優雅廢棄客家大宅 Elegant Abandoned Hakka Mansion

一座優雅的傳統客家大宅，隱藏在一小叢林裏，已荒廢多時，屋前雜草叢生。有80多年歷史的大宅是一間典型梅縣客家兩堂兩橫民居建築（堂橫屋），是香港唯一的單幢民居被列為一級歷史文物。

大門樑上兩面有精緻的獅子雕刻，屋前的半月形風水池已被蘆葦及野草佔領，簷瓦日久失修殘舊。

全宅共有16間房、6個廳堂和兩個內院，廳堂為全宅的中軸，兩旁是橫屋，有睡房和廚房。天井有水池，房間的木門雕刻精緻。設計和色彩均有品味。尤於廢棄多年，十室九空，大部份傢具均不見了。

本文是以介紹廢墟背後的故事和歷史為出發點，並以「不公開地點」、「不破壞一物」為大原則來探索城市中的荒廢故事。

An elegant traditional Hakka mansion, hidden behind bushes, has been long abandoned, with weeds growing in front of the house.  The mansion, with a history of over 80 years, is typical of the Hakka “two-halls two-horizontal” residential building in Mei County, Guangdong. It is the only single residential building in Hong Kong listed as a Grade I historical building.

There are exquisite lion carvings on both sides of the gate beam. The half-moon-shaped fungshui pool in front of the house has been overrun by reeds and weeds, and the eaves are in disrepair and dilapidated.

The whole mansion has 16 rooms, 6 halls and two inner courtyards. The hall is the central axis of the house, with horizontal houses on either side, including bedrooms and kitchens. The courtyards has a pool each, and the wooden doors of the rooms are exquisitely carved.  Both design and colour are tasteful.  Since it has been abandoned for many years, most of the furnitures are gone.

This article aims at the introduction of the story and history behind the abandoned places, and urban exploration is based on the principle of “not revealing the location” and “not destroying anything”.

楊必興 P H Yang

專業攝影師。 人生上半場在IBM、惠普和匯豐銀行等跨國公司擔任高級技術及管理層的IT人。數十年後，楊必興改變了軌跡，選擇追求他對攝影的終身熱愛。 楊必興屢獲殊榮，在美國三藩市，首都華盛頓，北京和香港曾舉辦十多場個人攝影展，包括香港 PMQ 之開幕攝影展。作品經常在國際媒體的首頁刋登 - 包括 CNN，CrowdSpark（前Newzulu，Citizenside）和Demotix；三藩市紀事報；Hong Kong Free Press；香港 01；香港信報月刊；明報；蘋果日報；TVB 等。 他的作品授權 Lonely Planet 旅遊指南和港龍航空機上雜誌《絲路》刊登。 2015年榮獲香港人權藝術獎。 Professional photographer. After decades working as an IT professional in senior technical and management positions with multinationals such as IBM, HP and HSBC, P H Yang changed tack and chose to pursue his life-long passion in photography. Award-winning photographer Yang is an exhibited and published artist in North America and Asia. His work is frequently featured on the front page of international media – CNN; CrowdSpark (formerly Newzulu, Citizenside) and Demotix; San Francisco Chronicle; Hong Kong Free Press; Hong Kong 01; Hong Kong Economic Journal Monthly; Ming Pao; Apple Daily; TVB... His work is licensed by Lonely Planet travel guides and Dragonair's in-flight magazine Silkroad. Yang has held over 10 solo exhibitions in San Francisco, Washington DC, Beijing and Hong Kong including PMQ's opening photo exhibition. Yang won the Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize in 2015. 網站/Web phyang.org 電郵/email info@phyang.org IG @phyang81

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