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So Lo Pun
(
Chinese
:
鎖羅盆
) is a village in the northeastern
New Territories
of
Hong Kong
, within the
Plover Cove Country Park
. It is located northwest of
Lai Chi Wo
and northeast of
Kuk Po
. Today, the village is derelict and is uninhabited. Descendants of the former inhabitants have either
emigrated
abroad or have relocated to more urbanized parts of Hong Kong.
According to
urban legend
, the village is haunted.
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Hikers have also reported that
compasses
tend to stop working when they enter the village area, leading to the village being dubbed 'So Lo Pun', which in Chinese literally means that 'the compass is locked'.
Recognised status
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So Lo Pun is a recognised village under the
New Territories
Small House Policy
.
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History
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The village was once the home of generations of the Wong family. Recorded history suggests that after migrating movement in a south easterly direction (supposedly from, what is now, Mainland China), the person named Wong Wai Hing was an early settler and founding forefather of So Lo Pun village. Other early settlers are Tsu Kim Gong, Sing Lueng Gong, Yuk Chung Gong and Si Yuen Gong. (Gong meaning forefather in the
Hakka Language
). These people lived circa 872 AD.
[
citation needed
]
The closest researched descendants of the So Lo Pun village are as follows: Si Chow Gong, Tsip Yuen Gong, Chun Kee Gong, Yuk Man Gong, Si Tak Gong and Yuk Choi Gong (all deceased).
So Lo Pun is one of the seven
Hakka
villages of the Hing Chun Yeuk (
慶春約
; 'Hing Chun Alliance'), which comprises
Kop Tong
,
Lai Chi Wo
,
Mui Tsz Lam
,
Ngau Shi Wu
,
Sam A Village
,
Siu Tan
(
小灘
), and So Lo Pun.
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