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Tsuen Wan
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Also called Tsin Wan (淺灣) in Chinese, Tsuen Wan has traces showing people were living in this place in the Neolithic Age. During the Qing Dynasty, a mass of Hakka people immigrated to Tsuen Wan for settlement and established many Hakka walled villages. In the 1950s and 1960s, Tsuen Wan witnessed the booming industrial development of Hong Kong at that time as one of the most important industrial areas of Hong Kong.
Traffic
MTR Tsuen Wan West Station Ship Tsuen Wan Pier Bus KMB |
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* Tsuen Wan West Station, which is a bus terminus is also the Tsuen Wan West Station Public Transport Interchange.
^ Only available on Saturday, Sunday and public holidays
Tsuen Wan Park
Occupying about 8 hectares, Tsuen Wan Park is located in the downtown area of Tsuen Wan. The park was designed with the theme of [Ocean] as it is located by the sea. Tourists can overlook Tsing Yi on the other bank, Rambler Channel and remote Ting Kau Bridge from different perspectives at different places of the park. The fountains and water ponds in the central axis, the sculptures compatible with the environment and the structures made in a sail shape respond to the theme of water.
The park has a watchtower, water ponds, various structures in a sail shape, cycle tracks for children, an outdoor theater and various types of ball game playgrounds, such as tennis and gate-ball playgrounds. Among them, a children's playground is designed into a [ship]. The park is ideal for families on holidays.
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Tour time: Approx. 1 hour |
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Located in the downtown area of Tsuen Wan, Tsuen Wan Park is close to Tsuen Wan West Station and the Tsuen Wan West Station Public Transport Interchange, easily accessible. Sufficient accessible facilities are provided in the park, including 4 accessible toilets all over the park. Tsuen Wan Sports Centre beside the park is also equipped with various accessible facilities. Tourists can enjoy the night view of Tsuen Wan in the park. Wide roads enable people in wheelchairs to travel in Tsuen Wan Park.
Address: 59 Wing Shun Street, Tsuen Wan
Chan Yi Cheung Ancestral Hall (Tak Wah Park)
Tak Wah Park, having its former site located in a Hakka village, has Tak Wah Gallery formed after the old village houses in the original site of Hoi Pa Resite Village were reconstructed and the Environment Resource Centre. Occupying about 1.63 hectares, the park has a theme garden called Camellia Garden, Herb Garden, pavilions, galleries, rock mountains, Jiuqu Bridge, ponds, a children's playground and so on. The old private houses are two storeys high in an area of 400 square metres and were constructed with rammed earth, black bricks, black tiles and firs. In 1986, they were announced the declared monuments in Hong Kong. In the private houses, the Environment Resource Centre was set up, composed of a library, a computer room, an audio-visual room and an exhibition area. Chan Yi Cheung Ancestral Hall is also located in the park and was constructed in the 2nd year of Guangxu (1876), in memory of Chan Yi Cheung, the twenty-seventh generation of the Chen family. The ancestral hall was rebuilt in the first year of Xuantong (1909) and then extensive rehabilitation works took place in 2005 for it. This building is full of the traditional Hakka building characteristics, but is not open to visitors, who are only permitted to take a photo outside the building.
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Tour time: Approx. 30 minutes |
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A ramp is outside the Environment Resource Centre. But, the centre is relatively narrow inside. People in wheelchairs should take care of when they are wandering inside. A toilet for the disabled is available near the market street in the park. The width of the inner street allows people in wheelchairs to pass through, but the rock bridges and pebble paths in the park are inconvenient for people in wheelchairs.
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MTR: Accessible at Tsuen Wan Station and Tsuen Wan West Station
KMB: 30, 31, 34, 36, 38A, 39A, 43, 43B, 235, 238M and 243M
Opening Hours:
Monday to Sunday
6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Address: Tak Wah Street, Tsuen Wan
Sam Tung Uk Museum
Originally being a walled village having a history of more than 200 years, Sam Tung Uk Museum was listed as one of the declared monuments in 1981 and was open to citizens officially in 1987. In 2016, the [Hong Kong Intangible Cultural Heritage Centre] was established for display and education. The museum occupies about 2,000 square metres. The building is arranged as a chessboard, realizing bilateral symmetry. In the central axis, there respectively are an antechamber, central nave and ancestral hall; four independent habitable rooms are located at both sides and side houses on the left and right and in the back fence up the whole village, with the central axis passing through, implying a design of geomantic omen and displaying the space aesthetics of the traditional Chinese style architectures. For the convenience of every visitor, the habitable rooms have an educational exhibition - [This Day in History], allowing the visitor to touch every item on display, feel the rural life, just if the visitor comes back to the walled village existing more than 200 years ago and know about the changes in the local culture of Hong Kong. The architectural style is bilateral symmetry.
