“Elsewhere in Hong Kong, many abandoned villages had houses collapsed beyond recognition and vegetation invaded the whole village,” says Chiu Ying Lam, head of the Hong Kong Countryside Foundatio ...

Tourists in Hong Kong are flocking to the 300-year-old village of Kuk Po, whose decaying mansions and reed fields offer a ...

Photo taken on January 18, 2025 shows visitors at the old school house in the 300-year-old seaside Kuk Po village at the edge of Hong Kong. Photo by Peter Parks/ AFP On a recent January weekend ...

Tourists in Hong Kong are flocking to the 300-year-old village of Kuk Po ... it creates a virtuous cycle: for houses and monuments to be restored, and cultures to be revived," Chan said.