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Shek Pik village, once located on the south coast of 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....
 was relocated to its current location when the Shek Pik Reservoir
Shek Pik Reservoir

Shek Pik Reservoir is a reservoir in Shek Pik on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. The reservoir is the third largest in Hong Kong after High Island Reservoir and Plover Cove Reservoir....
 was built. Below the dam of the reservoir is Shek Pik Prison which is managed by the Hong Kong Correctional Services
Hong Kong Correctional Services

Hong Kong Correctional Services is responsible for prisoners and prisons in Hong Kong. The Commissioner of Correctional Services reports to the Secretary for Security....
.

The village can be reached by Keung Shan Road, with Tai O Road
Tai O Road

Tai O Road is a main road in southwest Lantau Island in Hong Kong. It is the west-most part of the main roads in south Lantau Island. It starts halfway down the side of Keung Shan, near Kwun Yam Monastery, and runs downhill to the fishing town of Tai O....
, from 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....
, and 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....
 from 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 ....
.

an from Ma Tau Wai
Ma Tau Wai

Ma Tau Wai is an area in Kowloon City, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was originally a Walled villages of Hong Kong between present-day Argyle Street, Hong Kong and Prince Edward Road West, east of St Teresa's Hospital....
 in Kowloon
Kowloon

Kowloon refers to an urban area in Hong Kong made up of Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon, bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutters Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south....
 accompanied the last two young emperors to Lautau Island and finally settled in Shek Pik to avoid the Mongol invasion at the end of Southern Song.

carvings from the neolithic age were found by Chen Kung-chiek in Shek Pik in 1939 when the local villagers told him there was an engraved carving on the upper part of the beach and to the west of Tung Wan.






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Shek Pik village, once located on the south coast of 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....
 was relocated to its current location when the Shek Pik Reservoir
Shek Pik Reservoir

Shek Pik Reservoir is a reservoir in Shek Pik on Lantau Island in Hong Kong. The reservoir is the third largest in Hong Kong after High Island Reservoir and Plover Cove Reservoir....
 was built. Below the dam of the reservoir is Shek Pik Prison which is managed by the Hong Kong Correctional Services
Hong Kong Correctional Services

Hong Kong Correctional Services is responsible for prisoners and prisons in Hong Kong. The Commissioner of Correctional Services reports to the Secretary for Security....
.

The village can be reached by Keung Shan Road, with Tai O Road
Tai O Road

Tai O Road is a main road in southwest Lantau Island in Hong Kong. It is the west-most part of the main roads in south Lantau Island. It starts halfway down the side of Keung Shan, near Kwun Yam Monastery, and runs downhill to the fishing town of Tai O....
, from 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....
, and 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....
 from 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 ....
.

Village

A clan from Ma Tau Wai
Ma Tau Wai

Ma Tau Wai is an area in Kowloon City, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was originally a Walled villages of Hong Kong between present-day Argyle Street, Hong Kong and Prince Edward Road West, east of St Teresa's Hospital....
 in Kowloon
Kowloon

Kowloon refers to an urban area in Hong Kong made up of Kowloon Peninsula and New Kowloon, bordered by the Lei Yue Mun strait in the east, Mei Foo Sun Chuen and Stonecutters Island in the west, Tate's Cairn and Lion Rock in the north, and Victoria Harbour in the south....
 accompanied the last two young emperors to Lautau Island and finally settled in Shek Pik to avoid the Mongol invasion at the end of Southern Song.

Rock Carvings

Rock carvings from the neolithic age were found by Chen Kung-chiek in Shek Pik in 1939 when the local villagers told him there was an engraved carving on the upper part of the beach and to the west of Tung Wan. There was the second carving found on the opposite side of the valley. It has been split into two parts by lightning and the rock is now lying face down so the carving can not be seen. .

According to the local villagers, there is the third carving further up the valley. This carving, (later called "the upper Shek Pik Rock Carving" to distinguish it from the one found on the Shek Pik Beach) was found on a steep slope in Shek Pik in 1962 . The carving is at above sea level.

The Lower Shek Pik Rock Carving is now listed on the list of declared monuments of Hong Kong
Declared monuments of Hong Kong

Declared monuments of Hong Kong are places, structures or buildings legally declared to be "protected". In Hong Kong, declaring a monument requires consulting the Antiquities Advisory Board, the approval of the Chief Executive of Hong Kong as well as the publication of the notice in government gazette....
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