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Pang uk (Chinese
Traditional Chinese character

Traditional Chinese characters refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. The modern shapes of traditional Chinese characters first appeared with the emergence of the clerical script during the Han Dynasty, and have been more or less stable since the 5th century The retronym "traditional Chinese" is used to contrast tr...
: ?? lit. "shack house") is a kind of stilt house
Stilt house

Stilt houses or pile dwellings are houses raised on piles over the surface of the soil or a body of water.In the Neolithic and Bronze Age, stilt houses were common in the Alps region....
 found in Tai O
Tai O

Tai O is a fishing town, partly located on an island of the same name, on the western side of Lantau Island in Hong Kong....
, Lantau Island
Lantau Island

Lantau Island, also Lantao, based on the old local name of Lantau Peak , is the largest island in Hong Kong, located at the mouth of the Pearl River ....
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
. Pang uk are built on water or on small beaches.

A fire broke out in 2000 destroying some of the houses in Tai O, and some were later rebuilt.

They were once found in many other fishing towns and villages in rural Hong Kong, but only those in Tai O are preserved in a large scale, with some in the Lei Yue Mun Village and Ma San Tsuen in Lei Yue Mun
Lei Yue Mun

Lei Yue Mun , is a short channel between Junk Bay and Victoria Harbour, separating Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, of Hong Kong.The lands around the channel are also called Lei Yue Mun....
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Pang uk (Chinese
Traditional Chinese character

Traditional Chinese characters refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. The modern shapes of traditional Chinese characters first appeared with the emergence of the clerical script during the Han Dynasty, and have been more or less stable since the 5th century The retronym "traditional Chinese" is used to contrast tr...
: ?? lit. "shack house") is a kind of stilt house
Stilt house

Stilt houses or pile dwellings are houses raised on piles over the surface of the soil or a body of water.In the Neolithic and Bronze Age, stilt houses were common in the Alps region....
 found in Tai O
Tai O

Tai O is a fishing town, partly located on an island of the same name, on the western side of Lantau Island in Hong Kong....
, Lantau Island
Lantau Island

Lantau Island, also Lantao, based on the old local name of Lantau Peak , is the largest island in Hong Kong, located at the mouth of the Pearl River ....
, Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
. Pang uk are built on water or on small beaches.

A fire broke out in 2000 destroying some of the houses in Tai O, and some were later rebuilt.

They were once found in many other fishing towns and villages in rural Hong Kong, but only those in Tai O are preserved in a large scale, with some in the Lei Yue Mun Village and Ma San Tsuen in Lei Yue Mun
Lei Yue Mun

Lei Yue Mun , is a short channel between Junk Bay and Victoria Harbour, separating Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, of Hong Kong.The lands around the channel are also called Lei Yue Mun....
. According to historians, pang uk were evolved from boat houses of Tanka
Tanka (ethnic group)

The Boat people or Tanka is an ethnic group in China that has traditionally lived on junk in coastal parts of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and Hainan provinces, as well as Hong Kong and Macau....
 or fishing people, after moving to reside on land.

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