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Research Activities on Countryside Conservation & Revitalisation
Re-telling the Yung Shue Au Story: Co-creating Rural Place with Experimental Communal Hub and Eco-Cultural Trail
Proponent:
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Site:
Yung Shue Au
Project Description
This project reconnects ambitious, enthusiastic returning villagers to rediscover the village's unusual past blending Hakka traditions, and history with former military facilities. The project establishes a multiple-function Experimental Communal Hub (ECH) that showcase the village's unique cultural, architectural and environmental heritages. The ECH will facilitate multi-disciplinary action research, and a starting point to co-create an Eco-Cultural Trail connecting significant places throughout the village landscape. This project retells the Yung Shue Au Story through Co-creating Rural Place via a university-village partnership.
Grant Approved
HK$3,000,000
Project Duration
02/05/2023-01/11/2025
How To Get There
1 | Minibus + Hiking |
• Take green minibus No. 20R from Tai Po Market MTR Station to Wu Kau Tang, then hike for about 3 hours to Yung Shue Au
o Reference Route: Wu Kau Tang → A Ma Wat → Fan Shui Au → Lai Chi Wo → So Lo Pun → Yung Shue Au
• Take green minibus No. 56K from Fanling MTR Station to Luk Keng, then hike for about 1 hour and 30 minutes to Yung Shue Au
o Reference Route: Luk Keng → Fung Hang → Kuk Po → Yung Shue Au
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