Pun Uk / 潘屋 [1932- ]

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Pun Uk, located in Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong, is a two-hall-two-row (tong wang) Meixian Hakka mansion constructed in 1934 by Pun Kwan-min to commemorate his father. Hakka architecture emphasizes enclosure, centrality and symmetry. The building was originally designed with fung shui principles including a half-moon shaped woodland placed behind the house, a half-moon shaped pond created in front of the house, and features such as natural lighting, ventilation and drainage of rainwater.

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