tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post1395187507503856223..comments2024-03-27T18:23:34.322+08:00Comments on WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE: From Tai Ping Tsuen to Mui Tsz Lam and beyond (Photo-essay)YTSLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-71437182957339882032017-04-06T23:07:42.903+08:002017-04-06T23:07:42.903+08:00Hi Mimi --
Thank you for providing the interestin...Hi Mimi --<br /><br />Thank you for providing the interesting information you did. I hope Mike checks this post sometime and sees it. (By the way, the villages you refer to also are written in Romanized script as Mau Ping, right?)YTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-41198566086133350162017-04-06T04:41:42.471+08:002017-04-06T04:41:42.471+08:00Hi Mike, the abandoned house in Mo Ping belongs to...Hi Mike, the abandoned house in Mo Ping belongs to my great uncle Lau Pun Shing and my dad helped him build it in 1964. In the late 60s, the villagers found it too inconvenient to walk to Sai Kung to buy their food so the villagers started to abandon the village, and relocated to Sai Kung where they started a new village called Mo Ping New Village. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00819608962520208320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-46024436355128124562014-05-18T22:02:33.727+08:002014-05-18T22:02:33.727+08:00Hi Mike --
I don't know about the history of ...Hi Mike --<br /><br />I don't know about the history of that specific abandoned house but there are many villages in northern and north-eastern Hong Kong that got abandoned in the latter part of the 20th century because they proved too remote for their inhabitants' comfort -- and this appears to be the case with this one.<br /><br />Hi Bill --<br /><br />Yep, my enthusiasm for hiking in YTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-79524367753847364292014-05-17T05:49:53.178+08:002014-05-17T05:49:53.178+08:00Echoing Bill, I think the photo of the ruined buil...Echoing Bill, I think the photo of the ruined building in the abandoned village is terrific. It brings to mind a line from Goldsmith's <i>The Deserted Village:</i> "Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all/ And the long grass o'ertops the mouldering wall;"ewafflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339565669634286677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-3319802647303393972014-05-15T21:20:08.465+08:002014-05-15T21:20:08.465+08:00Hi Yvonne,
Your enthusiasm for hiking in Hong Kon...Hi Yvonne,<br /><br />Your enthusiasm for hiking in Hong Kong (and improvising new routes) obviously hasn't diminished, as this blog is every bit as good as your best ones...Third photo from the bottom, is a worthy addition to your other photos of abandoned villages.<br />"Haunting" is the only way to describe this photo-essay, as the surroundings have an aged quality about them...Billnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-10898880338875855102014-05-13T19:57:34.373+08:002014-05-13T19:57:34.373+08:00Cool walk! I wonder about the history of the aband...Cool walk! I wonder about the history of the abandoned house...Mikehttp://www.iowavoice.comnoreply@blogger.com