Luk Keng

About the village

One of the earliest documentations of Luk Keng was in “Yuet Dai Gei” (粵大記) written during the Ming dynasty in the mid-16th century. Luk Keng consists of villages of different clans, namely the Wong clan, the Chan clan, and the Lam clan. Four ancestral halls can be found in Luk Keng, notably: Wong Chun Yu Ancestral Hall (春儒黃公祠), constructed in the Kangxi reign of the Qing dynasty; The Chan Nam Tak Ancestral Hall (男德陳公祠) believed to be built in the Qianlong (1736–1795) reign of the Qing dynasty; The Chan Ancestral Hall (陳氏家祠) built in 1900. In the past, Luk Keng was an important transportation hub for land and sea in the Sha Tau Kok area. Situated at the end of the Sha Tau Kok Road, goods were transported from the village pier via Shenzhen to other markets inland. During 1910, around 12,500 people would pass through the Nam Chung-Luk Keng area each month, some carrying goods, while some using the road to travel southwards to Kowloon. At the time of the 1911 census, the population of Luk Keng was 484. The number of males was 182.