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Tour time: Approx. 1 hour |
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People in wheelchairs can contact the staff to enter the museum by the movable folded plate from the side entrance. The folded plate is wooden, so it may not support the weight of an electrically propelled wheelchair and it is suggested to change the wooden folded plate into a metal folded plate. People in wheelchairs may only access the exhibition hall and is unable to visit the old house. As the roads around the museum are relatively inclined, people in wheelchairs shall take care of such roads. No toilet for the disabled is available in the museum. People in wheelchairs can head to Luk Yeung Galleria, Nan Fung Centre, Discovery Park and Tsuen Wan Multi-storey Carpark Building to find a ground public toilet. There will be a toilet for the disabled.
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Traffic:
Start from Exit D after you get off at Tsuen Wan Station and head east for about 5 minutes along Sai Lau Kok Road
KMB: 40, 43X, 48X, 49X, 57M, 58M, 59A, 61M, 67M, 68A, 69M, 73X, 265M, 269M, 278X, 290 and 290X. As for the above-mentioned bus lines, tourists are required to get off at Chung On Street Tsuen Wan Station
Opening Hours and Ticket Price:
10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Monday, Wednesday to Sunday
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Christmas Eve and Chinese New Year's Eve
Closed on Tuesdays (except public holidays) and the first and second days of the Chinese New Year
Admission Free
Address: 2 Kwu Uk Lane, Tsuen Wan, New Territories
The Mills
The Mills marked the burgeoning manufacturing industry of Hong Kong in the 1960s and 1970s. Following the industrial transformation of Hong Kong, the Mills was out of use. In 2018, the revitalization works of the Mills were completed, making the Mills composed of three parts, namely [the Mills Fabrica], [the Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile] and [the Mills Shopfloor].
[The Mills Fabrica] is designed as a cultivation base and working space for start-up entrepreneurs and strategic partners. [The Centre for Heritage, Arts and Textile] is a non-profit art centre, connecting contemporary art, design and history through exhibitions and co-learning, paying tribute to the contribution of the textile industry to the promotion of the social and economic progress of Hong Kong, and challenging the traditional thinking of the public on textile, as the first and sole art institution of Hong Kong paying attention to the inheritance of the textile culture.
[The Mills Shopfloor] is the retail space of the Mills. Many types of commercial tenants have entered and been stationed in it, including the commercial tenants of home accessories or fashionable dresses and restaurants. It is suitable for visitors to go shopping and kill time.
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Tour time: Approx. 1 hour |
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An accessible parking space is provided in the parking lot outside the Mills, suitable for the disabled. Various accessible facilities are sound and the restaurants and shops are convenient for the disabled to enter.
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Routes:
If you intend to head to the spot from Tsuen Wan Station, you can exit the station at Exit A and step into the pedestrian overpass towards Discovery Park. After you arrive at CDW Building, go into Discovery Park and exit Discovery Park at the other exit of Discovery Park. After that, you can step into the pedestrian overpass to go ahead along Tai Chung Road until the lifts. At the place of the lifts, you should cross the road, return to the ground and go ahead along Castle Peak Road to reach the destination.
Opening Hours:
10 a.m. to 10 p.m., every day
Address: 45 Pak Tin Par Street, Chai Wan Kok, Tsuen Wan
Parking Spaces Designated for the Disabled
(1) Tsuen Wan Park |
Tai Uk Street, Tsuen Wan ×1 Chung On Street, Tsuen Wan ×2 Tai Pei Square, Tsuen Wan ×2 Hoi Pa Street, Tsuen Wan ×1 |
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(2) Tak Wah Park |
Chung On Street, Tsuen Wan ×2 Tai Pei Square, Tsuen Wan ×2 Hoi Pa Street, Tsuen Wan ×1 Tak Wah Street, Tsuen Wan ×1 Shiu Wo Street, Tsuen Wan ×1 |
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(3) Sam Tung Uk Museum |
Shiu Wo Street, Tsuen Wan ×1 Tsuen Wan Car Park ×6 (paid service) |
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(4) The Mills |
Hoi Tak Street, Tsuen Wan ×2 Heung Wo Street, Tsuen Wan ×2 |
Tips
The floor in the factory area and the pavements of the inner street are slippery