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- Family Stories
- Ng Chi Wing - A large polygamous family
- Ng Fat Chuen - I lost my home and my family under Japanese Occupation
- Ng Pok Kong - My grandpa lived outside the wall but remained influential inside
- Ng Pok Kong - The family of Ng Pok Kong
- Ng Siu Hung - Footholds in the walled village for 3 generations
- Ng Siu Hung - We cramped in the small ancestral house but we were happy
- Ng Siu Hung - My uncles had much influence in my choice of occupation
- Ng Sui Mo - Life in Shek Kwu Lung Village with houses and farmland
- Guo Qiang Brothers - Wu Guo Qiang’s father returned to China in the early years to join the revolution
- Guo Qiang Brothers - Wu Guo Qiang’s father organised self-defense squad in Nga Tsin Wai to fight against the Japanese occupiers
- Guo Qiang Brothers - The Wu family eventually emigrated and settled in Guangzhou after the war ended
- Guo Qiang Brothers - Wu Brothers felt proud that Nga Tsin Wai could claim courageous revolutionaries such as his father
- Grandma Leung - A Nga Tsin Wai villager who spent much of her life working in weaving mills
- Ng Hung On - The big house in Mau Chin where descendants of Ng Kwong Yip Tso used to live
- Ng Hung On - Ng Hung On has fond memories of living with his great-grandparents during his childhood
- Ng Hung On - After their ancestral home was demolished, the family was forced to wander the streets
- Ng Hung On - Ng Hung On was sold to Sai Kung’s village as child labour during the Japanese occupation
- Ng Hung On - After peace was declared, Ng Hung On was redeemed from Sai Kung to live in his uncle’s home on Ta Kwu Ling Road
- Ng Hung On - Ng Hung On was familiar with clansmen from both the eldest and fourth branches
- Lee Foo - Lee Foo's family members were lost and died during the Japanese occupation of 1941 to 1945
- Leung Shek Lun - Godfather Ng Wai Chi was renowned for his kindness as a parent
- Kong Chi Yin - Kong Chi Yin moved to Nga Tsin Wai striving to create a shelter for his family
- Kwong Kwok Hung - Mother bought a village house with trust from villagers
- Kwong Kwok Hung - In a child's eyes the village was spacious and full of fun
- Kwong Kwok Hung - Family built their own house with their skillful hands
- Ng Chuen Kung - Ng Chuen Kung’s family moved out of Nga Tsin Wai to a big house in Tung Tau Village in the early years
- Ma Sui Wai - A Haifeng immigrants, Ma Sui Wai's family built a house on the village outskirts with the Village Headman’s approval
- Ng Chiu Pang - His father moved away from the ancestral home in the village to improve his family’s quality of life
- Ng Chiu Pang - Despite receiving an offer from Cheung Kong, his father was unwilling to sell ancestral home
- Ng Chiu Pang - Cheung Kong was just another property developer which put its profits above all other interests
- Ng Chiu Pang - Ng Chiu Pang’s relatives wished to be allocated public housing or compensated for the selling of their homes
- Ng Chin Hung - Ng Chin Hung’s family was once one of Kowloon’s illustrious landowners
- Ng Chin Hung - The ancestral house in 2nd Lane of Nga Tsin Wai where four generations of Ng Chin Hung’s family lived together
- Ng Chin Hung - Ng Chin Hung’s grandmother’s childhood home in Siu Lek Yuen, Shatin
- Ng Chin Hung - Well-known and respected, Ng Chin Hung’s father served in the police for many years
- Ng Chiu Ying - While his grandparents were walled villagers, many of their descendants emigrated overseas
- Ng Sai Ming - Ng Sai Ming was part of a large rural polygamous family
- Ng Siu Kei - Three generations of Ng Siu Kei’s family occupied three houses in the village
- Ng Siu Kei - The three-storey brick house at No. 3 in 5th Lane was the home where Ng Siu Kei grew up
- Ng Siu Kei - The family’s houses were sold to Cheung Kong Holdings in the 1980s
- Ng Siu Kei - The three generations of grandfather, father and son all lived under one roof
- Ng Siu Kei - Ng Siu Kei’s grandparents
- Ng Siu Kei - Ng Siu Kei’s mother
- Ng Siu Kei - Ng Siu Kei’s father Ng Kam Ling was the Village Headman
- Wan Cheung - Moving into Nga Tsin Wai from Po Toi Island as a result of intermarriage amongst older generations of his family
- Ng Yiu Fai - This is Ng Yiu Fai’s family
- Ng Yiu Fai - Of the three ancestral dwellings owned by Ng Yiu Fai’s family, one was a complete house while the other two were half units
