho Chung was 418; the number of males was 159. The population of Shek Pok Wai was 13; the number of males was 4.
Austin Coates reported in 1955 that Nam Pin Wai was a "Cantonese hamlet, subsidiary of Ho Chung".
Sights The Che Kung Temple in Ho Chung, one of the two temples in Hong Kong dedicated to Che Kung,Antiquities and Monuments Offices - Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings, p.34 is a Grade I Historic Building.List of the 1,444 Historic Buildings with Assessment Results
The Chan Ancestral Hall, at No. 25 Ho Chung First Lane was built around the 1850s.Antiquities and Monuments Offices - Introduction to 1444 Historic Buildings, p.588 It is a Grade III Historic Building.
Industrial buildings
Lee Kum Kee formerly had an oyster sauce and soy sauce factory in Ho Chung, adjacent to a Lee Seng Heng fish sauce factory. The Lee Kum Kee factory closed between 1996 and 1999, and by 2013 both sauce factories were noted to have been shuttered for years. There is also a former multistory dye works, that was once used as an Asia Television studio.
See also Wo Mei, an adjacent village located south of Ho Chung.
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Further reading
External links
Delineation of area of existing village Ho Chung (Sai Kung) for election of resident representative (2019 to 2022) (includes Ho Chung Village, Ho Chung New Village and Nam Pin Wai) Press release "Significant archaeological discoveries from Ho Chung, Sai Kung", July 6, 1999 Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Che Kung Temple, Ho Chung Road Pictures Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Chan Ancestral Hall, No. 25 Ho Chung First Lane Pictures Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 Nam Pin Wai Tsuen Pictures Antiquities Advisory Board. Historic Building Appraisal. Nos. 3, 4 & 5 Nam Pin Wai Tsuen Pictures