Entrance tower of ma wat wai ma wat wai , lung yeuk tau , fanling 麻笏圍門樓(粉嶺躍頭麻笏圍)
Entrance tower of ma wat wai 粉嶺躍頭麻笏圍門樓
Ma wat wai was built by the tang lineage during the qianlong reign 1736 - 1795 of the qing dynasty . it is one of the renowned five wais walled villages and six tsuens villages in the area of lung yeuk tau in fanling 麻笏圍于清乾隆年間(一七三六至一七九五年)由鄧氏族人所建,是躍頭著名的五圍六村之一。
Ma wat wai was originally a walled village with brick walls constructed on the four sides and a watch tower on each corner . however owing to past developments , most of the walls and all four corner towers were demolished leaving only this very historic entrance tower 麻笏圍原本四周建有磚墻,四角則建有更樓,但現(xiàn)時大部分圍墻及四個更樓已遭拆卸,只留下這極具歷史價值之門樓。
The " five wais walled villages " include lo wai , ma wat wai , wing ning wai , tung kok wai also known as ling kok wai , san wai also called kun lung wai . the " six tsuens villages " are ma wat tsuen , wing ning tsuen also called tai tang , tsz tong tsuen , san uk tsuen , siu hang tsuen and kun lung tsuen 五圍即老圍、麻笏圍、永寧圍、東閣圍(又稱嶺角圍)及新圍(又稱覲圍) ;六村即麻笏村、永寧村(又稱大廳) 、祠堂村、新屋村、小坑村及覲村。