Tai Hang

Area on Hong Kong Island

For the area in Tai Po called Tai Hang (大坑), see Tai Hang (Tai Po).

Not to be confused with Tai Hang Tung Estate or Tai Hang Sai Estate.

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Village in Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

Tai Hang

Chinese: 大坑

Village

Tai Hang

Tai Hang

Coordinates: 22°16′28″N 114°11′38″E﻿ / ﻿22.27444°N 114.19383°E﻿ / 22.27444; 114.19383
Country| People's Republic of China
Special administrative region| Hong Kong
Island| Hong Kong Island
Time zone| UTC+8:00 (HKT)

Tai Hang (Chinese: 大坑; lit. 'The Big Water Channel') is an area southeast of Causeway Bay located in the mid-north of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It is home to many luxurious private apartments. Residents are predominantly more affluent Hong Kong locals and expatriate professionals.

## Geography

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Tai Hang in the 1980s

Tai Hang is a valley with an opening to Causeway Bay in north and So Kon Po in west. To its south and east are hills. The former coastline is marked by Tung Lo Wan Road and the main road Tai Hang Road winds in the hills throughout the area.[citation needed]

The area of Tai Hang is divided into upper and lower areas. The upper area includes a public housing estate Lai Tak Tsuen and some highrise residential blocks for affluents, such as Illumination Terrace (光明臺, 5-7 Tai Hang Road) or Ronsdale Garden (龍華花園, 25 Tai Hang Drive). The lower area has many old residential blocks, with a number of restaurants along the streets. It is named after a stream (or drainage) from nearby hills.[citation needed]

## Features

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Lin Fa Temple in Tai Hang

One interesting recent development in the plain north is that many new and special restaurants were opened, making Tai Hang a hot spot for dining and leisure.[1]

Lai Tak Tsuen is located in the area. The famous Tiger Balm Garden was also located in the area.[citation needed]

The Lin Fa Temple is located at the end of Lin Fa Kung Street.[2] It was originally built 1863, during the Qing Dynasty, and was reconstructed in 1986 and 1999. The original use of the temple was a worship place for Kwan Yin, the goddess of mercy.[3]

## Landscape

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From Mount Cameron overlooking to the areas of Tai Hang, Happy Valley and Jardine's Lookout

## Tai Hang fire dragon dance

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Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance

For the three nights straddling the Mid-Autumn Festival,[4] the Tai Hang fire dragon dance is held in Tai Hang. The main attraction is a 67-metre-long 'fire dragon' that winds its way with much fanfare and smoke through a collection of streets located in Tai Hang, close to Victoria Park in Causeway Bay. Fire dragon dance started in 1880 when Tai Hang was a small Hakka village of farmers and fishermen on the waterfront of Causeway Bay. This custom has been followed every year since 1880, with the exception of the period during the Japanese Occupation, the 1967 disturbances,[5] and the COVID-19 pandemic.

According to local legend, over a century ago, a few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, a typhoon and then a plague wreaked havoc on the village. While the villagers were repairing the damage, a python entered the village and ate their livestock. According to some villagers, the python was the son of the Dragon King. A soothsayer decreed the only way to stop the chaos was to stage a fire dance for three days and nights during the upcoming mid-autumn festival. The villagers made a huge dragon of straw and covered it with incense sticks, which they then lit. Accompanied by drummers and erupting firecrackers, they danced for three days and three nights – and the plague disappeared.[citation needed]

## Housing

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Most housing estates in the area are private with the exception of Lai Tak Tsuen (16 Lai Tak Tsuen Road, Causeway Bay):

* Carnation Court (41-47 Tai Hang Road, Causeway Bay)
* Cherry Court (12-14 Tai Hang Road, Causeway Bay)
* Coho (18 School Street, Causeway Bay)
* Concord Villas (65-67 Wun Sha Street, Causeway Bay)
* Dragon Centre (21-25 Wun Sha Street, Causeway Bay)
* The First Mansion (78 Tung Lo Wan Road, Causeway Bay)
* Fontana Gardens (Ka Ning Path, Causeway Bay)
* Fook Hing Court (63 Wun Sha Street, Causeway Bay)
* Harvest Moon Villa (5 Fuk Kwan Avenue, Causeway Bay)
* Gardenview Heights (19 Tai Hang Drive, Causeway Bay)
* Illumination Terrance (5-7 Tai Hang Road, Causeway Bay)
* Intelligent Court (36-40A Tung Lo Wan Road, Causeway Bay)
* Jolly Villa (8 Tai Hang Road, Causeway Bay)
* Jones Hives (8 Jones Street, Causeway Bay)
* Little Tai Hang (98 Tung Lo Wan Road, Causeway Bay)
* Rhenish Mansion (1-9 Lin Fa Kung Street East, Causeway Bay)
* Ronsdale Garden (25 Tai Hang Drive, Causeway Bay)
* Serenade (11 Tai Hang Road, Causeway Bay)
* The Jolly Court (16 Lin Fa Kung Street West, Causeway Bay)
* The Legend (23 Tai Hang Drive, Causeway Bay)
* The Warren (9 Warren Street, Causeway Bay)
* Trafalgar Court (70 Tai Hang Road, Causeway Bay)
* Warrenwoods (23 Warren Street, Causeway Bay)
* Wun Sha Tower (33-45 Wun Sha Street, Causeway Bay)
* Y.I (70 Tai Hang Road, Causeway Bay)