- Ng Yiu Fai - Three generations of Ng Yiu Fai’s family lived in a poke mud house
- Ng Yiu Fai - Ng Yiu Fai moved out of the ancestral house, leasing it to other non-indigenous villagers
- Ng Sui Kuen - His whole family lived in an ancestral house in Nga Tsin Wai during his childhood
- Ng Sui Kuen - In all, some three generations of the family lived under one roof in Nga Tsin Wai
- Landscape Changes
- Hung Gu - Inheriting legends through elders' word of mouth
- Hung Gu - The now disappeared moat at Nga Tsin Wai
- Hung Gu - Nga Tsin Wai’s blockhouses and great wall
- Hung Gu - Nga Tsin Wai’s pyramids and cannons
- Hung Gu - Sha Po Village’s four-hall houses of bamboo barrel-style
- Ng Chi Wing - Lush green countryside and farmland
- Ng Chi Wing - Village children fooling around on Lion Rock
- Ng Chi Wing - No distinctions and no boundaries between villages
- Ng Chi Wing - Building the resettlement estates destroyed village way of life
- Ng Fat Chuen - Parents run bean sprout factory on ancestral farmland
- Ng Fat Chuen - Farmers' knowledge of seasonal changes and fighting pests
- Ng Sui Mo - Simple village life - work at sunrise and rest at sunset
- Ng Sui Mo - Helped mother in farming during spare time
- Ng Sui Mo - Fishing in Kai Tak Nullah
- Ng Sui Mo - Village children fooling around for food
- Ng Sui Mo - Men villagers sang songs to women across the Kai Tak Nullah
- Ng Sui Mo - The stone rice grinder recalls memories of rural life
- Lee Foo - Younger villagers used to run around, stealing things and building fires to cook food
- Lee Foo - Rural life involved complete darkness at night and going to bed and rising early
- Ng Chuen Kung - In Tung Tau Village of the pre-war era, houses were dispersed and residents had both indigenous and non-indigenous surnames
- Ma Sui Wai - Pei Pin Street’s squatters often suffered in the wind and rain
- Ma Sui Wai - When Pei Pin Street’s squatter houses were demolished, Ma Sui Wai was relocated to a seven-storey building
- Ng Chiu Ying - Kowloon’s walled village was simply not comparable to their rural counterparts in Shatin
- Ng Chiu Ying - His family owned four ancestral houses but the living conditions there were overcrowded and poor
- Ng Sai Ming - Kowloon City’s rural villagers were facing many big changes at around this time
- Wan Cheung - Happy childhood memories of Nga Tsin Wai Village
- Ng Yiu Fai - Ng Yiu Fai’s ancestral home is to be restored and converted into a museum
- Ng Sui Kuen - Urban development means Ng Sui Kuen’s home village is now a very strange and alienating place
- Festivals and Rituals
- Ng Fat Chuen - The couple met at market and married through matchmaker
- Ng Fat Chuen - Joint celebration of god's birthday
- Grandma Leung - Nga Tsin Wai women often formed clubs for worship
- Lee Foo - Village elder Uncle Chan Shui Chuen sitting in front of the gatehouse and telling stories about the past
- Lee Foo - Pre-war rural traditions included customs such as Pok Sin and the burning of paper mache clothes
- Lee Foo - High spirits during a pre-war Jiao Festival parade
- Lee Foo - Pre-war rural Lunar New Year in Kowloon City
- Leung Shek Lun - Leung Shek Lun was a devout believer in Tin Hau and resorted to divinations for every matter following a childhood spiritual experience
- Ng Chuen Kung - Ng Chuen Kung’s family’s ancestral house had a tai tei tong where festivals could be held
- Ng Chuen Kung - The spirit possession act of Pok Sheng Ngau Chai in Sha Po’s tai tei tong before the Japanese invasion in 1941
- Ng Chuen Kung - The childhood Joy of receiving a portion of money during grave sweeping
- Ng Chiu Ying - Many youngsters returned to the village to get red packets and burn firecrackers during Lunar New Year
- Ng Sai Ming - Stories about Nga Tsin Wai and Kowloon City had been passed down for four generations
- Ng Sai Ming - Typical rural marriage customs in Kowloon City back then
- Ng Sai Ming - Although he and his wife fell in love at first sight, they still needed a matchmaker to arrange their marriage
- Ng Sai Ming - The spectacular sight of a Jiao ritual parade before the second world war
- Ng Sai Ming - Before 1941, the spirit possession performance took place on every 15th day of the 8th lunar month
- Ng Siu Kei - The funeral of Ng Siu Kei’s grandfather, Red Hair Uncle
- Ng Siu Kei - Typical villagers’ weddings and funerals
