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Visitor Ms Tang is attending a Lion Head crafting tutorial at a small workshop by
Master Ng Kong-kin, the Fire Dragon artist in the village. She is building frames
for a Lion Head with bamboo sticks and adhesive tapes.

The conservation effort eventually walking tour. “It’s rare for a village to worth passing down to the next gen-
paid off when Pokfulam Village suc- organise walking tours for outsiders, eration. By means of conserving the
cessfully made its appearance on the and I find it very interesting,” she says. “hardware”, he hopes to preserve the
2014 World Monuments Watch – a The village has gained local and intangible culture in the village, and
programme which uses cultural her- international recognition, villagers ultimately, the “diversity of living” in
itage conservation to empower com- have built a community which could Hong Kong.
munities and improve the sustainabil- decide its own destiny on the path of “Pokfulam Village is a treasure
ity of their cherished sites. Since then conservation. Steven Chui Chu-kwan, box. Hidden treasures are concealed
about 4,000 visitors have joined the chairperson of the conservation in every household, waiting to be un-
village’s biweekly walking tours. group, says: “We have to start from covered,” he says.
Ms Tang, who visits the village with the community level and we cannot
her husband and child during week- just rely on the government to take
ends and attends a Lion Head crafting action.”
workshop, is fascinated by the unique Nigel Ko Wing-hong, another Edited by Valerie Wan
history and culture of Pokfulam Vil- vice-chairperson of the group, be-
lage. She first learned about the cul- lieves the “way of living” of the village
ture of the village when she joined the and its wisdoms are priceless gems