The Tsung Kyam Church, located at the Lung Shan spur, is a Western ecclesiastical building along the Lung Yeuk Tau Heritage Trail. In 1903, Mr Ling Qilian, a retired pastor from the Basel Mission Society (forerunner of the Tsung Tsin Mission), preached the Christian Gospel in Fanling. He later founded the Tsung Kyam Church. As most of the worshippers lived in the neighbourhood, a village gradually sprung up and named Shung Him Tong Village. Since the congregation grew, a new church was constructed in 1927 in front of the village. The Church extended to two storeys in 1951. When a new church was built on the left of the village entrance in 1983, the old church is still preserved.
Source: AMO website (https://www.amo.gov.hk/en/heritage-trails/lung-yeuk-tau-heritage-trail/…).
One thing I'm not sure about is why the church name uses "Kyam" instead of teh Cantonese "Him" for the character 謙. I can only assume it is from the Hakka (or some other) pronunciation. Does anyone know?
I've added a 1927 build year, but it's not clear if any of the current building (built 1951) dates back to that year.
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