## Education

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Tai Hang is under School Net 12 in the Primary One Admission (POA). Multiple government and aided schools are located in Tai Hang, which being the following:[6]

* True Light Middle School of Hong Kong
* Hotung Secondary School

## See also

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* Pok Fu Lam Village Fire Dragon Dance

## References

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1. ^ "《大坑總覽》銅鑼灣後花園,百年老村變潮人小社區,傳統舞火龍,虎豹別墅重開,圓形公屋打卡點 | HONG KONG D". 26 September 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
2. ^ "Welcome to 18 Districts". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
3. ^ "Travel in Hong Kong island > Causeway Bay - page 3/4".
4. ^ "Mid-Autumn Festival". Discover Hong Kong Tourism Board. Archived from the original on 22 June 2012. Retrieved 8 June 2010.
5. ^ Geoffrey Roper (1990). "Report on Visit to Tai Hang Fire Dragon Dance, Mid Autumn Festival 1992" (PDF). Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 30: 307–308.
6. ^ "POA School Net 12" (PDF). Education Bureau. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tai Hang.

* Squatter huts on the hill, 1969
* Heywood, Vincent (2008). "China's 1936 Olympic Football Team: eight players were from Hong Kong" (PDF). Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch. 48: 7–23\. ISSN 1991-7295.

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Places adjacent to Tai Hang

|  | Causeway Bay, Tin Hau |

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Happy Valley |

Tai Hang

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So Kon Po | Jardine's Lookout |

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Wan Chai District

Main borders and locations

Areas|

* Causeway Bay
* Kellett Island
* Happy Valley
* Jardine's Lookout
* Mid Levels (part)
* Stubbs Road
* Tai Hang
* Tin Hau
* Wan Chai
* Wan Chai North
* Wong Nai Chung Gap

Education|

* Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School
* Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
* French International School of Hong Kong Blue Pool Road (HQ) and Jardine's Lookout
* Hong Kong Japanese School Primary school
* St. Paul's Convent School
* Wah Yan College, Hong Kong
* Marymount Primary School
* Sir Ellis Kadoorie (S) Primary School
* Hong Kong Central Library

| Closed|

* Hong Kong Sam Yuk Secondary School

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Landmarks|

* Blue House
* Central Plaza
* China Resources Building
* Dorsett Wanchai Hong Kong Hotel
* Grand Hyatt Hong Kong
* The Excelsior
* Golden Bauhinia Square
* Great George Street
* Happy Valley Racecourse
* Fire Memorial
* Harbour Centre
* Australian Consulate-General
* Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
* Hong Kong Police Headquarters
* Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital
* Hopewell Centre
* Hotel Indigo Hong Kong Island
* Hysan Place
* Immigration Tower
* King Yin Lei
* Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple
* Lai Tak Tsuen
* Lee Garden
* Lee Garden One
* Lockhart Road
* Mount Cameron
* Mount Nicholson
* Mount Parish
* Nam Koo Terrace
* Novotel Century Hong Kong
* Old Wanchai Market Building
* Old Wan Chai Police Station
* Old Wan Chai Post Office
* Po Leung Kuk Museum
* QRE Plaza
* Queen's Road East
* Pacific Place Phase III
* Revenue Tower
* Ruttonjee Hospital
* Shui On Centre
* Southorn Playground
* Spring Garden Lane
* St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery
* Stubbs Road
* Sun Hung Kai Centre
* Times Square
* Tung Wah Eastern Hospital
* Victoria Park
* Wan Chai Heritage Trail
* Wanchai Tower
* Windsor House
* World Trade Centre Hong Kong

| Closed|

* Lee Tung Street

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Transport|

| MTR stations|

* Causeway Bay
* Exhibition Centre station
* Tin Hau
* Wan Chai

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Ferry|

* Wan Chai Pier

Society|

* Wan Chai District Council

This list is incomplete.