- Ng Siu Kei - Funeral rites
- Ng Siu Kei - A villager’s wedding
- Wan Cheung - The elder brother of Ng Shui Chuen, had performed the spirit possession act of Pok Sheng Ngau Chai
- Wan Cheung - Twists and turns in Wan Cheung’s mother’s funeral during the Jiao ritual period
- Wan Cheung - Stories of Nga Tsin Wai and Hau Wong Temple
- Daily Lives
- Ng Chi Wing - Close friends growing up together
- Ng Fat Chuen - Maintaining connection with clansmen in Lamma Island
- Ng Fat Chuen - Ties and affection among Wong Tai Sin neighbours
- Ng Fat Chuen - Socializing with Kwun Yam Shan villagers when cutting grasses
- Ng Pok Kong - I had stayed for a few days in Nga Tsin Wai
- Ng Siu Hung - Yearned for the carefree rural lifestyle in the past
- Guo Qiang Brothers - Activities and contacts among Nga Tsin Wai villagers in Guangzhou
- Grandma Leung - Grandma Leung married a Nga Tsin Wai villager following a friend’s introduction
- Grandma Leung - A busy woman who both worked and looked after the family
- Grandma Leung - Back in the old days there was an open-air bazaar in front of Nga Tsin Wai's ancestral hall
- Grandma Leung - Grandma Leung and her husband ran a grocery store out of their home that became a very popular neighbourhood hangout
- Grandma Leung - When the grocery store closed down, the neighbours missed it greatly
- Ng Hung On - Life in Mau Chin before the war was very relaxed and worry-free
- Lee Foo - Lee Foo used to sit on his father’s shoulders when they went for tea in Kowloon City
- Lee Foo - An influx of new immigrants added vibrancy to the formerly quiet village
- Lee Foo - Feeling chronically ill because of serious food shortages during the Japanese occupation
- Leung Shek Lun - Ng Wai Chi reformed the ancestral trust system so as to prevent clansmen from using public services for personal gain
- Leung Shek Lun - Leung Shek Lun had helped out in the village as a volunteer since childhood, often washing dishes for neighbours
- Leung Shek Lun - Leung Shek Lun wholeheartedly handled his godfather Ng Wai Chi’s funeral
- Kong Chi Yin - Kong Chi Yin was admitted to the primary school from which he eventually graduated following the introduction of a fellow buddy villager
- Kong Chi Yin - Village youths were very fond of the hawker called Dried Seed Uncle
- Kong Chi Yin - Kong Chi Yin felt sad that his mother had been evicted from her old home after she had lived there for decades
- Kwong Kwok Hung - Joyful times of running around the hills with childhood friends
- Kwong Kwok Hung - Villagers helped each other to find jobs
- Kwong Kwok Hung - Built a home workshop and started up career in the village
- Ng Chuen Kung - Childhood life back then was very carefree
- Ma Sui Wai - Life was hard for Ma Sui Wai during his Pei Pin Street childhood
- Ma Sui Wai - Ma Sui Wai made firm friends among his fellow village youngsters early on in life
- Ma Sui Wai - Ma Sui Wai found a childhood sweetheart who was the daughter of a Village Representative
- Ng Chin Hung - Ng Chin Hung spent his happy childhood days in Nga Tsin Wai
- Ng Chin Hung - A mansion frequented by villagers in sharing food
- Ng Chiu Ying - Ng Chiu Ying’s mother chatted with other village women every time she returned to Nga Tsin Wai to collect rent
- Ng Sai Ming - Whenever they encountered Kowloon Tong’s westerner boys, the village kids fought them
- Ng Sai Ming - How Ng Sai Ming missed the rural life of going to bed and getting up early
- Wan Cheung - The eventual moving in of immigrants did not really affect law and order in Nga Tsin Wai
- Ng Sui Kuen - Ng Sui Kuen’s friends made for a contented life during his childhood in Nga Tsin Wai
- Ng Sui Kuen - The British Royal Air Force airfield offered residents the chance to earn a living abroad
- Ng Sui Kuen - Bidding farewell to his home and old friends, Ng Sui Kuen moved to the UK while still very young
- Identity
- Hung Gu - Passion for the "real" history of Nga Tsin Wai
- Ng Chi Wing - Village houses became properties; ancestral homes were forgotten
- Ng Chi Wing - Division of indigenous / non-indigenous is senseless
- Ng Chi Wing - Why did I agree to be the Village Head?
- Ng Fat Chuen - An involuntary change of lifestyle under urbanization
- Ng Pok Kong - Women prepared offerings while men officiated the worship
- Ng Pok Kong - I am proud of being an urban walled villager!
