慎德居──元朗客家大宅歷史悠久 Shun Tak Kui - Historic Hakka Mansion in Yuen Long|楊必興 P H Yang

慎德居俗稱大梁屋，1934年建造。座落於元朗十八鄉崇正新村，是客家印尼華僑梁幹臣建造的別墅。是一幢2屋式2層長方形住宅樓，有中央開放庭院，於2009年被列為一級歷史建築。

慎德居俗稱大梁屋，1934年建造，歷時兩年多，耗資2萬建成。座落於香港新界元朗區十八鄉崇正新村，是客家印尼華僑梁幹臣建造的別墅。於2009年被列為一級歷史建築。

慎德居是一幢2屋式2層長方形住宅樓，有中央開放庭院，1936年及1956年分別在主樓左右兩側加建形成單層翼樓。大宅佔地1,000多平方米，內有32個大型房間，用石灰拌水泥建成堅固的承重結構牆，加上兩支圓柱支撐着杉木椽上中國式瓦片斜屋頂。

大宅正面飾有雕花簷板和壁畫，大門的對聯「慎言是則，德行為先」，勉勵後人說話小心和培養高尚品德，是十八鄉唯一現存的梅縣風格客家大屋。1957年在大宅辦學，提供教育予村民子弟，直至1960年附近的崇正新村小學落成才停辦。慎德居至今天仍是村民經常聚集的地點。

Shun Tak Kui, commonly known as Big Leung House, was built in 1934, which took over 2 years and $20,000 to complete. Located in Shung Ching San Tsuen, Sap Pat Heung, Yuen Long, it is a villa built by Hakka Indonesian overseas Chinese Leung Kan-sen. It was listed as a Grade I historic building in 2009.

The mansion is a 2-house 2-storey rectangular residential building with a central open courtyard. In 1936 and 1956 respectively, single-story wings were added to the left and right sides. It covers an area of over 1,000 square metres and consists of 32 large rooms. The solid structural walls are built with lime-mixed cement, and 2 columns support fir rafters and Chinese-style tiled sloping roof.

The front of the mansion is decorated with carved fascia and frescoes. The couplet at the door “Speak cautiously and morals first” encourages descendents to speak carefully and cultivate noble morals. It is the only existing Meixian-style Hakka mansion in Shap Pat Heung. In 1957, Leung ran a school in the mansion to provide education for children of the villagers until the completion of Shung Ching Primary School nearby in 1960. It is still a gathering place for villagers to this day.

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