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Urban areas of Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories

MHong Kong1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9a,10,11,12,14,15,16|

| Central and Western District2|

* Sai Wan (Kennedy Town13, Shek Tong Tsui13 and Sai Ying Pun13)
* The Peak13
* Mid-Levels13
* Sheung Wan13
* Central13 (Admiralty)

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Wan Chai District2|

* Wan Chai13
* Causeway Bay13 (Tin Hau13)
* Tai Hang
* So Kon Po
* Jardine's Lookout
* Happy Valley13

Eastern District2|

* North Point13
* Braemar Hill13
* Quarry Bay13
* Sai Wan Ho13
* Shau Kei Wan13
* Aldrich Bay
* Chai Wan
* Siu Sai Wan

Southern District|

* Pok Fu Lam13
* Waterfall Bay (Wah Fu)
* Aberdeen13(Tin Wan13 and Shek Pai Wan13)
* Ap Lei Chau
* Wong Chuk Hang
* Shouson Hill
* Deep Water Bay
* Repulse Bay
* Chung Hom Kok
* Stanley13
* Tai Tam
* Shek O13
* Cape D'Aguilar

MKowloonKL,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9a,10,11,12,14,15,16|

| Yau Tsim Mong District|

* Tai Kok Tsui13
* Mong Kok (Prince Edward)
* Yau Ma Tei (Jordan)
* King's Park
* Tsim Sha Tsui13 (Jordan)
* West Kowloon

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Sham Shui Po District|

* Stonecutters Island

Kowloon City district|

* Ma Tau Wai
* Ma Tau Kok
* To Kwa Wan
* Ho Man Tin
* Hung Hom13

MNew KowloonNKL,2,3,4,5,6,7,9a,10,11,12,14,15,16|

| Sham Shui Po District8|

* Lai Chi Kok
* Cheung Sha Wan
* Sham Shui Po
* So Uk
* West Kowloon
* Shek Kip Mei
* Tai Wo Ping
* Yau Yat Tsuen

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Kowloon City district8|

* Kowloon City
* Kowloon Tong (Beacon Hill)
* Kai Tak

Wong Tai Sin District8|

* Wong Tai Sin
* Wang Tau Hom (Lok Fu)
* Tsz Wan Shan
* Diamond Hill
* San Po Kong
* Ngau Chi Wan
* Hammer Hill

Kwun Tong District|

* Kwun Tong8
* Ngau Tau Kok8
* Kowloon Bay8
* Jordan Valley8
* Sau Mau Ping8 (Except Shun Lee Estate) (Anderson8)
* Lam Tin8
* Cha Kwo Ling8
* Yau Tong8

New Territories|

| MKwai Tsing District6,7,9b,10,11,14|

* Kwai Chung (Sheung Kwai Chung and Ha Kwai Chung)8
* Tsing Yi8 (Except Tsing Yi Station)
* Stonecutters Island8

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MTsuen Wan District6,7,9b,10,11,14
(Except Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula
on Lantau Island)|

* Tsuen Wan8 (Except Chuen Lung North and Tsuen Wan Station)
* Chai Wan Kok8
* Yau Kom Tau8
* Ting Kau8 (Except west of Ting Kau Interchange)
* Sham Tseng
* Tsing Lung Tau
* Ma Wan8
* Lei Muk Shue8

Sha Tin District9b,10|

* Sha Tin8
* Tai Wai8
* Shatin Heights8
* Yuen Chau Kok8 (Except Prince of Wales Hospital)
* Shek Mun8
* Siu Lek Yuen8
* Fo Tan8 (Except Sha Tin Racecourse)
* Kau To Shan8 (Except Lai Ping Road)
* Ma Liu Shui
* A Kung Kok8
* Ma On Shan
* Wu Kai Sha

Sai Kung District15|

* Tseung Kwan O New Town9b,11,12
* Ma Yau Tong8,16
* Po Lam8
* Tsui Lam8
* Hang Hau8 (Except Hang Hau Station and A&E of Tseung Kwan O Hospital)
* Tseung Kwan O8
* Tiu Keng Leng8
* Pak Shing Kok8 (Except Wan Po Road)
* Siu Chik Sha8 (Except Wan Po Road and Shek Kok Road)
* Tai Chik Sha8
* Fei Ngo Shan8,16
* Tai Sheung Tok8,9a (Anderson8,9a)

Islands District11,14,15
(Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula
of Tsuen Wan District included)|

* Tung Chung New Town9b

Official place names are summarized from "Geoinfo Map" of Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, "Hong Kong Guide" of Lands Department, "Hong Kong Guide Book" of Universal Publications Ltd. and "Areas and Districts" of Rating and Valuation Department.
M：Narrow meaning of urban areas
KL: Kowloon Peninsula at the south of Boundary Street
NKL: Former New Territories area at the north of Boundary Street and at the south of Lion Rock
1: Common definition (1)
2: Common definition (2)
3: Common definition (3)
4: Areas not adopting small house concessionary right of indigenous inhabitants
5: Jurisdiction area of former Urban Council
6: Definition of "Metropolitan Area" of Planning Department
7: Jurisdiction area of Urban Renewal Authority
8: Unique operating area of urban taxis
9: "Urban" (9a) and "Extended Urban" (9b) areas defined by Hong Kong Housing Authority
10: Definition of Urban rates
11: Hospital cluster belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon
12: Police region belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon
13: Regions having 999-year land lease
14: Geographical Constituency in Hong Kong Legislative Council belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon
15: Regional Education Office belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon
16: Primary One Admission School Net belongs to Hong Kong or Kowloon
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