- Ng Pok Kong - My memories of Nga Tsin Wai
- Ng Siu Hung - Upset by the clash between modern laws and father's generosity
- Ng Siu Hung - Involuntarily moved out after resistance failed
- Guo Qiang Brothers - The brothers became very emotional when they first set foot in their ancestral home
- Guo Qiang Brothers - Wu Brothers had deep feelings about his homeland because it was a revolutionary village
- Ng Hung On - While he may have left his ancestral home, Ng Hung On’s sense of belonging to Nga Tsin Wai never wavered
- Lee Foo - While moving out of the village was rarely painful, leaving home almost always was
- Kong Chi Yin - After he moved away, Kong Chi Yin returned to Nga Tsin Wai to reminisce about his life in the past
- Kong Chi Yin - Kong Chi Yin regarded Nga Tsin Wai as his home as a result of his long years’ living experiences
- Kwong Kwok Hung - No hard feeling when moved away from Nga Tsin Wai
- Kwong Kwok Hung - Family house was demolished once bought up by developer
- Ng Chiu Pang - People tended to appreciate the value of memories more as they aged
- Ng Chin Hung - Ng Chin Hung grew up listening to the village elders telling stories of land resumption
- Ng Chin Hung - Unique native place and dialect of Nga Tsin Wai’s villagers
- Ng Chiu Ying - An immigrant in search of his ancestral roots
- Wan Cheung - Reluctant to leave Nga Tsin Wai
- Wan Cheung - His lifelong emotional ties to Nga Tsin Wai resulted in his eagerness to help run village affairs
- Ng Yiu Fai - After he moved away, Ng Yiu Fai missed the village’s warm neighbourhood relationship
- Ng Yiu Fai - Living alone in Hong Kong gave Ng Yiu Fai the idea of following in his ancestors’ footsteps
- Ng Sui Kuen - Returning to Nga Tsin Wai when he was middle-aged, he began to recollect his memories of village brotherhood
- Village Affairs
- Ng Siu Hung - My uncles were in charge of the village and the clan
- Ng Siu Hung - I succeeded my uncle' role to take care of ancestral properties
- Ng Siu Hung - Serving at Tin Hau Temple to continue family’s tradition
- Guo Qiang Brothers - Father used diplomatic means to fight for compensation when ancestral properties were demolished
- Lee Foo - Elders and martial arts masters used to mediate in village disputes
- Leung Shek Lun - Urged on by his godfather, Leung Shek Lun helped out in Ng Clan’s functions despite having another family name
- Leung Shek Lun - Due to his fond feelings for the village, Leung Shek Lun was happy to help prepare for events like the Jiao Festival
- Leung Shek Lun - As Leung Shek Lun was familiar with the communities, preparation for the Jiao Festival ran very smoothly
- Kong Chi Yin - Kong Chi Yin has recently accepted the invitation of his childhood friends and made a comeback to help organise village affairs
- Kong Chi Yin - The reasons for helping out village affairs with childhood friends were apparent without saying
- Ma Sui Wai - Ma Sui Wai endeavoured to participate in village affairs when asked by childhood friends
- Ma Sui Wai - The mindset of non-indigenous villagers about participating in preparations for Tin Hau Birthday’s celebration
- Ng Chin Hung - Ng Chin Hung actively pursued the redevelopment of Nga Tsin Wai
- Ng Chin Hung - Negotiated with the URA about conditions for his home village’s conservation
- Ng Chin Hung - Participating in village affairs after he inherited ownership of his family’s ancestral houses
- Wan Cheung - As Wan was enthusiastic about village affairs, it was said he was looked over by Tin Hau
- Wan Cheung - Helped in village affairs and preserved its autonomy
- Wan Cheung - Negotiated with the Land Development Corporation on behalf of the villagers when acquisition matters were involved
- Ancestral Houses
- Hung Gu - Sha Po Village’s four-hall houses of bamboo barrel-style
- Ng Chi Wing - Village houses became properties; ancestral homes were forgotten
- Ng Siu Hung - We cramped in the small ancestral house but we were happy
- Ng Siu Hung - Upset by the clash between modern laws and father's generosity
- Ng Siu Hung - I succeeded my uncle' role to take care of ancestral properties
- Ng Siu Hung - Involuntarily moved out after resistance failed
- Ng Hung On - The big house in Mau Chin where descendants of Ng Kwong Yip Tso used to live
- Kwong Kwok Hung - Family built their own house with their skillful hands
- Ng Chuen Kung - Ng Chuen Kung’s family moved out of Nga Tsin Wai to a big house in Tung Tau Village in the early years
- Ng Chuen Kung - In Tung Tau Village of the pre-war era, houses were dispersed and residents had both indigenous and non-indigenous surnames
- Ng Chuen Kung - Ng Chuen Kung’s family’s ancestral house had a tai tei tong where festivals could be held
- Ma Sui Wai - Pei Pin Street’s squatters often suffered in the wind and rain
- Ma Sui Wai - When Pei Pin Street’s squatter houses were demolished, Ma Sui Wai was relocated to a seven-storey building
- Ng Chiu Pang - Discussing conditions for conservation with the Urban Renewal Authority
- Ng Chiu Pang - Ng Chiu Pang believed that a conservation park would not really satisfy the interests of the villagers
- Ng Chiu Pang - Tenants had a choice of either receiving cash compensation or of being rehoused
- Ng Chin Hung - The ancestral house in 2nd Lane of Nga Tsin Wai where four generations of Ng Chin Hung’s family lived together
- Ng Chiu Ying - His family owned four ancestral houses but the living conditions there were overcrowded and poor
- Ng Siu Kei - Three generations of Ng Siu Kei’s family occupied three houses in the village
- Ng Siu Kei - The three-storey brick house at No. 3 in 5th Lane was the home where Ng Siu Kei grew up
- Ng Siu Kei - The family’s houses were sold to Cheung Kong Holdings in the 1980s
- Ng Yiu Fai - Of the three ancestral dwellings owned by Ng Yiu Fai’s family, one was a complete house while the other two were half units
- Ng Yiu Fai - Three generations of Ng Yiu Fai’s family lived in a poke mud house
- Ng Yiu Fai - Ng Yiu Fai moved out of the ancestral house, leasing it to other non-indigenous villagers
- Ng Sui Kuen - His whole family lived in an ancestral house in Nga Tsin Wai during his childhood
- Interviewees
- Hung Gu
- Hung Gu
- Inheriting legends through elders' word of mouth
- The now disappeared moat at Nga Tsin Wai
- Nga Tsin Wai’s blockhouses and great wall
- Nga Tsin Wai’s pyramids and cannons
- Sha Po Village’s four-hall houses of bamboo barrel-style
- Passion for the "real" history of Nga Tsin Wai
- A typical 13-hang village house
- Tile roof
- The entrance of Hung Gu’s home
- The suitcase in Hung Gu’s home
- Some of Hung Gu’s belongings from her home
- Ng Chi Wing
- Ng Chi Wing
- A large polygamous family
- Lush green countryside and farmland
- Village children fooling around on Lion Rock
- Close friends growing up together
- No distinctions and no boundaries between villages
- Building the resettlement estates destroyed village way of life
- Village houses became properties; ancestral homes were forgotten
- Division of indigenous / non-indigenous is senseless
- Why did I agree to be the Village Head?
