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Pui O

Pui O (Chinese:

Chinese language

Chinese or the Sinitic language is a language family consisting of language mutually unintelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the two branches of Sino-Tibetan languages of languages....
??, or ??), formerly Lo Pui O, is an area on 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 ....
in 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....
. It is a popular destination for holiday camping in Hong Kong. Visitors may also rent village houses for leisure. Located in the South Lantau, there are four main villages in Pui O, they are Lo Wai, San Wai, Lo Uk, and Ham Tin.

O is a bay shaped by the Chi Ma Wan Peninsula and the lower slopes of Sunset Peak

Sunset Peak

Sunset Peak or Tai Tung Shan is the third highest hill in Hong Kong. It situates on the Lantau Island with height 869 metre above the sea level....
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Pui O (Chinese:

Chinese language

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 ....
in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Geography

Pui O is a bay shaped by the Chi Ma Wan Peninsula and the lower slopes of Sunset Peak

Sunset Peak

Sunset Peak or Tai Tung Shan is the third highest hill in Hong Kong. It situates on the Lantau Island with height 869 metre above the sea level....
. A main river from a valley to the east and other small river gather at Pui O forming an estuary

Estuary

An estuary is a semi-enclosed coastal body of water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea....
of wetland

Wetland

File:Mangrove trees in Everglades.JPGA wetland is an area of land whose soil is saturated with moisture either permanently or seasonally. Such areas may also be covered partially or completely by shallow pools of water....
. Villagers enclosed the wetland and converted it into rice paddies. This is indicated by the name Ham Tin, salty paddy field

Paddy field

A paddy field is a flooded parcel of arable land used for growing rice and other Aquatic plant. Rice can also be grown in dry-fields, but from the twentieth century paddy field agriculture became the dominant form of growing rice....
. At the shore, a long beach (or spit

Spit (landform)

A spit is a Deposition landform found off coasts. At one end, spits connect to land, while at the far end they exist in open water. A spit is a type of bar or beach that develops where a re-entrant occurs, such as at cove's headlands, by the process of longshore drift....
) is formed by the interaction between the current of the South China Sea

South China Sea

The South China Sea is a marginal sea*south of China,*west of the Philippines,*north west of Sabah , Sarawak and Brunei,*north of Indonesia,...
and the rivers.

History

At Chung Hau (the river mouth) there is a Tin Hau Temple dating back to 1799 in the Qing era. During this time, villages near the shore in Hong Kong were frequently attacked by pirates. Villages in Pui O were constructed as walled villages

Walled villages of Hong Kong

Most of the walled villages in Hong Kong are located in the New Territories.A walled village is a kind of traditional building which is completely surrounded by thick defensive walls, protecting the residents from the attack of wild animals and enemies....
to assist in repelling these attacks .

Pui O Beach

Pui O Beach runs along almost the entire shoreline of Pui O. Due to the geological composition of surrounding area, the sand on the beach is mixture of black and yellow. The Hong Kong Government has constructed facilities on the upper beach for wild camping.

Transport

Pui O is on the South Lantau Road

South Lantau Road

South Lantau Road is a road on the southern side of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Being the major road on the island, the road connects Mui Wo in the east to Shek Pik in the west....
. All bus routes between Mui Wo

Mui Wo

Mui Wo is a rural town on the eastern coast of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. The main beach in Mui Wo is known as Silver Mine Bay ....
and other points pass through Pui O. A branch road, Chi Ma Wan Road routes across Chi Ma Wan Peninsula to Chi Ma Wan

Chi Ma Wan

Chi Ma Wan is a bay on southeastern Lantau Island, New Territories, Hong Kong. Chi Ma Wan Peninsula is where the Chi Ma Wan, as well as Cheung Sha Wan, Lantau, Tai Long Wan, Yi Long Wan and Mong Tung Wan are located....
.

Hiking Trails

The Lantau Trail

Lantau Trail

The Lantau Trail , opened on 4 December, 1984, is a List of long-distance footpaths on Lantau Island in the New Territories of Hong Kong. The 70-km trail is circular, starting and finishing in Mui Wo....
passes through Pui O, and there are many other hiking routes in the vicinity.