The oldest villages in Sha Tin were built by Punti people and first settled about 500 years age. A number of Hakka villages were added between 200 and 300 years ago. Tsang Tai Uk was founded in the 1870s. The founder was a stonemason who opened a quarry at Sai Wan Ho and a masonry in Shau Kei Wan, and prospered greatly. He decided to invest his savings in building a village for his descendants. He built it in the style of his native home in Ng Wah, far to the north-east, which is why the village looks so different from other New Territories villages. It is built around five courtyards, centred on a fine ancestral hall. It is entered through three iron-bound gates. Two wells in the front courtyard provided drinking water. The roofs are decorated with objects to turn away evil spirits. The village is usually called Tsang Tai Uk (The Big House of the Tsang Clan), but its formal name is Shan Ha Wai (The Walled Village at the Mountain Foot).
Attention
Beware of the bicycles, the cache is located next to the cycle track. GZ is covered by trees, GPSr is unstable.