- Tracing back the lost clansmen of same branch due to the issue of small house concessionary rights
- Scattered clansmen gathered to discuss the distribution of the compensation
- Balancing between returning to the clan and the benefits of small house concessionary rights
- The distinction between indigenous and non-indigenous residents is meaningless
- A Village Committee dinner
- Ng Chi Wing pictured with his younger brother
- Ng Chi Wing’s father
- Ng Fat Chuen
- Ng Fat Chuen
- Parents run bean sprout factory on ancestral farmland
- I lost my home and my family under Japanese Occupation
- The couple met at market and married through matchmaker
- Farmers' knowledge of seasonal changes and fighting pests
- Maintaining connection with clansmen in Lamma Island
- Ties and affection among Wong Tai Sin neighbours
- Socializing with Kwun Yam Shan villagers when cutting grasses
- Joint celebration of god's birthday
- An involuntary change of lifestyle under urbanization
- Ng Hon Ko Tso: a branch of Ng clan living outside Nga Tsin Wai
- Those Ng Hon Ko Tso clansmen who farmed and collected rent from ancestral farmland
- Offsprings of Yau Pang Tsai headed back to Nga Tsin Wai from Lamma Island in search of their ancestral root
- Because of traditional custom there was a female manager of Ng Hon Ko Tso
- From immovable to movable property: transformation of Ng Hon Ko Tso property
- Getting a share of money during ancestor worship is a way to strength unity among Ng Hon Ko Tso clansmen
- Grass-cutting Ng Fat Chuen
- A hand-written map showing old village paths in Kowloon
- Ng Fat Cheun the security guard
- Ng Pok Kong
- Ng Pok Kong
- My grandpa lived outside the wall but remained influential inside
- Women prepared offerings while men officiated the worship
- The family of Ng Pok Kong
- I am proud of being an urban walled villager!
- My memories of Nga Tsin Wai
- I had stayed for a few days in Nga Tsin Wai
- Only 2 families remained in the 3rd Branch of the Ng Clan
- Taking over the manager post of the 3rd Branch of the Ng Clan
- A picture of the Ng Pok Kong brothers
- Ng Pok Kong's young parents
- Growing up in a Catholic household
- Growing up in a Catholic household
- Wedding photo of Ng Pok Kong's parents
- Ng Pok Kong’s elderly parents
- Ng Siu Hung
- Ng Siu Hung
- Footholds in the walled village for 3 generations
- My uncles were in charge of the village and the clan
- We cramped in the small ancestral house but we were happy
- My uncles had much influence in my choice of occupation
- Upset by the clash between modern laws and father's generosity
- I succeeded my uncle' role to take care of ancestral properties
- Involuntarily moved out after resistance failed
- Serving at Tin Hau Temple to continue family’s tradition
- Yearned for the carefree rural lifestyle in the past
- Acting as the manager of Ng clan main ancestral trust
- Facing succession crisis after took over the affairs of ancestral trust
- Villagers enthusiastically joined in Ng Clan services
- A clan official distributing money during the grave sweeping ceremony
- Fun and joy during the annual grave sweeping
- Ng Sui Mo
- Ng Sui Mo
- Life in Shek Kwu Lung Village with houses and farmland
- Simple village life - work at sunrise and rest at sunset
- Helped mother in farming during spare time
- Fishing in Kai Tak Nullah
- Village children fooling around for food
- Men villagers sang songs to women across the Kai Tak Nullah
- The stone rice grinder recalls memories of rural life
- Families that cannot trace back their ancestors due to the War
- Destruction of the village during the War period led to the loss of the Ng's Second Branch clansmen
- Old stories about the clan since childhood: the uneven distribution of wealth for different branch
- The Second Branch clan still contribute to the clan affair in spite of the decline of branch
- The diaspora of the Ng Shing Tat Tso offsprings affect the clan cohesiveness
- Former villagers returning home for the Tin Hau Festival (1)
- Former villagers returning home for the Tin Hau Festival (2)
- Ng Sui Mo’s brother Ng Kau whom people nicknamed Uncle Kau
- Nga Tsin Wai is now largely dilapidated (1)
- Nga Tsin Wai is now largely dilapidated (2)
- Guo Qiang Brothers
- Guo Qiang Brothers
- Wu Guo Qiang’s father returned to China in the early years to join the revolution
- Wu Guo Qiang’s father organised self-defense squad in Nga Tsin Wai to fight against the Japanese occupiers
- The Wu family eventually emigrated and settled in Guangzhou after the war ended
- Father used diplomatic means to fight for compensation when ancestral properties were demolished
- Activities and contacts among Nga Tsin Wai villagers in Guangzhou
- The brothers became very emotional when they first set foot in their ancestral home
- Wu Brothers had deep feelings about his homeland because it was a revolutionary village
