Kei Ling Ha
Template:Short description Template:Use Hong Kong English Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox settlement Kei Ling Ha (Template:Zh) is an area of Shap Sze Heung, on the Sai Kung Peninsula, in eastern New Territories of Hong Kong. Administratively, it is part of Tai Po District. It is a popular place for countryside visits, picnicking and bird watching.
Location
Kei Ling Ha is located at the coastal area near Sai Sha Road, at the junction of Ma On Shan Country Park and Sai Kung West Country Park. It is located in the innermost shore of Three Fathoms Cove which is known as Kei Ling Ha Hoi indigenously.
Villages
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Kei Ling Ha Lo Wai (Template:Zh) and Kei Ling Ha San Wai (Template:Zh) are the two main villages within this area. Kei Ling Ha Lo Wai is a Hakka walled village.<ref name="Ip">Template:Cite thesis</ref> Both villages are occupied by members of the Ho (Template:Zh) lineage.<ref name="great difference">Template:Cite book</ref>
The settlement of Kei Ling Ha Lo Wai probably dates back to the late 16th century. The New Village branched off from the "old Wai" around 1876. The combined population of the two villages was 135 in 1960.<ref name="great difference"/>
As a walled village, Kei Ling Ha Lo Wai features an entrance gate and a Ho Ancestral Hall.<ref name="Ip"/><ref name="great difference"/> A drystone wall marks the outer edge of the village platform on a piedmont site. The site faces almost directly north so that the wall has a most likely a geomantic as well as a practical function.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Kei Ling Ha Lo Wai and Kei Ling Ha San Wai are recognized villages under the New Territories Small House Policy.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Ecology
Kei Ling Ha is the site of a rocky shore. Mangrove can be found at Kei Ling Ha Lo Wai,<ref>Wetland Ecotour: Kei Ling Ha</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the site has been a Site of Special Scientific Interest since 1994.<ref>List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Hong Kong (archive)</ref> It is the habitat of fiddler crabs.<ref>Winnie P.W. Kwok & Wing-sze Tang, "Fiddler Crabs in Hong Kong – An Overview", Hong Kong Biodiversity, Issue No. 12 September 2006</ref>
Transport
Kei Ling Ha is served by Sai Sha Road. The end of Stage 3 and start of Stage 4 of the MacLehose Trail is located at Shui Long Wo (Template:Zh), part of Kei Ling Ha.<ref>Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department: MacLehose Trail Stage 3 Template:Webarchive</ref><ref>Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department: MacLehose Trail Stage 4 Template:Webarchive</ref>
See also
- Environment of Hong Kong
- List of places in Hong Kong
- Walled villages of Hong Kong
- List of villages in Hong Kong