Meaning of Ping Shan | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An area of Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.
2. A rural committee in Yuen Long district, New Territories, Hong Kong.

Examples

“Three particularly interesting study libraries in the New Territories date from the 19th century. Of these, the Kun Ting study library at Ping Shan near Yuen Long is the best of its type in Hong Kong.”

“At this year's festival celebration earlier this month, William Tang Tat-chi, a 50-year-old fashion designer, seemed at home -- and he was. The Tang Ancestral Hall, a 700-year-old structure that is now one of Hong Kong's oldest historical monuments, belongs to his family, the Tang clan of Ping Shan. It was built by Tang Fung-shun, a fifth-generation member of the Ping Shan family; Mr. Tang is a 26th-generation descendant.”

“The road fences were removed six years ago to give trucks access to a one-acre car park, located near Fung Chi Village in Yuen Long. The majority of the land on which the car park operates is managed by Ping Shan Rural Committee Vice-chairman Tang Tat-sin.”

“The former Tat Tak School in Ping Shan was founded in 1931 as one of the New Territories’ first educational institutions, and the site has been the source of some of Hong Kong’s oldest ghost stories.”

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