- Wu Brothers felt proud that Nga Tsin Wai could claim courageous revolutionaries such as his father
- A Certificate of Retirement
- Wu Hua You giving a speech
- Wu Hua You when he worked in Hong Kong
- The jacket of Wu Hua You’s honourary certificate
- Grandma Leung
- Grandma Leung
- A Nga Tsin Wai villager who spent much of her life working in weaving mills
- Grandma Leung married a Nga Tsin Wai villager following a friend’s introduction
- A busy woman who both worked and looked after the family
- Back in the old days there was an open-air bazaar in front of Nga Tsin Wai's ancestral hall
- Nga Tsin Wai women often formed clubs for worship
- Grandma Leung and her husband ran a grocery store out of their home that became a very popular neighbourhood hangout
- When the grocery store closed down, the neighbours missed it greatly
- Grandma Leung and her husband
- A photo from Grandma Leung’s wedding album
- A photo of Grandma Leung’s wedding banquet
- A group photo of some weaving mill workers
- Surrounding traders
- Ng Hung On
- Ng Hung On
- Father and son had acted as the Ng Hon Ko Tso manager
- Great-grand father and great-grandson had also acted as Ng Kwong Ip Tso manager
- The big house in Mau Chin where descendants of Ng Kwong Yip Tso used to live
- Ng Hung On has fond memories of living with his great-grandparents during his childhood
- Life in Mau Chin before the war was very relaxed and worry-free
- After their ancestral home was demolished, the family was forced to wander the streets
- Ng Hung On was sold to Sai Kung’s village as child labour during the Japanese occupation
- After peace was declared, Ng Hung On was redeemed from Sai Kung to live in his uncle’s home on Ta Kwu Ling Road
- While he may have left his ancestral home, Ng Hung On’s sense of belonging to Nga Tsin Wai never wavered
- Ng Hung On was familiar with clansmen from both the eldest and fourth branches
- Ng Hung On pictured with his wife and children
- Ng Hung On served as Nga Tsin Wai’s ritual host for the Jiao Festival
- Ng Hung On participated in grave sweeping
- A neon light master
- Lee Foo
- Lee Foo
- Village elder Uncle Chan Shui Chuen sitting in front of the gatehouse and telling stories about the past
- Younger villagers used to run around, stealing things and building fires to cook food
- Rural life involved complete darkness at night and going to bed and rising early
- Lee Foo used to sit on his father’s shoulders when they went for tea in Kowloon City
- Elders and martial arts masters used to mediate in village disputes
- Pre-war rural traditions included customs such as Pok Sin and the burning of paper mache clothes
- High spirits during a pre-war Jiao Festival parade
- Pre-war rural Lunar New Year in Kowloon City
- An influx of new immigrants added vibrancy to the formerly quiet village
- Lee Foo's family members were lost and died during the Japanese occupation of 1941 to 1945
- Feeling chronically ill because of serious food shortages during the Japanese occupation
- While moving out of the village was rarely painful, leaving home almost always was
- Leung Shek Lun
- Leung Shek Lun
- Godfather Ng Wai Chi was renowned for his kindness as a parent
- Ng Wai Chi reformed the ancestral trust system so as to prevent clansmen from using public services for personal gain
- Leung Shek Lun was a devout believer in Tin Hau and resorted to divinations for every matter following a childhood spiritual experience
- Leung Shek Lun had helped out in the village as a volunteer since childhood, often washing dishes for neighbours
- Leung Shek Lun wholeheartedly handled his godfather Ng Wai Chi’s funeral
- Urged on by his godfather, Leung Shek Lun helped out in Ng Clan’s functions despite having another family name
- Due to his fond feelings for the village, Leung Shek Lun was happy to help prepare for events like the Jiao Festival
- As Leung Shek Lun was familiar with the communities, preparation for the Jiao Festival ran very smoothly
- The opera stage at the village’s 25th Jiao Festival
- Young and old villagers gather at the Jiao Festival
- Sir David Wilson also visited the village
- Leung Shek Lun’s home in the village
- Kong Chi Yin
- Kong Chi Yin
- Kong Chi Yin moved to Nga Tsin Wai striving to create a shelter for his family
- Kong Chi Yin was admitted to the primary school from which he eventually graduated following the introduction of a fellow buddy villager
- Village youths were very fond of the hawker called Dried Seed Uncle
- Kong Chi Yin felt sad that his mother had been evicted from her old home after she had lived there for decades
- Kong Chi Yin has recently accepted the invitation of his childhood friends and made a comeback to help organise village affairs
- The reasons for helping out village affairs with childhood friends were apparent without saying
- After he moved away, Kong Chi Yin returned to Nga Tsin Wai to reminisce about his life in the past
