荔枝窩客家村榮獲聯合國可持續發展獎 Lai Chi Wo Hakka Village Won UN Sustainable Development Award|楊必興 P H Yang

荔枝窩村是香港保存最完好的傳統客家村莊落之一，建於1670年以前，具有悠久的耕作歷史。部分村屋荒棄，但經修復重現了一些特色和昔日的活力。

荔枝窩村是香港保存最完好的傳統客家村莊落之一，建於1670年以前，具有悠久的耕作歷史。部分村屋荒棄，但經修復的協天宮、鶴山寺和村落牆壁，重現了一些特色和昔日的活力。

荔枝窩因盛產荔枝而得名，16世紀時已有黃氏及曾氏村民定居，為香港少有的雙姓村落。村落保留九條橫巷和三條直巷的傳統布局，正門有「風水牆」，村後更種有風水林，以半月形環抱村落。

荔枝窩鄉郊文化景觀榮獲「聯合國教科文組織亞太區文化遺產保護獎」授予2020首設的「可持續發展特別貢獻獎」。

Lai Chi Wo is one of the best-preserved traditional Hakka villages in Hong Kong. It was built before 1670 and has a long history of farming. Some village houses are abandoned, but the restored Hip Tin Temple, Hok Shan Temple and village walls have re-instated some characteristics and vitality of the past.

Lai Chi Wo is named after its rich lychee harvest. In the 16th century, the Wong and Cheng clan had settled here, and it is a rare 2-clan village in Hong Kong. The village retains the traditional layout of 9 horizontal alleys and 3 vertical alleys. There is a feng shui wall at the front entrance, and a feng shui forest is planted behind the village to surround the village in a half moon shape.

The innovative revitalisation of the Lai Cho Wo rural cultural landscape was awarded the newly introduced Special Recognition for Sustainable Development by the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Award for Cultural Heritage Conservation 2020.

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