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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.

Notes from AMO:

"Law Uk was a simple Hakka residence built over 200 years old [sic] by the Law family, whose ancestors settled there early in the Kang Xi reign (1662-1722) of the Qing dynasty. [...] Fronted by an open threshing yard, the building is a typical medium-sized Hakka village house, with a main room, two side rooms, a kitchen and a store-room. The village house is the only example left from the old farming villages which used to be in Chai Wan."

Source: Antiquities and Monuments Office, "The Heritage of Hong Kong" (1992), p28.