- Kong Chi Yin regarded Nga Tsin Wai as his home as a result of his long years’ living experiences
- Nam Pin Street as it looks today
- Kong Chi Yin was active in helping activities that praised the deeds of the deities
- Kong Chi Yin was responsible for the Jiao Festival’s financial matters
- Kong Chi Yin’s neighbours
- Kwong Kwok Hung
- Kwong Kwok Hung
- Mother bought a village house with trust from villagers
- In a child's eyes the village was spacious and full of fun
- Family built their own house with their skillful hands
- Joyful times of running around the hills with childhood friends
- Villagers helped each other to find jobs
- Built a home workshop and started up career in the village
- No hard feeling when moved away from Nga Tsin Wai
- Family house was demolished once bought up by developer
- The Village Office was an entertainment centre
- Posed with buddies at his own wedding banquet
- Hanging out to the seaside for fun
- A group tour organized by Village Committee
- Ng Chin Hung
- Ng Chin Hung
- Dissatisfying that the rights of urban indigenous villagers had be deprived
- Being proud of the prominent history of Nga Tsin Wai
- Ng Chin Hung’s family was once one of Kowloon’s illustrious landowners
- The ancestral house in 2nd Lane of Nga Tsin Wai where four generations of Ng Chin Hung’s family lived together
- Ng Chin Hung’s grandmother’s childhood home in Siu Lek Yuen, Shatin
- Well-known and respected, Ng Chin Hung’s father served in the police for many years
- Ng Chin Hung spent his happy childhood days in Nga Tsin Wai
- A mansion frequented by villagers in sharing food
- Ng Chin Hung grew up listening to the village elders telling stories of land resumption
- Ng Chin Hung actively pursued the redevelopment of Nga Tsin Wai
- Negotiated with the URA about conditions for his home village’s conservation
- Participating in village affairs after he inherited ownership of his family’s ancestral houses
- Unique native place and dialect of Nga Tsin Wai’s villagers
- A Nga Tsin Wai landlord with a distinguished family background
- Ma Sui Wai
- Ma Sui Wai
- A Haifeng immigrants, Ma Sui Wai's family built a house on the village outskirts with the Village Headman’s approval
- Pei Pin Street’s squatters often suffered in the wind and rain
- Life was hard for Ma Sui Wai during his Pei Pin Street childhood
- Ma Sui Wai made firm friends among his fellow village youngsters early on in life
- Ma Sui Wai found a childhood sweetheart who was the daughter of a Village Representative
- When Pei Pin Street’s squatter houses were demolished, Ma Sui Wai was relocated to a seven-storey building
- Ma Sui Wai endeavoured to participate in village affairs when asked by childhood friends
- The mindset of non-indigenous villagers about participating in preparations for Tin Hau Birthday’s celebration
- Neighbourhood friends in Nga Tsin Wai
- Life in Tung Tau Estate
- Pei Pin Street as it looks today
- An aerial view of Pei Pin Street
- Ng Chiu Pang
- Ng Chiu Pang
- His father moved away from the ancestral home in the village to improve his family’s quality of life
- Despite receiving an offer from Cheung Kong, his father was unwilling to sell ancestral home
- Cheung Kong was just another property developer which put its profits above all other interests
- Ng Chiu Pang’s relatives wished to be allocated public housing or compensated for the selling of their homes
- Discussing conditions for conservation with the Urban Renewal Authority
- Ng Chiu Pang believed that a conservation park would not really satisfy the interests of the villagers
- Tenants had a choice of either receiving cash compensation or of being rehoused
- People tended to appreciate the value of memories more as they aged
- Ng Chiu Pang and his family
- The next generation’s inheritance
- Ng Chiu Pang in a Village Office meeting
- Ng Chiu Pang at a meeting of the ancestral trust
- Ng Chuen Kung
- Ng Chuen Kung
- Ng Chuen Kung’s family moved out of Nga Tsin Wai to a big house in Tung Tau Village in the early years
- In Tung Tau Village of the pre-war era, houses were dispersed and residents had both indigenous and non-indigenous surnames
- Ng Chuen Kung’s family’s ancestral house had a tai tei tong where festivals could be held
- Childhood life back then was very carefree
- The spirit possession act of Pok Sheng Ngau Chai in Sha Po’s tai tei tong before the Japanese invasion in 1941
- The childhood Joy of receiving a portion of money during grave sweeping
- Buses on Prince Edward Road
- Wong Tai Sin in the early 1960s
- The screen wall of Longjin Free School
- The present site of the old Tung Chun Soy Sauce factory
- This family possessed an abundance of land
- Ng Chuen Kung’s place in the family tree genealogy
- Ng Chiu Ying
- Ng Chiu Ying
- While his grandparents were walled villagers, many of their descendants emigrated overseas
