| Tang Clan | |||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 鄧族 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 邓族 | ||||||||||
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The Tang Clan of Hong Kong (Chinese: 鄧族) is one of the Five Great Clans of the New Territories. The others are Man (文), Hau (侯), Pang (彭) and Liu (廖).[1]
The Tangs are one of the region's oldest families and can trace their lineage back 30 generations in Hong Kong and 86 generations in China. In the New Territories, the clan stands about 25,000 strong.
Sharing the same surname as the Deng in China, the Tangs of Hong Kong originated from Jishui of Jiangxi province and are considered to be native Hong Kong people, as they were the first immigrants to settle in what is now Hong Kong from what is now mainland China in the 11th century. Many of the Tangs settled in Kam Tin, New Territories.[2]
The most famous Tang village is Kat Hing Wai, a walled village with a moat. Kat Hing Wai was the last Punti village to fall under British control after the Six Day War in April 1899.
- ^ Baker, Hugh D. R. (1966). "The Five Great Clans of the New Territories" (PDF). Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. 6: 25–48. JSTOR 23881432.
- ^ Johnson, Elizabeth. Recording a Rich Heritage: Research on Hong Kong's "New Territories" Published by the Leisure & Cultural Services Department Produced by the Hong Kong Heritage Museum 2000