Pang uk (Chinese: 棚屋, literally meaning stilt house, stilted structure or pile shacks) is a kind of house with special structure found in Tai O, Lantau, Hong Kong. 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. According to historians pang uk were evolved from boat houses of Tanka (蜑家) or fishing people, after moving to reside on land.

See also

• Stilt house

External links

• An letter by residents of pang uk to a newspaper
• TVB iFiles - a programme on a Hong Kong TV channel
• A message with pictures of Tai O on a discussion forum
• An article criticising the government's conservation policies
• A development plan of the area, with some pictures and maps

Pictures

• Photo gallery of Tai O and the pang uk
• from Heritage Museum website
• from HK-place.com
• from HK-place.com
• Pang uk along a river
• A newspaper cutting
• Picture of a pang uk at Sam Ka Tsuen, near Lei Yue Mun

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