- Many youngsters returned to the village to get red packets and burn firecrackers during Lunar New Year
- Ng Chiu Ying’s mother chatted with other village women every time she returned to Nga Tsin Wai to collect rent
- Kowloon’s walled village was simply not comparable to their rural counterparts in Shatin
- His family owned four ancestral houses but the living conditions there were overcrowded and poor
- An immigrant in search of his ancestral roots
- A descendant seeking his roots
- Participating in a meeting of the ancestral trust
- Joining in at a Village Office meeting
- Attending the autumn ancestor worship of Ng Wai Wing Tso
- A close-up of the 3rd Lane ancestral home
- A good friend of Ng Chiu Ying’s mother
- Ng Sai Ming
- Ng Sai Ming
- Ng Sai Ming was part of a large rural polygamous family
- Stories about Nga Tsin Wai and Kowloon City had been passed down for four generations
- Kowloon City’s rural villagers were facing many big changes at around this time
- Whenever they encountered Kowloon Tong’s westerner boys, the village kids fought them
- Typical rural marriage customs in Kowloon City back then
- Although he and his wife fell in love at first sight, they still needed a matchmaker to arrange their marriage
- The spectacular sight of a Jiao ritual parade before the second world war
- Before 1941, the spirit possession performance took place on every 15th day of the 8th lunar month
- How Ng Sai Ming missed the rural life of going to bed and getting up early
- Participation in the 27th Jiao Festival
- Participation in the 26th Jiao Festival
- Nga Tsin Wai's two clan headmen
- Ng Siu Kei
- Ng Siu Kei
- Three generations of Ng Siu Kei’s family occupied three houses in the village
- The three-storey brick house at No. 3 in 5th Lane was the home where Ng Siu Kei grew up
- The family’s houses were sold to Cheung Kong Holdings in the 1980s
- The three generations of grandfather, father and son all lived under one roof
- Ng Siu Kei’s grandparents
- Ng Siu Kei’s mother
- Ng Siu Kei’s father Ng Kam Ling was the Village Headman
- The funeral of Ng Siu Kei’s grandfather, Red Hair Uncle
- Typical villagers’ weddings and funerals
- Funeral rites
- A villager’s wedding
- The ancestral home after the family had moved away
- Ng Sui Kuen
- Ng Sui Kuen
- His whole family lived in an ancestral house in Nga Tsin Wai during his childhood
- In all, some three generations of the family lived under one roof in Nga Tsin Wai
- Ng Sui Kuen’s friends made for a contented life during his childhood in Nga Tsin Wai
- The British Royal Air Force airfield offered residents the chance to earn a living abroad
- Bidding farewell to his home and old friends, Ng Sui Kuen moved to the UK while still very young
- Urban development means Ng Sui Kuen’s home village is now a very strange and alienating place
- Returning to Nga Tsin Wai when he was middle-aged, he began to recollect his memories of village brotherhood
- The then barren Wong Tai Sin
- Ng Sui Kuen’s family’s ancestral home at 1st Lane in Nga Tsin Wai
- 1st Lane in Nga Tsin Wai
- Climbing onto the roof to watch flying shows
- Typical Nam Pin Street hawker stalls
- Ng Yiu Fai
- Ng Yiu Fai
- This is Ng Yiu Fai’s family
- Of the three ancestral dwellings owned by Ng Yiu Fai’s family, one was a complete house while the other two were half units
- Three generations of Ng Yiu Fai’s family lived in a poke mud house
- Ng Yiu Fai moved out of the ancestral house, leasing it to other non-indigenous villagers
- After he moved away, Ng Yiu Fai missed the village’s warm neighbourhood relationship
- Living alone in Hong Kong gave Ng Yiu Fai the idea of following in his ancestors’ footsteps
- Ng Yiu Fai’s ancestral home is to be restored and converted into a museum
- Distributing grave sweeping money at the hill
- Kai Tak Airport
- A barren ancestral house
- Ng Yiu Fai’s father and Wan Cheung
- Ng Yiu Fai’s father served as the ancestral trust’s manager
- Wan Cheung
- Wan Cheung
- Moving into Nga Tsin Wai from Po Toi Island as a result of intermarriage amongst older generations of his family
- Happy childhood memories of Nga Tsin Wai Village
- The elder brother of Ng Shui Chuen, had performed the spirit possession act of Pok Sheng Ngau Chai
- As Wan was enthusiastic about village affairs, it was said he was looked over by Tin Hau
- Helped in village affairs and preserved its autonomy
- Negotiated with the Land Development Corporation on behalf of the villagers when acquisition matters were involved
- Reluctant to leave Nga Tsin Wai
- His lifelong emotional ties to Nga Tsin Wai resulted in his eagerness to help run village affairs
- Twists and turns in Wan Cheung’s mother’s funeral during the Jiao ritual period
- The eventual moving in of immigrants did not really affect law and order in Nga Tsin Wai
- Stories of Nga Tsin Wai and Hau Wong Temple
- Po Toi Island port
- Hung Gu